diff --git a/sci-geosciences/gpsbabel/gpsbabel-1.9.0-r1.ebuild b/sci-geosciences/gpsbabel/gpsbabel-1.9.0-r1.ebuild
index 9a35bba8963f1..f7d3e1d947c9d 100644
--- a/sci-geosciences/gpsbabel/gpsbabel-1.9.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sci-geosciences/gpsbabel/gpsbabel-1.9.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 	rm -r shapelib zlib || die
 
 	use doc && cp "${DISTDIR}/gpsbabel.org-style3.css" "${S}"
+	use gui || sed -i -e '/add_subdirectory(gui)/d' CMakeLists.txt || die
 }
 
 src_configure() {
@@ -76,9 +77,6 @@ src_configure() {
 		-DGPSBABEL_WITH_LIBUSB=pkgconfig
 		-DGPSBABEL_WITH_SHAPELIB=pkgconfig
 		-DGPSBABEL_WITH_ZLIB=pkgconfig
-		-DGPSBABEL_MAPPREVIEW=$(usex gui)
-		-DGPSBABEL_EMBED_MAP=$(usex gui)
-		-DGPSBABEL_EMBED_TRANSLATIONS=$(usex gui)
 		-DUSE_QT6=ON
 	)