diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8f0fee58f0eafd06dc7587ff2e81aff1369753b8..f4c92159a0443afad4a9cb06de5526be7705df10 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ else()
   set(LCG_IGNORE         ""       CACHE STRING "List of packages to be ignored from LCG_INSTALL_PREFIX (';' separated)")
 endif()
 set(LCG_INSTALL_PREFIX ""       CACHE PATH "Existing LCG installation path prefix.")
-set(LCG_TARBALL_INSTALL   ON   CACHE BOOL "Turn ON/OFF creation/installation of tarballs")
+set(LCG_TARBALL_INSTALL   OFF  CACHE BOOL "Turn ON/OFF creation/installation of tarballs")
 set(VALIDATION         OFF      CACHE BOOL "Enable validation settings.")
 set(POST_INSTALL         ON      CACHE BOOL "Enable validation settings.")
 set(STRIP_RPATH         ON      CACHE BOOL "Strip RPATH from binaries.")