diff --git a/desktop/toolkit/qtermwidget5/actions.py b/desktop/toolkit/qtermwidget5/actions.py
index 6ff100d6e9..c88bb55769 100644
--- a/desktop/toolkit/qtermwidget5/actions.py
+++ b/desktop/toolkit/qtermwidget5/actions.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ def setup():
     shelltools.cd("build")
     cmaketools.configure("-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
                           -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-                          -DQTERMWIDGET_BUILD_PYTHON_BINDING=ON \
                           -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=/usr/lib", sourceDir="..")
 
 def build():