diff --git a/lirc.spec b/lirc.spec
index dc3c5bb..f4c4eb2 100644
--- a/lirc.spec
+++ b/lirc.spec
@@ -189,7 +189,9 @@ chmod +x daemons/input_map.sh
 %endif
   --with-syslog=LOG_DAEMON \
   --with-driver=userspace
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
+#make %{?_smp_mflags}
+# There's a parallel make race failure here somewhere that needs to be sorted.
+make
 
 %install
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT __docs