diff --git a/app-editors/neovim/neovim-0.11.1.ebuild b/app-editors/neovim/neovim-0.11.1.ebuild
index ed88d281e1424..a45901c205087 100644
--- a/app-editors/neovim/neovim-0.11.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/neovim/neovim-0.11.1.ebuild
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ src_configure() {
 		-DENABLE_LTO=OFF
 		-DPREFER_LUA=$(usex lua_single_target_luajit no "$(lua_get_version)")
 		-DLUA_PRG="${LUA}"
+		# bug 906019: fix hardcoded usage of ccache
+		-DCACHE_PRG=OFF
 	)
 	cmake_src_configure
 }
diff --git a/app-editors/neovim/neovim-0.11.2.ebuild b/app-editors/neovim/neovim-0.11.2.ebuild
index 7bce36689dd6f..7c834339ebead 100644
--- a/app-editors/neovim/neovim-0.11.2.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/neovim/neovim-0.11.2.ebuild
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ src_configure() {
 		-DENABLE_LTO=OFF
 		-DPREFER_LUA=$(usex lua_single_target_luajit no "$(lua_get_version)")
 		-DLUA_PRG="${LUA}"
+		# bug 906019: fix hardcoded usage of ccache
+		-DCACHE_PRG=OFF
 	)
 	cmake_src_configure
 }
diff --git a/app-editors/neovim/neovim-9999.ebuild b/app-editors/neovim/neovim-9999.ebuild
index 92ad4e2b9aa06..6187ca1985314 100644
--- a/app-editors/neovim/neovim-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/neovim/neovim-9999.ebuild
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ src_configure() {
 		-DENABLE_LTO=OFF
 		-DPREFER_LUA=$(usex lua_single_target_luajit no "$(lua_get_version)")
 		-DLUA_PRG="${LUA}"
+		# bug 906019: fix hardcoded usage of ccache
+		-DCACHE_PRG=OFF
 	)
 	cmake_src_configure
 }