diff --git a/general/prog/swig.xml b/general/prog/swig.xml
index e4582ceefc..daed73a9a8 100644
--- a/general/prog/swig.xml
+++ b/general/prog/swig.xml
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@
       commands:
     </para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr                      \
+            --without-javascript               \
             --without-maximum-compile-warnings &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
 
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ cp -v -R Doc/* /usr/share/doc/swig-&swig-version;</userinput></screen>
       languages capabilities of <application>SWIG</application> are always
       built. <!--We use it for <application>Clisp</application>, because the
       SWIG implementation is very incomplete and a lot of tests fail. -->
+      <!-- Now used for JavaScript because of node CLI changes -->
     </para>
 
   </sect2>