diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.8.4.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.8.4.nix
index bb47b1daee47..66862fca7318 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.8.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.8.4.nix
@@ -291,10 +291,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     # * https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/19580
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.targetPlatform.isMusl "pie";
 
-  # big-parallel allows us to build with more than 2 cores on
-  # Hydra which already warrants a significant speedup
-  requiredSystemFeatures = [ "big-parallel" ];
-
   postInstall = ''
     # Install the bash completion file.
     install -D -m 444 utils/completion/ghc.bash $out/share/bash-completion/completions/${targetPrefix}ghc