diff --git a/package/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.mk b/package/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.mk
index 7a75ed23f6..4a513effbd 100644
--- a/package/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.mk
+++ b/package/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.mk
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ HOST_GDK_PIXBUF_DEPENDENCIES = host-libpng host-pkgconf host-libglib2
 
 GDK_PIXBUF_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-Dgio_sniffing=false \
+	-Dtests=false \
 	-Dinstalled_tests=false \
 	-Dman=false
 
 HOST_GDK_PIXBUF_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-Dgio_sniffing=false \
+	-Dtests=false \
 	-Dinstalled_tests=false \
 	-Dintrospection=disabled \
 	-Drelocatable=true \