diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/builder.sh
index bc484e9c7aa3..31beff80538c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/builder.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ ac_add_options --prefix=$out
 ac_add_options --enable-optimize
 ac_add_options --disable-debug
 ac_add_options --enable-xft
+ac_add_options --disable-freetype2
 #ac_add_options --enable-swg
 ac_add_options --enable-strip
 ac_add_options --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2