diff --git a/scripts/pacman-key.sh.in b/scripts/pacman-key.sh.in
index f7f1dd61..913f2c39 100644
--- a/scripts/pacman-key.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/pacman-key.sh.in
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ populate_keyring() {
 			if (( VERBOSE )); then
 				msg2 "$(gettext "Disabling key %s...")" "${key_id}"
 			fi
-			printf 'disable\nquit\n' | LANG=C "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --command-fd 0 --quiet --batch --edit-key "${key_id}" 2>/dev/null
+			printf 'disable\nquit\n' | LANG=C "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --command-fd 0 --no-auto-check-trustdb --quiet --batch --edit-key "${key_id}" 2>/dev/null
 			key_count=$((key_count+1))
 		done
 		if (( key_count )); then