diff --git a/dev-libs/leveldb/leveldb-1.23.recipe b/dev-libs/leveldb/leveldb-1.23.recipe
index d8dfbd8b9..bbc1b40bb 100644
--- a/dev-libs/leveldb/leveldb-1.23.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/leveldb/leveldb-1.23.recipe
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ BUILD()
 	mkdir -p build && cd build
 	cmake .. $cmakeDirArgs \
 		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
-		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=1
+		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=1 \
+		-DLEVELDB_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
 	make $jobArgs
 }