diff --git a/sphaira/CMakeLists.txt b/sphaira/CMakeLists.txt
index 0bda3b4..86b3f9a 100644
--- a/sphaira/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sphaira/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ option(ENABLE_DEVOPTAB_WEBDAV "" ON)
 # max speed is 8MiB/s, which is fine for wifi, but awful for ethernet.
 # other clients get 36-40MiB/s.
 # it also adds 230k to binary size, and i don't think anyone will use it.
-option(ENABLE_DEVOPTAB_SFTP "" ON)
+option(ENABLE_DEVOPTAB_SFTP "" OFF)
 
 set(sphaira_VERSION 0.13.3)
 
diff --git a/sphaira/source/utils/devoptab.cpp b/sphaira/source/utils/devoptab.cpp
index 82c4257..0faf841 100644
--- a/sphaira/source/utils/devoptab.cpp
+++ b/sphaira/source/utils/devoptab.cpp
@@ -25,10 +25,13 @@ namespace {
 using namespace sphaira::ui;
 using namespace sphaira::devoptab::common;
 
+// todo: support for disabling some / all mounts.
 enum class DevoptabType {
     HTTP,
     FTP,
+#ifdef ENABLE_DEVOPTAB_SFTP
     SFTP,
+#endif
     NFS,
     SMB,
     WEBDAV,
@@ -44,7 +47,9 @@ struct TypeEntry {
 const TypeEntry TYPE_ENTRIES[] = {
     {"HTTP", "http://", 80, DevoptabType::HTTP},
     {"FTP", "ftp://", 21, DevoptabType::FTP},
+#ifdef ENABLE_DEVOPTAB_SFTP
     {"SFTP", "sftp://", 22, DevoptabType::SFTP},
+#endif
     {"NFS", "nfs://", 2049, DevoptabType::NFS},
     {"SMB", "smb://", 445, DevoptabType::SMB},
     {"WEBDAV", "webdav://", 80, DevoptabType::WEBDAV},
@@ -60,7 +65,9 @@ auto BuildIniPathFromType(DevoptabType type) -> fs::FsPath {
     switch (type) {
         case DevoptabType::HTTP: return MOUNT_PATH "/http.ini";
         case DevoptabType::FTP: return MOUNT_PATH "/ftp.ini";
+#ifdef ENABLE_DEVOPTAB_SFTP
         case DevoptabType::SFTP: return MOUNT_PATH "/sftp.ini";
+#endif
         case DevoptabType::NFS: return MOUNT_PATH "/nfs.ini";
         case DevoptabType::SMB: return MOUNT_PATH "/smb.ini";
         case DevoptabType::WEBDAV: return MOUNT_PATH "/webdav.ini";