diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libcec/libcec_6.0.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libcec/libcec_6.0.2.bb
index 599416cb2a0..22155e534ca 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libcec/libcec_6.0.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libcec/libcec_6.0.2.bb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 inherit cmake pkgconfig
 
 # default config is for RaspberryPi API, use the Linux 4.10+ API by default
-PLATFORM_CMAKE_FLAGS ?= "-DHAVE_LINUX_API=1 -DHAVE_RPI_API=0"
+PLATFORM_CMAKE_FLAGS ?= "-DHAVE_LINUX_API=1 -DHAVE_RPI_API=0 -DSKIP_PYTHON_WRAPPER=1"
 EXTRA_OECMAKE += "${PLATFORM_CMAKE_FLAGS}"
 
 # Put client examples into separate packages