diff --git a/cgminer/Makefile b/cgminer/Makefile
index df66dc2..afa45a1 100644
--- a/cgminer/Makefile
+++ b/cgminer/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ define Package/cgminer
 	CATEGORY:=Utilities
 	TITLE:=cgminer (FPGA Miner)
 	URL:=https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer
-	DEPENDS:=+libcurl +libpthread +libncurses +jansson +udev
+	DEPENDS:=+libcurl +libpthread +jansson +udev
 endef
 
 define Package/cgminer/description
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ monitoring, (over)clocking and fanspeed support for bitcoin and derivative
 coins. Do not use on multiple block chains at the same time!
 endef
 
-CONFIGURE_ARGS += --disable-opencl --disable-adl --enable-icarus --enable-bitforce
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += --disable-opencl --disable-adl --enable-icarus --enable-bitforce --without-curses
 TARGET_LDFLAGS += -Wl,-rpath-link=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib
 
 define Build/Compile
diff --git a/cgminer/files/cgminer.init b/cgminer/files/cgminer.init
index c8943d4..ce0b744 100755
--- a/cgminer/files/cgminer.init
+++ b/cgminer/files/cgminer.init
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ POOLS="$POOL1 $POOL2 $POOL3"
 
 start() {
 	DEVS=`find /dev/ -type c -name "ttyUSB*"  | sed 's/^/-S/' |  sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/ /g'`
-	cgminer -q -T --api-allow "W:0/0" --api-listen $POOLS $DEVS &
+	cgminer -q --api-allow "W:0/0" --api-listen $POOLS $DEVS &
 }
 
 stop() {