diff --git a/package/base/gnupg2/gnupg2.conf b/package/base/gnupg2/gnupg2.conf
index 96cd28c2d..cb532846c 100644
--- a/package/base/gnupg2/gnupg2.conf
+++ b/package/base/gnupg2/gnupg2.conf
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@
 
 # only build the tools needed for kmail integration
 # to not break stable gnupg 
-var_append confopt " " "--enable-agent-only"
+var_append confopt " " "--disable-gpg"