diff --git a/projects/jsonnet/build.sh b/projects/jsonnet/build.sh
index d51c7048a..1b0ceed40 100644
--- a/projects/jsonnet/build.sh
+++ b/projects/jsonnet/build.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 mkdir jsonnet/build
 pushd jsonnet/build
 cmake -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="$CC" -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="$CXX" \
-  -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="$CFLAGS" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="$CXXFLAGS" ..
+  -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="$CFLAGS" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="$CXXFLAGS" -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF ..
 make -j$(nproc)
 popd