diff --git a/qemu.spec b/qemu.spec
index f1805b0..8de19bb 100644
--- a/qemu.spec
+++ b/qemu.spec
@@ -1280,6 +1280,7 @@ mkdir -p %{static_builddir}
 
 run_configure() {
     ../configure  \
+        --cxx=/bin/false \
         --prefix="%{_prefix}" \
         --libdir="%{_libdir}" \
         --datadir="%{_datadir}" \