diff --git a/scripts/release/debian/build.sh b/scripts/release/debian/build.sh
index 700917cba8d..99aae5b9997 100755
--- a/scripts/release/debian/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/release/debian/build.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ wget -qO- https://www.python.org/ftp/python/$PYTHON_VERSION/Python-$PYTHON_VERSI
 echo "Python source code is in $PYTHON_SRC_DIR"
 
 # Build Python
-$PYTHON_SRC_DIR/*/configure --srcdir $PYTHON_SRC_DIR/* --prefix $WORKDIR/python_env
+$PYTHON_SRC_DIR/*/configure --srcdir $PYTHON_SRC_DIR/* --prefix $WORKDIR/python_env --disable-test-modules
 make
 make install