diff --git a/contrib/modules/dnn_modern/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/modules/dnn_modern/CMakeLists.txt
index 79b64b1216..77bb47f8ac 100644
--- a/contrib/modules/dnn_modern/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/modules/dnn_modern/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+ocv_module_disable(dnn_modern)
 set(the_description "Modern Deep Learning module")
 
 if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.2)
