diff --git a/contrib/build-linux/appimage/make_appimage.sh b/contrib/build-linux/appimage/make_appimage.sh
index 97de4aaa9..ff2fd0eea 100755
--- a/contrib/build-linux/appimage/make_appimage.sh
+++ b/contrib/build-linux/appimage/make_appimage.sh
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ info "Installing build dependencies."
     --cache-dir "$PIP_CACHE_DIR" -r "$CONTRIB/deterministic-build/requirements-build-appimage.txt"
 
 info "installing electrum and its dependencies."
+export ELECTRUM_ECC_DONT_COMPILE=1
 "$python" -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-dependencies --no-binary :all: --no-warn-script-location \
     --cache-dir "$PIP_CACHE_DIR" -r "$CONTRIB/deterministic-build/requirements.txt"
 "$python" -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-dependencies --no-binary :all: --only-binary PyQt6,PyQt6-Qt6,cryptography --no-warn-script-location \
diff --git a/contrib/build-wine/build-electrum-git.sh b/contrib/build-wine/build-electrum-git.sh
index a1913ca3c..517d1a16d 100755
--- a/contrib/build-wine/build-electrum-git.sh
+++ b/contrib/build-wine/build-electrum-git.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export AIOHTTP_NO_EXTENSIONS=1
 export YARL_NO_EXTENSIONS=1
 export MULTIDICT_NO_EXTENSIONS=1
 export FROZENLIST_NO_EXTENSIONS=1
+export ELECTRUM_ECC_DONT_COMPILE=1
 
 info "Installing requirements..."
 $WINE_PYTHON -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-dependencies --no-binary :all: --no-warn-script-location \
diff --git a/contrib/make_packages.sh b/contrib/make_packages.sh
index f54a71780..6677245ed 100755
--- a/contrib/make_packages.sh
+++ b/contrib/make_packages.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ export YARL_NO_EXTENSIONS=1
 export MULTIDICT_NO_EXTENSIONS=1
 export FROZENLIST_NO_EXTENSIONS=1
 
+export ELECTRUM_ECC_DONT_COMPILE=1
+
 # if we end up having to compile something, at least give reproducibility a fighting chance
 export LC_ALL=C
 export TZ=UTC
diff --git a/contrib/osx/make_osx.sh b/contrib/osx/make_osx.sh
index 6d7c3b838..f9a107e0d 100755
--- a/contrib/osx/make_osx.sh
+++ b/contrib/osx/make_osx.sh
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ cp -f "$DLL_TARGET_DIR/libusb-1.0.dylib" "$PROJECT_ROOT/electrum/" || fail "Coul
 
 
 info "Installing requirements..."
+export ELECTRUM_ECC_DONT_COMPILE=1
 python3 -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-dependencies --no-binary :all: \
     --no-warn-script-location \
     -Ir ./contrib/deterministic-build/requirements.txt \