diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 865675224..489930566 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ endif()
 option(ENABLE_CCACHE "Speed up incremental rebuilds via ccache" ON)
 option(ENABLE_JSON_LOGGING "Adds additional JSON debug logging to the response" OFF)
 option(BUILD_TOOLS "Build OSRM tools" OFF)
-option(BUILD_COMPONENTS "Build osrm-components" ON)
+option(BUILD_COMPONENTS "Build osrm-components" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_ASSERTIONS OFF)
 option(COVERAGE OFF)
 option(SANITIZER OFF)