diff --git a/internal/cmd/buildtool/android_test.go b/internal/cmd/buildtool/android_test.go
index 416a857d2d..7daa564dfb 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/buildtool/android_test.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/buildtool/android_test.go
@@ -1701,6 +1701,7 @@ func TestAndroidBuildCdepsTor(t *testing.T) {
 				"--disable-tool-name-check",
 				"--disable-systemd",
 				"--prefix=/",
+				"--disable-unittests",
 			},
 		}, {
 			Env: []string{},
@@ -1777,6 +1778,7 @@ func TestAndroidBuildCdepsTor(t *testing.T) {
 				"--disable-tool-name-check",
 				"--disable-systemd",
 				"--prefix=/",
+				"--disable-unittests",
 			},
 		}, {
 			Env: []string{},
@@ -1853,6 +1855,7 @@ func TestAndroidBuildCdepsTor(t *testing.T) {
 				"--disable-tool-name-check",
 				"--disable-systemd",
 				"--prefix=/",
+				"--disable-unittests",
 			},
 		}, {
 			Env: []string{},
@@ -1929,6 +1932,7 @@ func TestAndroidBuildCdepsTor(t *testing.T) {
 				"--disable-tool-name-check",
 				"--disable-systemd",
 				"--prefix=/",
+				"--disable-unittests",
 			},
 		}, {
 			Env: []string{},
diff --git a/internal/cmd/buildtool/cdepstor.go b/internal/cmd/buildtool/cdepstor.go
index 0098b0ff03..2c47aa7a22 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/buildtool/cdepstor.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/buildtool/cdepstor.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ func cdepsTorBuildMain(globalEnv *cBuildEnv, deps buildtoolmodel.Dependencies) {
 		"--disable-tool-name-check",
 		"--disable-systemd",
 		"--prefix=/",
+		"--disable-unittests",
 	)
 	runtimex.Try0(shellx.RunEx(defaultShellxConfig(), argv, envp))
 
diff --git a/internal/cmd/buildtool/linuxcdeps_test.go b/internal/cmd/buildtool/linuxcdeps_test.go
index 87a5f6cbeb..85ca172934 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/buildtool/linuxcdeps_test.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/buildtool/linuxcdeps_test.go
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ func TestLinuxCdepsBuildMain(t *testing.T) {
 				"--disable-tool-name-check",
 				"--disable-systemd",
 				"--prefix=/",
+				"--disable-unittests",
 			},
 		}, {
 			Env: []string{},