diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/snappy/snappy_1.1.9.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/snappy/snappy_1.1.9.bb
index 2ebe3760a5..151c4ddc38 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/snappy/snappy_1.1.9.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/snappy/snappy_1.1.9.bb
@@ -21,5 +21,4 @@ PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
 PACKAGECONFIG[lzo] = "-DHAVE_LIBLZO2=1,-DHAVE_LIBLZO2=0,lzo,"
 TARGET_CFLAGS += "-fPIC"
 
-EXTRA_OECMAKE += '-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS="ON" \
-                  '
+EXTRA_OECMAKE += '-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS="ON" -DSNAPPY_BUILD_TESTS="OFF" -DSNAPPY_BUILD_BENCHMARKS="OFF"'