diff --git a/dev-python/numpy/numpy-1.14.5.ebuild b/dev-python/numpy/numpy-1.14.5.ebuild
index dc3d6dfd540a9..630b5d21ec695 100644
--- a/dev-python/numpy/numpy-1.14.5.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/numpy/numpy-1.14.5.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
@@ -114,8 +114,6 @@ python_prepare_all() {
 }
 
 python_compile() {
-	export MAKEOPTS=-j1 # bug #660754
-
 	local python_makeopts_jobs=""
 	python_is_python3 || python_makeopts_jobs="-j $(makeopts_jobs)"
 	distutils-r1_python_compile \
diff --git a/dev-python/numpy/numpy-1.15.4.ebuild b/dev-python/numpy/numpy-1.15.4.ebuild
index f25c715339bd2..321b3a2e67227 100644
--- a/dev-python/numpy/numpy-1.15.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/numpy/numpy-1.15.4.ebuild
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ python_prepare_all() {
 }
 
 python_compile() {
-	export MAKEOPTS=-j1 # bug #660754
-
 	local python_makeopts_jobs=""
 	python_is_python3 || python_makeopts_jobs="-j $(makeopts_jobs)"
 	distutils-r1_python_compile \
diff --git a/dev-python/numpy/numpy-9999.ebuild b/dev-python/numpy/numpy-9999.ebuild
index b2a2c5ad27e47..baa28ab588931 100644
--- a/dev-python/numpy/numpy-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/numpy/numpy-9999.ebuild
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ python_prepare_all() {
 }
 
 python_compile() {
-	export MAKEOPTS=-j1 # bug #660754
-
 	distutils-r1_python_compile -j $(makeopts_jobs) ${NUMPY_FCONFIG}
 }