diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/gcr/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/gcr/default.nix
index abd5074685a..c7b4cdd0ab2 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/gcr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/gcr/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   #doCheck = true;
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  #enableParallelBuilding = true; issues on hydra
 
   preFixup = ''
     wrapProgram "$out/bin/gcr-viewer" \