diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mkvtoolnix/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mkvtoolnix/default.nix
index 0f5b7ca7a070..45a23ca7deb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mkvtoolnix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mkvtoolnix/default.nix
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--disable-precompiled-headers"
     "--disable-profiling"
     "--disable-static-qt"
+    "--disable-update-check"
     "--enable-optimization"
     "--with-boost-libdir=${lib.getLib boost}/lib"
     "--with-docbook-xsl-root=${docbook_xsl}/share/xml/docbook-xsl"