diff --git a/Config.mk b/Config.mk
index a9c0fd0185..d39312fbd4 100644
--- a/Config.mk
+++ b/Config.mk
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ PYTHON_TOOLS       ?= y
 OCAML_TOOLS        ?= y
 CONFIG_MINITERM    ?= n
 CONFIG_LOMOUNT     ?= n
-CONFIG_SYSTEM_LIBAIO ?= y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_LIBAIO ?= n
 
 ifeq ($(OCAML_TOOLS),y)
 OCAML_TOOLS := $(shell ocamlopt -v > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo "y" || echo "n")