diff --git a/test/unit/lib/bdev/part.c/part_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/bdev/part.c/part_ut.c
index ffa8aa718..a32d4dabf 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/bdev/part.c/part_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/bdev/part.c/part_ut.c
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 
 #include "lib/test_env.c"
 
+/* HACK: disable VTune integration so the unit test doesn't need VTune headers and libs to build */
+#undef SPDK_CONFIG_VTUNE
+
 #include "bdev/bdev.c"
 #include "bdev/part.c"