diff --git a/compile.sh b/compile.sh
index c452651f..a64c57e1 100755
--- a/compile.sh
+++ b/compile.sh
@@ -228,8 +228,9 @@ then
         case "$crosscompile_target" in
           powerpc-apple-darwin)
 # libewf should work under MacOSX but it hasn't been tested
-# use --with-ncurses, so the binaries don't need libncurses
-		$confdir/configure --host=$crosscompile_target --prefix=$prefix $CONFIGUREOPT --without-ewf --enable-sudo --with-sudo-bin=/usr/bin/sudo --with-ncurses-lib=$prefix/usr/lib
+# use  --with-ncurses-lib=$prefix/usr/lib to get binaries that don't need libncurses
+# but users may be unable to navigate...
+		$confdir/configure --host=$crosscompile_target --prefix=$prefix $CONFIGUREOPT --without-ewf --enable-sudo --with-sudo-bin=/usr/bin/sudo
                 ;;
           i586-pc-msdosdjgpp)
 		$confdir/configure --host=$crosscompile_target --prefix=$prefix $CONFIGUREOPT --without-ewf --without-iconv