diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/google-cloud-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/google-cloud-cpp/default.nix
index ea27c372b66f..1be64b11d991 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/google-cloud-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/google-cloud-cpp/default.nix
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-cpp";
     description = "C++ Idiomatic Clients for Google Cloud Platform services";
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" ];
-    requiredSystemFeatures = [ "big-parallel" ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ cpcloud ];
   };
 }