diff --git a/pkgs/games/spring/default.nix b/pkgs/games/spring/default.nix
index 99066581aa2..4f8fe0d1974 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/spring/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/spring/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --replace "which" "type -p"
   '';
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  #enableParallelBuilding = true; # occasionally missing generated files on Hydra
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://springrts.com/;