diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/SDL2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/SDL2/default.nix
index 07a63a366f1..e009204133e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/SDL2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/SDL2/default.nix
@@ -60,9 +60,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       cf-private
     ];
 
-  # /build/SDL2-2.0.7/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandevents.c:41:10: fatal error:
-  #   pointer-constraints-unstable-v1-client-protocol.h: No such file or directory
-  enableParallelBuilding = false;
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--disable-oss"