diff --git a/build/premake/premake5.lua b/build/premake/premake5.lua
index ed234df8d9..0c2f4c0142 100644
--- a/build/premake/premake5.lua
+++ b/build/premake/premake5.lua
@@ -869,7 +869,6 @@ function setup_all_libs ()
 		"zlib",
 		"boost",
 		"enet",
-		"gloox",
 		"libcurl",
 		"tinygettext",
 		"icu",
@@ -881,6 +880,9 @@ function setup_all_libs ()
 		"cpp_httplib",
 	}
 
+	if not _OPTIONS["without-lobby"] then
+		table.insert(extern_libs, "gloox")
+	end
 
 	if not _OPTIONS["without-miniupnpc"] then
 		table.insert(extern_libs, "miniupnpc")
diff --git a/source/ps/GameSetup/HWDetect.cpp b/source/ps/GameSetup/HWDetect.cpp
index 3bb7e0e3ab..0b61dcb6af 100644
--- a/source/ps/GameSetup/HWDetect.cpp
+++ b/source/ps/GameSetup/HWDetect.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include "lib/debug.h"
 #include "lib/external_libraries/curl.h"
 #include "lib/external_libraries/enet.h"
-#include "lib/external_libraries/gloox.h"
 #include "lib/external_libraries/png.h"
 #include "lib/external_libraries/libsdl.h"
 #include "lib/path.h"
@@ -94,6 +93,10 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #endif
 
+#if CONFIG2_LOBBY
+#include "lib/external_libraries/gloox.h"
+#endif
+
 #if CONFIG2_NVTT
 #include "nvtt/nvtt.h"
 #endif
@@ -208,7 +211,9 @@ void ReportLibraries(const ScriptRequest& rq, JS::HandleValue settings)
 	appendLibrary(LibraryReporter{rq, "boost"}.Add("version", BOOST_VERSION).MakeReport());
 	appendLibrary(LibraryReporter{rq, "enet"}.Add("version", std::to_string(ENET_VERSION)).MakeReport());
 	appendLibrary(LibraryReporter{rq, "fmt"}.Add("version", FMT_VERSION).MakeReport());
+#if CONFIG2_LOBBY
 	appendLibrary(LibraryReporter{rq, "gloox"}.Add("version", gloox_version()).MakeReport());
+#endif
 	appendLibrary(LibraryReporter{rq, "libicu"}.Add("version", U_ICU_VERSION).MakeReport());
 	appendLibrary(LibraryReporter{rq, "libcurl"}.Add("version", std::string(curl_version())).MakeReport());
 #if CONFIG2_AUDIO