diff --git a/net-analyzer/nmap/nmap-3.81.recipe b/net-analyzer/nmap/nmap-3.81.recipe
index 01b936b43..28c7520b1 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/nmap/nmap-3.81.recipe
+++ b/net-analyzer/nmap/nmap-3.81.recipe
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ BUILD()
 	popd
 
 	runConfigure --omit-dirs "dataRootDir docDir" \
-		./configure LDFLAGS=-lnetwork
+		./configure  --without-nmapfe LDFLAGS=-lnetwork
 	# not multi-job safe
 	make
 }