diff --git a/srcpkgs/neverball/template b/srcpkgs/neverball/template
index 953658e992a..f20cd8dd40c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/neverball/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/neverball/template
@@ -36,11 +36,8 @@ Add_dependency full desktop-file-utils
 
 do_build()
 {
-	local mjobs
-	[ -n "$XBPS_MAKE_JOBS" ] && mjobs="-j$XBPS_MAKE_JOBS"
-
 	cd ${wrksrc} || return 1
-	HOME=/ make ${mjobs} ENABLE_NLS=1 DATADIR=/usr/share/neverball \
+	HOME=/ make ${makejobs} ENABLE_NLS=1 DATADIR=/usr/share/neverball \
 		LOCALEDIR=/usr/share/locale || return 1
 }