diff --git a/shared-mime-info.spec b/shared-mime-info.spec
index 3571cb2..0b61e51 100644
--- a/shared-mime-info.spec
+++ b/shared-mime-info.spec
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ and looking up the correct MIME type in a database.
 %autosetup
 
 %build
-%configure --disable-silent-rules
+%configure --disable-silent-rules --disable-update-mimedb
 # not smp safe, pretty small package anyway
 make