diff --git a/tools/cmake/Makefile b/tools/cmake/Makefile
index 813e4849159e..19c4a5b8b80e 100644
--- a/tools/cmake/Makefile
+++ b/tools/cmake/Makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ HOST_CONFIGURE_VARS += \
 	MAKE="$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/ninja"
 
 HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS := \
+	--no-debugger \
 	$(if $(MAKE_JOBSERVER),--parallel="$(MAKE_JOBSERVER)") \
 	--prefix="$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)" \
 	--system-expat \