diff --git a/package/libjwt/libjwt.mk b/package/libjwt/libjwt.mk
index 7e2ea03b09..1643aa7b7a 100644
--- a/package/libjwt/libjwt.mk
+++ b/package/libjwt/libjwt.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ LIBJWT_AUTORECONF = YES
 LIBJWT_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBJWT_LICENSE = MPL-2.0
 LIBJWT_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+LIBJWT_CONF_OPTS = --without-examples
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 LIBJWT_CONF_OPTS += --with-openssl