diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index 247afd9..d611b83 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ LIB_PACKAGES_PREFIX="${PREFIX_NATIVE}";
 : ${PKG_ALSA_LIB_SHA256SUM:=91bb870c14d1c7c269213285eeed874fa3d28112077db061a3af8010d0885b76};
 : ${PKG_ALSA_LIB_VERSION:=1.1.4.1};
 : ${PKG_ALSA_LIB_URL:=ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/alsa-lib-1.1.4.1.tar.bz2};
-: ${PKG_ALSA_LIB_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:=--with-versioned=no};
+: ${PKG_ALSA_LIB_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:="--disable-python --with-versioned=no"};
 : ${PKG_ALSA_LIB_MAKEFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA:=V=99};
 : ${PKG_APR_SHA256SUM:=09109cea377bab0028bba19a92b5b0e89603df9eab05c0f7dbd4dd83d48dcebd};
 : ${PKG_APR_VERSION:=1.6.2};