diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/quilt/quilt.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/quilt/quilt.inc
index 19532051cd..07611e6d85 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/quilt/quilt.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/quilt/quilt.inc
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ PATCHTOOL:class-native = "patch"
 
 CLEANBROKEN = "1"
 
-EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-perl='${USRBINPATH}/env perl' --with-patch=patch"
+EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-perl='${USRBINPATH}/env perl' --with-patch=patch --without-sendmail"
 EXTRA_OECONF:append:class-native = " --disable-nls"
+
 EXTRA_AUTORECONF += "--exclude=aclocal"
 
 CACHED_CONFIGUREVARS += "ac_cv_path_BASH=/bin/bash ac_cv_path_COLUMN=column"