diff --git a/src/tools/vppapigen/vppapigen_c.py b/src/tools/vppapigen/vppapigen_c.py
index 07975ce..a879074 100644
--- a/src/tools/vppapigen/vppapigen_c.py
+++ b/src/tools/vppapigen/vppapigen_c.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 from io import StringIO
 import shutil
 
+process_imports = False
+
 datestring = datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(
     int(os.environ.get('SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH', time.time())))
 input_filename = 'inputfil'