diff --git a/package/libs/libusb/Makefile b/package/libs/libusb/Makefile
index 58536c021cf23cfc56d6b7de099e101184021c8f..192b8a0d04d82fbde98768717956bce442bbad13 100644
--- a/package/libs/libusb/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/libusb/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/$(PKG_NAME)
 PKG_MD5SUM:=1d4eb194eaaa2bcfbba28102768c7dbf
 
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
-PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=0
 PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER := Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>