diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 4d06697..51f56c5 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ endif
 
 	# guest-agent is only required for guest systems
 	./configure \
-	    --with-git-submodules=ignore \
+	    --disable-download \
 	    --docdir=/usr/share/doc/pve-qemu-kvm \
 	    --localstatedir=/var \
 	    --prefix=/usr \