diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/openscad/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/openscad/default.nix
index be079b6bdb20..413e16718216 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/openscad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/openscad/default.nix
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
       "SPNAV_LIBPATH=${libspnav}/lib"
     ];
 
-  # src/lexer.l:36:10: fatal error: parser.hxx: No such file or directory
-  enableParallelBuilding = false; # true by default due to qmake
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   postInstall = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
     mkdir $out/Applications