diff --git a/recipes/ncurses/recipe.sh b/recipes/ncurses/recipe.sh
index ee3b27c5d..c4e45dce3 100644
--- a/recipes/ncurses/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/ncurses/recipe.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function recipe_update {
 
 function recipe_build {
     export CPPFLAGS="-P"
-    ./configure --host=${HOST} --prefix="" --disable-db-install
+    ./configure --host=${HOST} --prefix="" --disable-db-install --without-ada
     make
     skip=1
 }