diff --git a/games-misc/bsd-games/bsd-games-3.1-r2.ebuild b/games-misc/bsd-games/bsd-games-3.1-r2.ebuild
index ba3c5f5dd7c4f..6761d8d9c59a6 100644
--- a/games-misc/bsd-games/bsd-games-3.1-r2.ebuild
+++ b/games-misc/bsd-games/bsd-games-3.1-r2.ebuild
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ src_test() {
 
 src_install() {
 	dodir /var/games
-	emake -j1 DESTDIR="${D}" install
+	emake DESTDIR="${D}" install
 
 	_build_game() {
 		has ${1} ${GAMES_TO_BUILD}