diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.mvl40-xscale_be b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.mvl40-xscale_be
index 3606ab4cf..a2a703314 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.mvl40-xscale_be
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.mvl40-xscale_be
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@ ARCH_CLASS = xscale
 GNU_DIR=/afs/psi.ch/project/embeddedlinux/moxa/xscale_be/armv5teb-montavista-linuxeabi
 
 ARCH_DEP_CFLAGS += -funwind-tables
+
+# Cannot build PVA because of missing boost support
+SKIP_BUILDS = pv% normativeTypes