Diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index b9cbf5e..af20d03 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ build() {
   msg2 'Building ycmd...' # BuildYcmdLibs()
   mkdir -p "$srcdir/ycmd_build"
   cd "$srcdir/ycmd_build" || exit
-  cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DUSE_SYSTEM_LIBCLANG="$_completer" . "$srcdir/YouCompleteMe/third_party/ycmd/cpp"
+  cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DUSE_PYTHON2=OFF -DUSE_SYSTEM_LIBCLANG="$_completer" . "$srcdir/YouCompleteMe/third_party/ycmd/cpp"
   make ycm_core

   if [ "$_omnisharp" = "y" ]; then