diff --git a/srcpkgs/bochs/template b/srcpkgs/bochs/template
index 35fca3222f8..ddedef28810 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bochs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bochs/template
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ homepage="http://bochs.sourceforge.net/"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libX11-devel libXrandr-devel gtk+-devel"
 configure_args="--enable-debugger --enable-disasm"
+disable_parallel_build=yes
 distfiles="$SOURCEFORGE_SITE/bochs/bochs-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum="a4354eeb699662da869b038e225160ec726b883f1b4f425a06cf56cbffbb8282"
 
-do_build() {
+pre_build() {
 	sed -i 's/^LIBS = /LIBS = -lpthread/g' Makefile
-	make -j 1
 }