diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7166b0a76..902934d58 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ dep_option(SDL_VIRTUAL_JOYSTICK    "Enable the virtual-joystick driver" ON SDL_H
 set_option(SDL_LIBUDEV             "Enable libudev support" ON)
 set_option(SDL_ASAN                "Use AddressSanitizer to detect memory errors" OFF)
 option_string(SDL_VENDOR_INFO      "Vendor name and/or version to add to SDL_REVISION" "")
-set_option(SDL_CCACHE              "Use Ccache to speed up build" ON)
+set_option(SDL_CCACHE              "Use Ccache to speed up build" OFF)
 set_option(SDL_CLANG_TIDY          "Run clang-tidy static analysis" OFF)
 
 option(SDL_WERROR "Enable -Werror" OFF)