diff --git a/modulesets/gnome-world.modules b/modulesets/gnome-world.modules
index 7fe701408..1ac45abba 100644
--- a/modulesets/gnome-world.modules
+++ b/modulesets/gnome-world.modules
@@ -3234,7 +3234,7 @@
     </dependencies>
   </autotools>
 
-  <autotools id="flatpak" autogenargs="--enable-sudo">
+  <autotools id="flatpak" autogenargs="--disable-sudo --disable-system-helper">
     <branch repo="github.com"
             module="flatpak/flatpak"/>
     <dependencies>