diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6d68ed2682..1b301b7ca9 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2830,6 +2830,8 @@ if [ "$CFG_FORCEDEBUGINFO" = "yes" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "$XPLATFORM_IOS" = "yes" ]; then
+    CFG_PKGCONFIG="no"
+    CFG_NOBUILD_PARTS="$CFG_NOBUILD_PARTS examples tests"
     CFG_SHARED="no" # iOS builds should be static to be able to submit to the App Store
     CFG_CXX11="no" # C++11 support disabled for now
     CFG_SKIP_MODULES="$CFG_SKIP_MODULES qtdeclarative qtquickcontrols qtwebkit qtgraphicaleffects qtdoc qtmultimedia qtwebkit-examples-and-demos qttools"