diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/no-static-libs.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/no-static-libs.inc
index 54f34a79af..f8d8c09cf0 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/no-static-libs.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/no-static-libs.inc
@@ -33,3 +33,7 @@ DISABLE_STATIC_pn-libusb1-native = ""
 EXTRA_OECONF_append = "${DISABLE_STATIC}"
 
 EXTRA_OECMAKE_append_pn-libical = " -DSHARED_ONLY=True"
+
+EXCONFIG_ARGS_append_pn-ncurses = " --without-normal"
+EXCONFIG_ARGS_append_pn-ncurses-native = " --without-normal"
+EXCONFIG_ARGS_append_pn-nativesdk-ncurses = " --without-normal"