diff --git a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/ncurses/02_build.sh b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/ncurses/02_build.sh
index f1ad8ea88..6db401188 100755
--- a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/ncurses/02_build.sh
+++ b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/ncurses/02_build.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" ./configure \
     --with-default-terminfo-dirs=/lib/terminfo \
     --without-normal \
     --without-debug \
+    --without-ada \
     --without-cxx-binding \
     --with-abi-version=6 \
     --enable-widec \