diff --git a/gentoo_portage/make.conf b/gentoo_portage/make.conf
index 26e82a6..b95e55e 100644
--- a/gentoo_portage/make.conf
+++ b/gentoo_portage/make.conf
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ VIDEO_CARDS="amdgpu dummy fbdev intel nouveau nvidia radeon radeonsi vesa"
 GENTOO_MIRRORS="
 http://distfiles.gentoo.org/
 "
-MAKEOPTS="-j9 ${MAKEOPTS}"
 
 DESKTOP_USE="X alsa apng dbus fbcon ffmpeg flac fuse gif gtk gtk2 gtk3 http2 icu jack jpeg mp3 mp4 mpeg mtp nvidia ogg opengl pdf png pipewire pulseaudio svg tiff unicode vaapi vdpau webp xinerama xv xvmc"
 #USE="${USE} ${DESKTOP_USE} consolekit cups policykit pulseaudio truetype udev xft xcb xkb -bluetooth -gpm -libva -modemmanager"