diff --git a/packages/bird2-babelpatch/Makefile b/packages/bird2-babelpatch/Makefile
index 09674f86..0677377e 100644
--- a/packages/bird2-babelpatch/Makefile
+++ b/packages/bird2-babelpatch/Makefile
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ This is the 2.0 branch of Bird which integrates support for IPv4 and IPv6
 into a single branch, and also adds support for the Babel routing protocol.
 endef
 
-CONFIGURE_ARGS += --disable-libssh
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += --disable-libssh --with-protocols=babel,bgp,mrt,pipe,static
 
 define Package/bird2/conffiles
 /etc/bird.conf
diff --git a/packages/bird3-babelpatch/Makefile b/packages/bird3-babelpatch/Makefile
index bcf21304..1365965f 100644
--- a/packages/bird3-babelpatch/Makefile
+++ b/packages/bird3-babelpatch/Makefile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ configuration syntax.
 This is the 3.0 branch of Bird which is a multithreaded rewrite.
 endef
 
-CONFIGURE_ARGS += --disable-libssh
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += --disable-libssh --with-protocols=babel,bgp,mrt,pipe,static
 TARGET_LDFLAGS += -latomic
 
 define Package/bird3-babelpatch/conffiles