diff --git a/cmake_modules/FindPythonLibsNew.cmake b/cmake_modules/FindPythonLibsNew.cmake
--- a/cmake_modules/FindPythonLibsNew.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/FindPythonLibsNew.cmake
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ list(GET _PYTHON_VALUES 6 PYTHON_SIZEOF_VOID_P)
 list(GET _PYTHON_VALUES 7 PYTHON_LIBRARY_SUFFIX)
 list(GET _PYTHON_VALUES 8 PYTHON_LIBRARY_PATH)
 list(GET _PYTHON_VALUES 9 PYTHON_OTHER_LIBS)
+string(REPLACE "-lncurses" "" PYTHON_OTHER_LIBS "${PYTHON_OTHER_LIBS}")
 
 # Make sure the Python has the same pointer-size as the chosen compiler
 # Skip the check on OS X, it doesn't consistently have CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P defined