diff --git a/component/nghttp2/buildout.cfg b/component/nghttp2/buildout.cfg
index 1567df5cd6a46d29f7cffbe872a2d02bd14e3c7a..4ca0758878e32e04e0205c43042f4dc6ea9b1111 100644
--- a/component/nghttp2/buildout.cfg
+++ b/component/nghttp2/buildout.cfg
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@ pre-configure =
   autoreconf -fisv -I ${libtool:location}/share/aclocal -I ${pkgconfig:location}/share/aclocal
   automake
   autoconf
+configure-options = --disable-python-bindings --disable-examples
 environment =
   PATH=${autoconf:location}/bin:${automake:location}/bin:${libtool:location}/bin:${m4:location}/bin:%(PATH)s