diff --git a/android/build_curl_arm.sh b/android/build_curl_arm.sh
index d58008dd6c..e7f44c393f 100755
--- a/android/build_curl_arm.sh
+++ b/android/build_curl_arm.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ if [ -n "$MAKECLEAN" ]; then
 make clean
 fi
 if [ -n "$CONFIGURE" ]; then
-./configure --host=arm-linux --prefix=$TCINCLUDES --libdir="$TCINCLUDES/lib" --disable-shared --enable-static --with-random=/dev/urandom
+./configure --host=arm-linux --prefix=$TCINCLUDES --libdir="$TCINCLUDES/lib" --disable-shared --enable-static --with-random=/dev/urandom --without-zlib
 fi
 make
 make install