diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/strace/strace_5.18.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/strace/strace_5.18.bb
index 3164ebca51..08f0f1d27e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/strace/strace_5.18.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/strace/strace_5.18.bb
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ TESTDIR = "tests"
 PTEST_BUILD_HOST_PATTERN = "^(DEB_CHANGELOGTIME|RPM_CHANGELOGTIME|WARN_CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD|LDFLAGS_FOR_BUILD)"
 
 do_compile_ptest() {
-	oe_runmake ${PARALLEL_MAKE} -C ${TESTDIR} buildtest-TESTS
+	oe_runmake -C ${TESTDIR} buildtest-TESTS
 }
 
 do_install_ptest() {