diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/ipmitool_%.bbappend b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/ipmitool_%.bbappend
index 5f25f5d..d52f330 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/ipmitool_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/ipmitool_%.bbappend
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${S}/COPYING;md5=9aa91e13d644326bf281924212862184"
 
-EXTRA_OECONF_append = " --enable-intf-dbus DEFAULT_INTF=dbus "
+EXTRA_OECONF_append = " --disable-ipmishell --enable-intf-dbus DEFAULT_INTF=dbus "
 
 PV = "1.8.18+git${SRCPV}"