On the current release 8.5.11 (which isn't in the group list yet) The framework build is used regardless of the --disable-framework option.

I haven't discovered why yet, but it has something to do with the macosx build using the unix build files. I can build the unix version on MacOSX without the framework, but when building from the macosx directory it always uses the framework. Specifically, I'm using: ./configure --enable-threads --disable-shared --disable-framework --disable-corefoundation