diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.6.1.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.6.1.nix
index 77eeacb6a66b..335befb6c125 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.6.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.6.1.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ ghc perl gmp ncurses ];
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  # My attempts to compile GHC with parallel build support enabled, failed
+  # 4 consecutive times with the following error:
+  #
+  #    building rts/dist/build/AutoApply.debug_o
+  #    building rts/dist/build/AutoApply.thr_o
+  #      rts_dist_HC rts/dist/build/AutoApply.debug_o
+  #    /nix/store/1iigiim5855m8j7pmwf5xrnpf705s4dh-binutils-2.21.1a/bin/ld: cannot find libraries/integer-gmp/dist-install/build/cbits/gmp-wrappers_o_split/gmp-wrappers__1.o
+  #    collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
+  #    make[1]: *** [libraries/integer-gmp/dist-install/build/cbits/gmp-wrappers.p_o] Error 1
+  enableParallelBuilding = false;
 
   buildMK = ''
     libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-libraries="${gmp}/lib"