diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix
index 83e959cc8c8..fcec8dc0398 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@
   # A native Guile 2.0 is needed to cross-build Guile.
   selfNativeBuildInput = true;
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  # Guile 2.0.11 repeatable fails with 8-core parallel building because
+  # libguile/vm-i-system.i is not created in time
+  enableParallelBuilding = false;
 
   patches = [ ./disable-gc-sensitive-tests.patch ./eai_system.patch ] ++
     (stdenv.lib.optional (coverageAnalysis != null) ./gcov-file-name.patch);