diff --git a/legacy/evas/configure.in b/legacy/evas/configure.in
index f2a6982c10..c91ea4a834 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/configure.in
+++ b/legacy/evas/configure.in
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_LOADER_SVG, test x$have_svg = xyes)
 ## PTHREADS
 pthread_cflags=""
 pthread_libs=""
-build_pthreads="yes"
+build_pthreads="no"
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether to build pthread code)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(pthreads, 
   [  --enable-pthreads               enable threaded rendering], [