diff --git a/srcpkgs/tftp-hpa/template b/srcpkgs/tftp-hpa/template
index 3a90f08dc3c..b97710ec945 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tftp-hpa/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tftp-hpa/template
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ homepage="http://www.kernel.org"
 distfiles="${homepage}/pub/software/network/tftp/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=acc04dde662491e3092565ecf9bde504c47dbb1bb0408366009b138fe7754cab
 
-do_build() {
-	make
-}
+disable_parallel_build=yes
 
 do_install() {
 	make INSTALLROOT=${DESTDIR} install