diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix
index eb132a0be22..9ca1a23ea34 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   # fails to find lex_token.h sometimes
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  enableParallelBuilding = false;
 
   outputs = [ "out" "lib" ];