diff --git a/build.vars b/build.vars
index 968936f..e9fbfa2 100644
--- a/build.vars
+++ b/build.vars
@@ -286,19 +286,19 @@ export PATH="${PREFIX}/bin${PATH:+:${PATH}}";
 : ${PKG_NCURSES_SHA256SUM:=f551c24b30ce8bfb6e96d9f59b42fbea30fa3a6123384172f9e7284bcf647260};
 : ${PKG_NCURSES_URL:=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-${PKG_NCURSES_VERSION}.tar.gz};
 : ${PKG_NCURSES_BUILD_DIR:=ncurses-${PKG_NCURSES_VERSION}-native-${TARGET}};
-: ${PKG_NCURSES_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:=--with-pkg-config-libdir=${PREFIX_LVL3}/lib/pkgconfig --enable-pc-files --disable-widec --with-shared};
+: ${PKG_NCURSES_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:="--enable-pc-files --program-prefix= --with-pkg-config-libdir=${PREFIX_LVL3}/lib/pkgconfig --with-shared --without-manpages --without-progs --without-tests --disable-widec --without-pthread"};
 : ${PKG_NCURSES_LIBFILES_FIX:=1};
 : ${PKG_NCURSESTW_VERSION:=6.0};
 : ${PKG_NCURSESTW_SHA256SUM:=f551c24b30ce8bfb6e96d9f59b42fbea30fa3a6123384172f9e7284bcf647260};
 : ${PKG_NCURSESTW_URL:=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-${PKG_NCURSESTW_VERSION}.tar.gz};
 : ${PKG_NCURSESTW_BUILD_DIR:=ncursestw-${PKG_NCURSESTW_VERSION}-native-${TARGET}};
-: ${PKG_NCURSESTW_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:=--with-pkg-config-libdir=${PREFIX_LVL3}/lib/pkgconfig --enable-pc-files --enable-widec --with-shared --with-pthread};
+: ${PKG_NCURSESTW_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:="--enable-pc-files --program-prefix= --with-pkg-config-libdir=${PREFIX_LVL3}/lib/pkgconfig --with-shared --without-manpages --without-progs --without-tests --disable-widec --with-pthread"};
 : ${PKG_NCURSESTW_LIBFILES_FIX:=1};
 : ${PKG_NCURSESW_VERSION:=6.0};
 : ${PKG_NCURSESW_SHA256SUM:=f551c24b30ce8bfb6e96d9f59b42fbea30fa3a6123384172f9e7284bcf647260};
 : ${PKG_NCURSESW_URL:=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-${PKG_NCURSESW_VERSION}.tar.gz};
 : ${PKG_NCURSESW_BUILD_DIR:=ncursesw-${PKG_NCURSESW_VERSION}-native-${TARGET}};
-: ${PKG_NCURSESW_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:=--with-pkg-config-libdir=${PREFIX_LVL3}/lib/pkgconfig --enable-pc-files --enable-widec --with-shared};
+: ${PKG_NCURSESW_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:="--enable-pc-files --program-prefix= --with-pkg-config-libdir=${PREFIX_LVL3}/lib/pkgconfig --with-shared --with-manpages --with-progs --without-tests --enable-widec --without-pthread"};
 : ${PKG_NCURSESW_LIBFILES_FIX:=1};
 : ${PKG_NETCAT_VERSION:=110};
 : ${PKG_NETCAT_SHA256SUM:=5b3fda14e972d908896a605293f4634a72e2968278117410e12d8b3faf9a3976};