diff --git a/audio/xmms2/xmms2.SlackBuild b/audio/xmms2/xmms2.SlackBuild
index 97de0a8f75..f94453e7f1 100644
--- a/audio/xmms2/xmms2.SlackBuild
+++ b/audio/xmms2/xmms2.SlackBuild
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ export CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS"
   --without-ldconfig \
   --without-plugins=apefile,flv,tta \
   --with-perl-archdir=/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/perl5 \
+  --without-optionals=python \
   -p configure
 
 ./waf build