diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/stat/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/stat/package.py
index db28c35c0f0..20c6ee984f3 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/stat/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/stat/package.py
@@ -76,5 +76,4 @@ def install(self, spec, prefix):
             configure_args.append('--disable-examples')
         configure(*configure_args)
 
-        make(parallel=False)
         make("install")