diff --git a/packages/security/openssl/package.mk b/packages/security/openssl/package.mk
index 334d8623f4..c1fe4ed851 100644
--- a/packages/security/openssl/package.mk
+++ b/packages/security/openssl/package.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_LONGDESC="The Open Source toolkit for Secure Sockets Layer and Transport Layer Security"
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="configure"
-PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-parallel"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_SHARED="--libdir=lib \
                            shared \