diff --git a/package/sdl3_image/sdl3_image.mk b/package/sdl3_image/sdl3_image.mk
index 8f0718abbf..a2b9f62fa9 100644
--- a/package/sdl3_image/sdl3_image.mk
+++ b/package/sdl3_image/sdl3_image.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ SDL3_IMAGE_DEPENDENCIES = sdl3
 # Request dynamic linking to dependencies instead of dlopen()
 SDL3_IMAGE_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DSDLIMAGE_VENDORED=OFF \
-	-DSDLIMAGE_DEPS_SHARED=OFF
+	-DSDLIMAGE_DEPS_SHARED=OFF \
+	-DSDLIMAGE_SAMPLES=OFF \
+	-DSDLIMAGE_TESTS=OFF \
+	-DSDLIMAGE_INSTALL_MAN=OFF
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPNG),y)
 SDL3_IMAGE_DEPENDENCIES += libpng