diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index beaab2df2b0..91bffecd4c0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -9716,7 +9716,8 @@ easy, safe, and automatic.")
                              #$output "/lib:"
                              #$output "/lib/tracker-3.0")
               "-Ddocs=false"
-              "-Dsystemd_user_services=false")
+              "-Dsystemd_user_services=false"
+              "--wrap-mode=nodownload") ; XXX: to be disabled
       #:phases
       #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
           (add-after 'unpack 'patch-paths