diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/default.nix
index 819b74789473..86fb6e034915 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/default.nix
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cairo
   ];
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
   # Make sure PyXML modules can be found at run-time.
   postInstall = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
     install_name_tool -change $out/lib/libinkscape_base.dylib $out/lib/inkscape/libinkscape_base.dylib $out/bin/inkscape