diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dns/bind/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/dns/bind/default.nix
index bb4e1a0f8d4..b60998ce6aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/dns/bind/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dns/bind/default.nix
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "localstatedir=\${TMPDIR}"
   ];
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.isc.org/software/bind";
     description = "Domain name server";