diff --git a/numbuf/thirdparty/build_thirdparty.sh b/numbuf/thirdparty/build_thirdparty.sh
index e5c4b5b45..c1cbf9db9 100755
--- a/numbuf/thirdparty/build_thirdparty.sh
+++ b/numbuf/thirdparty/build_thirdparty.sh
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ echo "building arrow"
 cd $TP_DIR/arrow/cpp
 mkdir -p $TP_DIR/arrow/cpp/build
 cd $TP_DIR/arrow/cpp/build
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-g" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-g" ..
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-g" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-g" -DARROW_BUILD_TESTS=OFF ..
 make VERBOSE=1 -j$PARALLEL