diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
index 532f904553ea..310e54055ab7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
@@ -1355,6 +1355,10 @@ let
       ];
     });
 
+    cubature = old.cubature.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
+      enableParallelBuilding = false;
+    });
+
     RVowpalWabbit = old.RVowpalWabbit.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
       configureFlags = [
         "--with-boost=${pkgs.boost.dev}" "--with-boost-libdir=${pkgs.boost.out}/lib"