diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 9f928837937c08366cd60bb77c0bdedb820ec28e..2f08b407f0308259a6f4790311ca790d7b6fee2b 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -101,13 +101,6 @@ config TAR_VERBOSITY
 	prompt "Tar verbose" if BUILDOPTS
 	default n
 
-config JLEVEL
-	int
-	prompt "Number of jobs to run simultaneously" if BUILDOPTS
-	default "1"
-	help
-	    Number of jobs to run simultanesouly
-
 config CCACHE
 	bool
 	prompt "Use ccache" if BUILDOPTS
diff --git a/include/kernel-defaults.mk b/include/kernel-defaults.mk
index 409b7d723ad8fc85fd288fd907f2b843c3925cbe..5bbff3eeb659f88112e0c7399d8f1d061c2e908a 100644
--- a/include/kernel-defaults.mk
+++ b/include/kernel-defaults.mk
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ endef
 
 define Kernel/CompileModules/Default
 	rm -f $(LINUX_DIR)/vmlinux $(LINUX_DIR)/System.map
-	$(MAKE) -j$(CONFIG_JLEVEL) $(KERNEL_MAKEOPTS) CC="$(KERNEL_CC)" modules
+	$(MAKE) $(KERNEL_MAKEOPTS) CC="$(KERNEL_CC)" modules
 endef
 
 ifeq ($(KERNEL),2.6)
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ ifeq ($(KERNEL),2.6)
 endif
 define Kernel/CompileImage/Default
 	$(call Kernel/SetInitramfs)
-	$(MAKE) -j$(CONFIG_JLEVEL) $(KERNEL_MAKEOPTS) CC="$(KERNEL_CC)" $(KERNELNAME)
+	$(MAKE) $(KERNEL_MAKEOPTS) CC="$(KERNEL_CC)" $(KERNELNAME)
 	$(KERNEL_CROSS)objcopy -O binary -R .reginfo -R .note -R .comment -R .mdebug -S $(LINUX_DIR)/vmlinux $(LINUX_KERNEL)
 	$(KERNEL_CROSS)objcopy -R .reginfo -R .note -R .comment -R .mdebug -S $(LINUX_DIR)/vmlinux $(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR)/vmlinux.elf
 endef