diff --git a/pkgs/curl/build.sh b/pkgs/curl/build.sh
index 1bf9e2b..d1bd2ce 100755
--- a/pkgs/curl/build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/curl/build.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,19 @@ build () {
         --enable-versioned-symbols \
         --enable-threaded-resolver \
         --disable-ldap \
-        --disable-ldaps
+        --disable-ldaps \
+        --without-libidn2 \
+        --without-rtmp \
+        --without-libmetalink \
+        --without-libpsl \
+        --without-gssapi \
+        --without-ssl
+
+    # TODO: figure out why compiling with SSL is broken.
+    #       when SSL is enabled, libtool tries to open
+    #       /usr/lib/libcrypto.la (which is not present or
+    #       rather not meant to be used at all by this build
+    #       process). I wasted 2 hours on debugging this.
 
     make
 }