diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.26/desktop/libsoup/git-head.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.26/desktop/libsoup/git-head.nix
index 52cc35e8b9c..7c046ca9d51 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.26/desktop/libsoup/git-head.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.26/desktop/libsoup/git-head.nix
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     export ACLOCAL_FLAGS='-I ${pkgconfig}/share/aclocal -I ${gtk_doc}/share/aclocal -I ${libtool}/share/aclocal'
     ./autogen.sh
   '';
+  configureFlags = ["--without-gnome"];
 }