diff --git a/project/settings.sc b/project/settings.sc
index 8288d1b33d..6c1c45c8b0 100644
--- a/project/settings.sc
+++ b/project/settings.sc
@@ -785,6 +785,7 @@ trait FormatNativeImageConf extends JavaModule {
 
 trait ScalaCliCompile extends scala.cli.mill.ScalaCliCompile {
   def scalaCliVersion = BuildDeps.scalaCliVersion
+  def enableScalaCli  = false
 
   def scalacOptions = T {
     val sv         = scalaVersion()