diff --git a/sparc/config.sh b/sparc/config.sh
index 59be438..4802eaa 100644
--- a/sparc/config.sh
+++ b/sparc/config.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ KERNEL_BINARY="vmlinux"
 # other stuff seems to compile fine though
 USE_DIETLIBC=0
 
-MAKEOPTS="-j2"
+MAKEOPTS="-j1"
 
 KERNEL_MAKE=make
 UTILS_MAKE=make