diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc b/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
index 5f2cc35823..b7bf4c0d81 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ ncurses_configure() {
 	        --disable-rpath-hack \
 		${EXCONFIG_ARGS} \
 	        --with-manpage-format=normal \
+	        --without-manpage-renames \
 	        --disable-stripping \
 	        "$@" || return 1
 	cd ..