diff --git a/scripts/build-wxuniversal-wasm.sh b/scripts/build-wxuniversal-wasm.sh
index ff66e5d..5d2bfd8 100755
--- a/scripts/build-wxuniversal-wasm.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-wxuniversal-wasm.sh
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ export CXXFLAGS="-DZ_HAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -I$PCRE2_INCLUDE"
 
 emconfigure "$WX_SOURCE/configure" \
     --host=emscripten \
+    --without-subdirs \
     --enable-universal \
     --disable-shared \
     --with-opengl \