diff --git a/sys-libs/newlib/newlib-4.3.0.20230120.ebuild b/sys-libs/newlib/newlib-4.3.0.20230120.ebuild
index 83237271fd552..5b16a3bf6787d 100644
--- a/sys-libs/newlib/newlib-4.3.0.20230120.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/newlib/newlib-4.3.0.20230120.ebuild
@@ -128,11 +128,11 @@ src_compile() {
 
 src_install() {
 	cd "${NEWLIBBUILD}" || die
-	emake -j1 DESTDIR="${D}" install
+	emake DESTDIR="${D}" install
 
 	if use nano ; then
 		cd "${NEWLIBNANOBUILD}" || die
-		emake -j1 DESTDIR="${NEWLIBNANOTMPINSTALL}" install
+		emake DESTDIR="${NEWLIBNANOTMPINSTALL}" install
 		# Rename nano lib* files to lib*_nano and move to the real ${D}
 		local nanolibfiles=""
 		nanolibfiles=$(find "${NEWLIBNANOTMPINSTALL}" -regex ".*/lib\(c\|g\|m\|rdimon\|gloss\)\.a" -print)
diff --git a/sys-libs/newlib/newlib-9999.ebuild b/sys-libs/newlib/newlib-9999.ebuild
index 83237271fd552..5b16a3bf6787d 100644
--- a/sys-libs/newlib/newlib-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/newlib/newlib-9999.ebuild
@@ -128,11 +128,11 @@ src_compile() {
 
 src_install() {
 	cd "${NEWLIBBUILD}" || die
-	emake -j1 DESTDIR="${D}" install
+	emake DESTDIR="${D}" install
 
 	if use nano ; then
 		cd "${NEWLIBNANOBUILD}" || die
-		emake -j1 DESTDIR="${NEWLIBNANOTMPINSTALL}" install
+		emake DESTDIR="${NEWLIBNANOTMPINSTALL}" install
 		# Rename nano lib* files to lib*_nano and move to the real ${D}
 		local nanolibfiles=""
 		nanolibfiles=$(find "${NEWLIBNANOTMPINSTALL}" -regex ".*/lib\(c\|g\|m\|rdimon\|gloss\)\.a" -print)