diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/util-linux-uuid/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/util-linux-uuid/package.py
index 4bb5418c48..6f6613ce92 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/util-linux-uuid/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/util-linux-uuid/package.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ def configure_args(self):
             '--without-systemd',
             '--disable-all-programs',
             '--without-python',
-            '--enable-libuuid'
+            '--enable-libuuid',
+            '--disable-bash-completion',
         ]
         return config_args