diff --git a/net-analyzer/nmap/nmap-3.81.recipe b/net-analyzer/nmap/nmap-3.81.recipe
index 609c3966c..01b936b43 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/nmap/nmap-3.81.recipe
+++ b/net-analyzer/nmap/nmap-3.81.recipe
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ BUILD()
 
 	runConfigure --omit-dirs "dataRootDir docDir" \
 		./configure LDFLAGS=-lnetwork
-	make $jobArgs
+	# not multi-job safe
+	make
 }
 
 INSTALL()