diff --git a/package/pkg-meson.mk b/package/pkg-meson.mk
index 9987fb73bb..0835e08e3a 100644
--- a/package/pkg-meson.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-meson.mk
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #
 MESON		= PYTHONNOUSERSITE=y $(HOST_DIR)/bin/meson
 NINJA		= PYTHONNOUSERSITE=y $(HOST_DIR)/bin/ninja
-NINJA_OPTS	= $(if $(VERBOSE),-v) -j$(PARALLEL_JOBS)
+NINJA_OPTS	= $(if $(VERBOSE),-v)
 
 # https://mesonbuild.com/Reference-tables.html#cpu-families
 ifeq ($(BR2_arcle)$(BR2_arceb),y)