diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fuse/common.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fuse/common.nix
index c1217f66938..5adb1b5355a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fuse/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fuse/common.nix
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cp ${fusePackages.fuse_3.common}/etc/udev/rules.d/99-fuse.rules etc/udev/rules.d/99-fuse.rules
   '');
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Library that allows filesystems to be implemented in user space";
     longDescription = ''