diff --git a/cygwin/GNUmakefile.in b/cygwin/GNUmakefile.in
index 2f93102efe..c1b4cd63bb 100644
--- a/cygwin/GNUmakefile.in
+++ b/cygwin/GNUmakefile.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-override MFLAGS := $(filter-out -j%,$(MFLAGS))
-override MAKEFLAGS := $(filter-out -j%,$(MAKEFLAGS))
+#override MFLAGS := $(filter-out -j%,$(MFLAGS))
+#override MAKEFLAGS := $(filter-out -j%,$(MAKEFLAGS))
 include Makefile
 
 ENABLE_SHARED=@ENABLE_SHARED@
diff --git a/template/GNUmakefile.in b/template/GNUmakefile.in
index 8c6733a478..9cbed68e20 100644
--- a/template/GNUmakefile.in
+++ b/template/GNUmakefile.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-override MFLAGS := $(filter-out -j%,$(MFLAGS))
-override MAKEFLAGS := $(filter-out -j%,$(MAKEFLAGS))
+#override MFLAGS := $(filter-out -j%,$(MFLAGS))
+#override MAKEFLAGS := $(filter-out -j%,$(MAKEFLAGS))
 include Makefile
 -include uncommon.mk
 include $(srcdir)/defs/gmake.mk