diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/lshw/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/lshw/default.nix
index 3c36812eae95..fc791c2761bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/lshw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/lshw/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl
-, withGUI? true, gtk? null, pkgconfig? null, sqlite? null  # compile GUI
+, withGUI? false, gtk? null, pkgconfig? null, sqlite? null  # compile GUI
  }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {