diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index 54f4467..3cb57a3 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ p7zip procps_ng qpdf rw rxvt_unicode st tmux vim xeyes xorriso xterm xwd";
 : ${PKG_VIM_SHA256SUM:=8de19b12cabde17b87f915a05e1855f6ff8404962947c5cf2204cf51f1ce5d67};
 : ${PKG_VIM_VERSION:=7.4.1952};
 : ${PKG_VIM_URL:=https://github.com/vim/vim/archive/v${PKG_VIM_VERSION}.tar.gz};
-: ${PKG_VIM_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:=--with-tlib=ncursesw};
+: ${PKG_VIM_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:="--enable-gui=no --with-tlib=ncursesw --without-x"};
 : ${PKG_VIM_IN_TREE:=1};
 : ${PKG_VIM_INSTALL_FILES:=@vim=bin/vi};
 : ${PKG_VIM_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL_EXTRA:=STRIP=/bin/true};