diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/json-c/json-c/run-ptest b/meta/recipes-devtools/json-c/json-c/run-ptest
index 2d0e94cd3a..acdce54f3e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/json-c/json-c/run-ptest
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/json-c/json-c/run-ptest
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # This script is used to run json-c test suites
 cd tests
 
+export USE_VALGRIND=0
+
 ret_val=0
 for i in test*.test; do
     # test_basic is not an own testcase, just