diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kdevplatform/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kdevplatform/default.nix
index 8398f2d7db4d..590bc7ae345b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kdevplatform/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kdevplatform/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake automoc4 gettext pkgconfig ];
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  enableParallelBuilding = false;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     maintainers = [ maintainers.ambrop72 ];