diff --git a/cmake/BuildMariaDBConnector.cmake b/cmake/BuildMariaDBConnector.cmake
index 52e6eb379..c8a99acbf 100644
--- a/cmake/BuildMariaDBConnector.cmake
+++ b/cmake/BuildMariaDBConnector.cmake
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ set(MARIADB_CONNECTOR_C_TAG "v3.0.2"
 ExternalProject_Add(connector-c
   GIT_REPOSITORY ${MARIADB_CONNECTOR_C_REPO}
   GIT_TAG ${MARIADB_CONNECTOR_C_TAG}
-  CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/connector-c/install
+  CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/connector-c/install -DWITH_UNITTEST=N -DWITH_CURL=N
   BINARY_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/connector-c
   INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/connector-c/install
   UPDATE_COMMAND "")