diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/builder.sh
index c3df7c3899d..0c8ebc85139 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/builder.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ postConfigure() {
 buildPhase=buildPhase
 buildPhase() {
     source LinuxX86*Env.Set.sh
-    export JOBS=2
     ./bootstrap
     dmake # wait a few hours...
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/ooo-libtextcat.patch b/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/ooo-libtextcat.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fe7b7108c3..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/ooo-libtextcat.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- OOH680_m17/libtextcat/makefile.mk	2008-01-02 18:33:39.000000000 +0100
-+++ OOH680_m17/libtextcat/makefile.mk	2008-08-14 15:52:19.000000000 +0200
-@@ -62,6 +62,6 @@ ADDITIONAL_FILES= \
- 
- #relative to CONFIGURE_DIR
- CONFIGURE_ACTION=configure CFLAGS="$(EXTRA_CFLAGS)"
--CONFIGURE_FLAGS=
-+CONFIGURE_FLAGS=--prefix="${out}"
- 
- BUILD_ACTION=make