diff --git a/recipes/gettext/recipe.sh b/recipes/gettext/recipe.sh
index e19aa64c3..762f8f5e2 100644
--- a/recipes/gettext/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/gettext/recipe.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ function recipe_build {
         --host=${HOST} \
         --prefix=/ \
         --disable-shared \
-        --enable-static
+        --enable-static \
+        gt_cv_locale_fr=false \
+        gt_cv_locale_fr_utf8=false \
+        gt_cv_locale_ja=false \
+        gt_cv_locale_tr_utf8=false \
+        gt_cv_locale_zh_CN=false
     make -j"$(nproc)"
     skip=1
 }
diff --git a/recipes/ncurses/recipe.sh b/recipes/ncurses/recipe.sh
index 493572db6..6add4429e 100644
--- a/recipes/ncurses/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/ncurses/recipe.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ function recipe_build {
         --prefix="" \
         --disable-db-install \
         --without-ada \
+        --without-tests \
         cf_cv_func_mkstemp=yes
     make -j"$(nproc)"
     skip=1
diff --git a/recipes/scummvm/recipe.sh b/recipes/scummvm/recipe.sh
index 938b80ad9..582a42d5d 100644
--- a/recipes/scummvm/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/scummvm/recipe.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ function recipe_build {
     sysroot="$(realpath ../sysroot)"
 
     ./configure \
-        --build=${BUILD} \
         --host=${HOST} \
         --prefix='' \
         --with-sdl-prefix="$sysroot" \