diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.3.0.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.3.0.bb
index a05ec3b34b..e38c1f8436 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.3.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.3.0.bb
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ LICENSE = "GPL-3.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "readline"
+# Make native builds lean
+PACKAGECONFIG:class-native = ""
+
 PACKAGECONFIG[readline] = "--with-readline,--without-readline,readline"
 PACKAGECONFIG[mpfr] = "--with-mpfr,--without-mpfr, mpfr"