diff --git a/kiwixbuild/dependencies.py b/kiwixbuild/dependencies.py
index b395414..03bdd18 100644
--- a/kiwixbuild/dependencies.py
+++ b/kiwixbuild/dependencies.py
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ class Icu_cross_compile(Icu):
         @property
         def configure_option(self):
             icu_native_dep = self.buildEnv.targetsDict['icu4c_native']
-            return super().configure_option + " --with-cross-build=" + icu_native_dep.builder.build_path
+            return super().configure_option + " --with-cross-build={} --disable-tools".format(icu_native_dep.builder.build_path)
 
 
 class Libzim(Dependency):