diff --git a/packages/bison/build.sh b/packages/bison/build.sh
index 88819c7d5..7c0e78b36 100644
--- a/packages/bison/build.sh
+++ b/packages/bison/build.sh
@@ -6,4 +6,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/bison/bison-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSIO
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=27d05534699735dc69e86add5b808d6cb35900ad3fd63fa82e3eb644336abfa0
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="m4"
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
-TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="M4=m4"
+TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
+M4=m4
+ac_cv_header_spawn_h=no
+"
diff --git a/packages/gcal/build.sh b/packages/gcal/build.sh
index 635ffd423..56139bb7c 100644
--- a/packages/gcal/build.sh
+++ b/packages/gcal/build.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=2
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=91b56c40b93eee9bda27ec63e95a6316d848e3ee047b5880ed71e5e8e60f61ab
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/gcal/gcal-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="ncurses"
+TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
+ac_cv_header_spawn_h=no
+"
 
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
 	# Certain packages are not safe to build on device because their
diff --git a/packages/zile/build.sh b/packages/zile/build.sh
index 65de8da5a..2b95162fc 100644
--- a/packages/zile/build.sh
+++ b/packages/zile/build.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/zile/zile-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=7a78742795ca32480f2bab697fd5e328618d9997d6f417cf1b14e9da9af26b74
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libgc, ncurses"
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
+TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
+ac_cv_header_spawn_h=no
+"
 
 termux_step_post_configure() {
 	# zile uses help2man to build the zile.1 man page, which would require