diff --git a/pkgs/games/tome4/default.nix b/pkgs/games/tome4/default.nix
index 83f34f5b04a..70d618a9d6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/tome4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/tome4/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libGLU openal libpng libvorbis SDL2 SDL2_ttf SDL2_image
   ];
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  # disable parallel building as it caused sporadic build failures
+  enableParallelBuilding = false;
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [
     "-I${SDL2_image}/include/SDL2"