diff --git a/libs/ardour/wscript b/libs/ardour/wscript
index 210c80e434..d7e8864013 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/wscript
+++ b/libs/ardour/wscript
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ def configure(conf):
     if conf.is_defined('HAVE_LILV'):
         autowaf.check_pkg(conf, 'suil-0', uselib_store='SUIL',
                           atleast_version='0.2.0', mandatory=False)
-    autowaf.check_pkg(conf, 'soundtouch-1.0', uselib_store='SOUNDTOUCH',
-                      mandatory=False)
+#    autowaf.check_pkg(conf, 'soundtouch-1.0', uselib_store='SOUNDTOUCH',
+#                      mandatory=False)
     autowaf.check_pkg(conf, 'cppunit', uselib_store='CPPUNIT',
                       atleast_version='1.12.0', mandatory=False)
     autowaf.check_pkg(conf, 'ogg', uselib_store='OGG', atleast_version='1.1.2')
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index cc0c7d51ce..d1f5832df9 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ const char* const ardour_config_info = "\\n\\
     write_config_text('Program name',          opts.program_name)
     write_config_text('Rubberband',            conf.is_defined('HAVE_RUBBERBAND'))
     write_config_text('Samplerate',            conf.is_defined('HAVE_SAMPLERATE'))
-    write_config_text('Soundtouch',            conf.is_defined('HAVE_SOUNDTOUCH'))
+#    write_config_text('Soundtouch',            conf.is_defined('HAVE_SOUNDTOUCH'))
     write_config_text('Translation',           opts.nls)
     write_config_text('Tranzport',             opts.tranzport)
     write_config_text('Unit tests',            conf.is_defined('BUILD_TESTS'))