diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/spdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/spdk/default.nix
index a0c875079c44..755c65d2fa45 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/spdk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/spdk/default.nix
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-mssse3"; # Necessary to compile.
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Set of libraries for fast user-mode storage";
     homepage = "https://spdk.io/";