diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5/khotkeys.nix b/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5/khotkeys.nix
index abfb85a867c..c54d5486ee9 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5/khotkeys.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5/khotkeys.nix
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ mkDerivation {
     plasma-framework plasma-workspace qtx11extras
   ];
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "bin" ];
+  enableParallelBuild = false;
 }