diff --git a/develop/newt/newt.conf b/develop/newt/newt.conf
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+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../newt/newt.conf
+# Copyright (C) 2011 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+# build without tcl support because linking against tcl 8.5 needs to be fixed
+var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--without-tcl'