diff --git a/Modules/Setup b/Modules/Setup
index 87c6a152f8..7ad53f5b4f 100644
--- a/Modules/Setup
+++ b/Modules/Setup
@@ -375,3 +375,8 @@ xxsubtype xxsubtype.c
 #
 # _sqlite3 _tkinter _curses pyexpat
 # _codecs_jp _codecs_kr _codecs_tw unicodedata
+
+*disabled*
+_curses
+_curses_panel
+_tkinter