diff --git a/meta-gem5/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-native.inc b/meta-gem5/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-native.inc
index 1df94d04..3c891bae 100644
--- a/meta-gem5/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-native.inc
+++ b/meta-gem5/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-native.inc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LICENSE = "BSD & MIT & LGPLv2.1"
 GEM5_BUILD_CONFIGS ?= "build/X86/gem5.opt"
 
 # Scons build arguments
-GEM5_SCONS_ARGS ?= "-j ${BB_NUMBER_THREADS} CC=${BUILD_CC} CXX=${BUILD_CXX} \
+GEM5_SCONS_ARGS ?= "CC=${BUILD_CC} CXX=${BUILD_CXX} \
     AS=${BUILD_AS} AR=${BUILD_AR} ${GEM5_BUILD_CONFIGS} \
     PYTHON_CONFIG=python3-config"