diff --git a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/uim/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/uim/default.nix
index e8ebb749c097..c7d73bd0e266 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/uim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/uim/default.nix
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     export XDG_DATA_DIRS="${shared-mime-info}/share"
   '';
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = false;
+
   dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {