diff --git a/media-libs/libpng/libpng-1.6.49.ebuild b/media-libs/libpng/libpng-1.6.49.ebuild
index 77886f50f3922..a7708793d226d 100644
--- a/media-libs/libpng/libpng-1.6.49.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/libpng/libpng-1.6.49.ebuild
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 		$(use_enable test tests)
 		$(use_enable cpu_flags_x86_sse intel-sse)
 		$(use_enable static-libs static)
-		--enable-riscv-rvv=check
+		--disable-riscv-rvv
 	)
 
 	ECONF_SOURCE="${S}" econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"