diff --git a/ncurses/PKGBUILD b/ncurses/PKGBUILD
index ffa320b5..f37cfcf9 100644
--- a/ncurses/PKGBUILD
+++ b/ncurses/PKGBUILD
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ build() {
     --with-build-cflags=-D_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED \
     --with-pkg-config-libdir=/usr/lib/pkgconfig
 
-  make -j$(nproc)
-  make -j$(nproc) DESTDIR=${srcdir}/dest install
+  make
+  make DESTDIR=${srcdir}/dest install
 }
 
 package_ncurses() {