--- maxima-5.37.3.orig/configure.ac
+++ maxima-5.37.3/configure.ac
@@ -991,6 +991,11 @@
 	[  --with-wish=<prog>           Use <prog> for Tk wish shell (default wish)],
-	[WISH="${withval}"],
-	[WISH="wish"])
+	[],
+	[with_wish="wish"])
+case "${with_wish}" in
+     no) WISH="none" ;;
+     yes) WISH="wish" ;;
+     *) WISH="${with_wish}" ;;
+esac
 AC_SUBST(WISH)
-
+AM_CONDITIONAL(WANT_TK, test x"${with_wish}" != xno)
 
--- maxima-5.37.3.orig/interfaces/Makefile.am
+++ maxima-5.37.3/interfaces/Makefile.am
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
-SUBDIRS = emacs xmaxima
+if WANT_TK
+   MAYBE_XMAXIMA = xmaxima
+endif
+SUBDIRS = emacs $(MAYBE_XMAXIMA)
 EXTRA_DIST = bin/xmaxima.iss