diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/valgrind/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/valgrind/default.nix
index a371bc2e00221..005596ba9632d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/valgrind/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/valgrind/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # GDB is needed to provide a sane default for `--db-command'.
   buildInputs = [ perl gdb ]  ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (stdenv.isDarwin) [ bootstrap_cmds xnu ];
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  enableParallelBuilding = !stdenv.isDarwin;
   separateDebugInfo = stdenv.isLinux;
 
   preConfigure = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin (