diff --git a/Makefile.uk b/Makefile.uk
index 9fdae2983372a0b137c8e85cb7ea39a05eba5841..6c862d3fe32374f976cc693a6f1f9210a5a3c279 100644
--- a/Makefile.uk
+++ b/Makefile.uk
@@ -50,8 +50,11 @@ endif
 LIBCXXABI_VERSION=14.0.6
 LIBCXXABI_URL=https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/download/llvmorg-$(LIBCXXABI_VERSION)/libcxxabi-$(LIBCXXABI_VERSION).src.tar.xz
 LIBCXXABI_PATCHDIR=$(LIBCXXABI_BASE)/patches
+
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_LIBCXXABI),y)
 $(eval $(call fetch,libcxxabi,$(LIBCXXABI_URL)))
 $(eval $(call patch,libcxxabi,$(LIBCXXABI_PATCHDIR),libcxxabi-$(LIBCXXABI_VERSION).src))
+endif
 
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 # Helpers