diff --git a/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-4.2.0-r4.ebuild b/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-4.2.0-r4.ebuild
index ede6a11f16e0a..f5099316fff7d 100644
--- a/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-4.2.0-r4.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-4.2.0-r4.ebuild
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ src_test() {
 	if [[ -n ${softmmu_targets} ]]; then
 		cd "${S}/softmmu-build"
 		pax-mark m */qemu-system-* #515550
-		emake -j1 check
+		emake check
 	fi
 }
 
diff --git a/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-9999.ebuild b/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-9999.ebuild
index ea81a8db574de..6068335f95dc4 100644
--- a/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-9999.ebuild
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ src_test() {
 	if [[ -n ${softmmu_targets} ]]; then
 		cd "${S}/softmmu-build"
 		pax-mark m */qemu-system-* #515550
-		emake -j1 check
+		emake check
 	fi
 }