diff --git a/app-text/xindy/xindy-2.5.1.recipe b/app-text/xindy/xindy-2.5.1.recipe
index af51c2690..66632a97a 100644
--- a/app-text/xindy/xindy-2.5.1.recipe
+++ b/app-text/xindy/xindy-2.5.1.recipe
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ BUILD()
 {
 	autoreconf -fi
 	runConfigure --omit-dirs binDir ./configure --bindir=$commandBinDir --enable-docs
-	make $jobArgs
+	make
 }
 
 INSTALL()