diff --git a/src/server/gf-server.cabal b/src/server/gf-server.cabal
index b993294d3..fcd0834d0 100644
--- a/src/server/gf-server.cabal
+++ b/src/server/gf-server.cabal
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ synopsis: FastCGI Server for Grammatical Framework
 
 flag fastcgi
   Description: Build the fcgi services (requires the fastcgi package)
-  Default:     True
+  Default:     False
 
 executable pgf-http
   main-is: pgf-http.hs