diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index a443748..064e9df 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ n.build('all', 'phony', all_targets)
 n.close()
 print('wrote %s.' % BUILD_FILENAME)
 
-if options.bootstrap:
+if options.bootstrap and False:
     print('bootstrap complete.  rebuilding...')
 
     rebuild_args = []