diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 355d132182..0780d0e1fa 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD)
 endif()
 message(STATUS "CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: ${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD}")
 
-option(VT_TV_PYTHON_BINDINGS_ENABLED "Build vt-tv with Python bindings" ON)
+option(VT_TV_PYTHON_BINDINGS_ENABLED "Build vt-tv with Python bindings" OFF)
 option(VT_TV_OPENMP_ENABLED "Build vt-tv with openMP support" ON)
 set(VT_TV_N_THREADS "2" CACHE STRING "Number of OpenMP threads to use")