--- setup.py.orig 2018-03-29 22:57:55.000000000 +1100 +++ setup.py 2018-04-27 05:55:22.000000000 +1000 @@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from distutils.spawn import find_executable TEST_EXTENSIONS = True # This global variable is used to hold the list of modules to be disabled. -DISABLED_MODULE_LIST = [] +DISABLED_MODULE_LIST = ["_tkinter", "_gdbm"] def get_platform(): @@ -1840,8 +1840,8 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext): # Rather than complicate the code below, detecting and building # AquaTk is a separate method. Only one Tkinter will be built on # Darwin - either AquaTk, if it is found, or X11 based Tk. - if (MACOS and self.detect_tkinter_darwin()): - return True + self.announce("INFO: Not using Tcl/Tk", 2) + return # Assume we haven't found any of the libraries or include files # The versions with dots are used on Unix, and the versions without