diff --git a/dev/Tiltfile b/dev/Tiltfile
index 214f9a024..f24012ea8 100644
--- a/dev/Tiltfile
+++ b/dev/Tiltfile
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ if everest_operator_debug:
 # Build the Everest operator manager locally to take advantage of the go cache
 local_resource(
   'operator-build',
-  'GOOS=linux make -C %s %s' % (operator_dir, everest_operator_build_target),
+  'CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux make -C %s %s' % (operator_dir, everest_operator_build_target),
   deps=[
     'go.mod',
     'go.sum',