diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/mailx/mailx_12.4.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/mailx/mailx_12.4.bb
index 180dbe3019..7abce7a31c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/mailx/mailx_12.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/mailx/mailx_12.4.bb
@@ -24,3 +24,5 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/mailx-${PV}"
 inherit autotools
 
 CFLAGS_append = " -D_BSD_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -I${S}/EXT"
+
+PARALLEL_MAKE = ""