diff --git a/testing/mate-utils/mate-utils.SlackBuild b/testing/mate-utils/mate-utils.SlackBuild
index 3ae8c57..e633b56 100644
--- a/testing/mate-utils/mate-utils.SlackBuild
+++ b/testing/mate-utils/mate-utils.SlackBuild
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --localstatedir=/var \
   --mandir=/usr/man \
   --docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
+  --disable-maintainer-flags \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
 make $NUMJOBS || make