diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk
index 36cd4e9c62..b57d3729c4 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ PKG_MAKE_OPTS_INIT="ARCH=$TARGET_ARCH \
                     HOSTCC=$HOST_CC \
                     CROSS_COMPILE=$TARGET_PREFIX \
                     KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 \
-                    MAKEFLAGS="-j1" \
                     install"
 
 # nano text editor