diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.10/kdeutils/kdf.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.10/kdeutils/kdf.nix
index 3f9da58d0a62..4b02c12d88ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.10/kdeutils/kdf.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.10/kdeutils/kdf.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 kde {
   buildInputs = [ kdelibs ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = false;
+
   meta = {
     description = "KDE free disk space utility";
   };