diff --git a/games/rlvm/rlvm.SlackBuild b/games/rlvm/rlvm.SlackBuild
index 3fd0161668..5dd2a86368 100644
--- a/games/rlvm/rlvm.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/rlvm/rlvm.SlackBuild
@@ -57,20 +57,6 @@ SRC_FLDR=$PRGNAM-$VERSION/
 
 set -e
 
-if [ -z "$NUMJOBS" ]; then
-  # 20220221 bkw: everything else respects MAKEFLAGS, set NUMJOBS here
-  # from environment MAKEFLAGS, if we can...
-  NUMJOBS="$( echo $MAKEFLAGS | sed 's,.*-j *\([0-9][0-9]*\).*,\1,' )"
-
-  # ...if not, cores - 1:
-  [ -z "$NUMJOBS" ] && NUMJOBS=$(( $( nproc ) - 1 ))
-
-  # ...but not if we only had one core!
-  [ "$NUMJOBS" = "0" ] && NUMJOBS=1
-fi
-
-echo "=== NUMJOBS='$NUMJOBS'"
-
 rm -fr $TMP/$SRC_FLDR $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
@@ -92,7 +78,7 @@ SCONSFIX="$( find . -type f -a -name SCons\* )"
 SCONSFIX+=" site_scons/site_tools/rlvm.py"
 2to3 --no-diffs -nw $SCONSFIX
 
-scons --release jobs=$NUMJOBS
+scons --release
 
 mkdir -p ${PKG}/usr/games ${PKG}/usr/bin
 cp build/release/rlvm $PKG/usr/games