diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/compactor/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/compactor/default.nix
index 0486ade9b512..f729420cee65 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/compactor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/compactor/default.nix
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--with-boost=${boost186.dev}"
   ];
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  enableParallelInstalling = false; # race conditions when installing
 
   doCheck = !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin; # check-dnstap.sh failing on Darwin
   nativeCheckInputs = [