diff --git a/extra/alsa-utils/build b/extra/alsa-utils/build
index 9c4602c8..cceefbba 100755
--- a/extra/alsa-utils/build
+++ b/extra/alsa-utils/build
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 ./configure \
     --disable-alsaconf \
     --disable-bat \
-    --with-curses=ncursesw \
     --disable-xmlto \
     --prefix=/usr