diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff_1.20.1.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff_1.20.1.bb
index e0e198f576..7085911002 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff_1.20.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff_1.20.1.bb
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ DEPENDS_virtclass-native = ""
 
 inherit autotools
 
+EXTRA_OECONF = "--without-x"
 PARALLEL_MAKE = ""
 
 do_configure_prepend() {