diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 023acb3..aedef0a 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ AC_SUBST(GGI_LIBS)
 dnl Checks for Linux FBDev support
 AC_ARG_WITH(fbdev,
 [  --with-fbdev            use Linux framebuffer device],
-HAVE_FBDEV=$withval, HAVE_FBDEV=auto)
+HAVE_FBDEV=$withval, HAVE_FBDEV=no)
 if test "x$HAVE_FBDEV" != xno; then
 	dnl We should still be able to compile it even if
 	dnl there is no fbdev support in the running kernel