diff --git a/pacman-extra.conf b/pacman-extra.conf
index d2b37b1079fad4a7532e9dabba21ec8d8723eeec..cdad265d9cffeb603cdde747a14a16bd4af3e224 100644
--- a/pacman-extra.conf
+++ b/pacman-extra.conf
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ Architecture = auto
 #UseSyslog
 #UseDelta
 #TotalDownload
-CheckSpace
+# We cannot check disk space from within a chroot environment
+#CheckSpace
 #VerbosePkgLists
 
 # PGP signature checking
diff --git a/pacman-multilib-testing.conf b/pacman-multilib-testing.conf
index d544e9ec041d9e1fd2d58521912ae407d5354ee0..b7e59f6f8f7099b6ae11897927383cf367bee348 100644
--- a/pacman-multilib-testing.conf
+++ b/pacman-multilib-testing.conf
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ Architecture = auto
 #UseSyslog
 #UseDelta
 #TotalDownload
-CheckSpace
+# We cannot check disk space from within a chroot environment
+#CheckSpace
 #VerbosePkgLists
 
 # PGP signature checking
diff --git a/pacman-multilib.conf b/pacman-multilib.conf
index 2497c81fad65bb3f78bbde258e755a7c27b856f7..709361e31b292bf557ff3a1a6508d9a2e74022eb 100644
--- a/pacman-multilib.conf
+++ b/pacman-multilib.conf
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ Architecture = auto
 #UseSyslog
 #UseDelta
 #TotalDownload
-CheckSpace
+# We cannot check disk space from within a chroot environment
+#CheckSpace
 #VerbosePkgLists
 
 # PGP signature checking
diff --git a/pacman-staging.conf b/pacman-staging.conf
index b9c2cc22d395458541b8ab400c0e31490ea7b9a4..9d8e23e245b7492eda50b93bda480c1c31964637 100644
--- a/pacman-staging.conf
+++ b/pacman-staging.conf
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ Architecture = auto
 #UseSyslog
 #UseDelta
 #TotalDownload
-CheckSpace
+# We cannot check disk space from within a chroot environment
+#CheckSpace
 #VerbosePkgLists
 
 # PGP signature checking
diff --git a/pacman-testing.conf b/pacman-testing.conf
index 6a7c4bf3fb83862de870018f75726dce9f623dcb..70b024983fcbd2fcac0da09a8fc85f7e68fc0f71 100644
--- a/pacman-testing.conf
+++ b/pacman-testing.conf
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ Architecture = auto
 #UseSyslog
 #UseDelta
 #TotalDownload
-CheckSpace
+# We cannot check disk space from within a chroot environment
+#CheckSpace
 #VerbosePkgLists
 
 # PGP signature checking