diff --git a/desktop/toolkit/qt/actions.py b/desktop/toolkit/qt/actions.py
index f7726b60db..c8a30d69c2 100644
--- a/desktop/toolkit/qt/actions.py
+++ b/desktop/toolkit/qt/actions.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ def setup():
                    -qvfb \
                    -glib \
                    -no-sql-sqlite2 \
+                   -disable-sqlite \
                    -system-sqlite \
                    -system-zlib \
                    -system-libpng \