diff --git a/require-ess/tools/driver.makefile b/require-ess/tools/driver.makefile
index dd0ec706d7f242bf7f16485264e853f297272091..c95abca10908322e01f3641593d1a82627aeaa80 100644
--- a/require-ess/tools/driver.makefile
+++ b/require-ess/tools/driver.makefile
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ USR_CPPFLAGS+=-DUSE_TYPED_RSET
 endif
 
 SHRLIB_VERSION=
+# Avoid linking everything with libreadline.so
+COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY=
 
 OBJ=.o