diff --git a/usr.bin/svn/lib/Makefile b/usr.bin/svn/lib/Makefile
index ff8309b2f676..fd3ad856b104 100644
--- a/usr.bin/svn/lib/Makefile
+++ b/usr.bin/svn/lib/Makefile
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ SUBDIR=	libapr libapr_util libserf \
 	libsvn_client libsvn_delta libsvn_diff libsvn_fs libsvn_fs_fs \
 	libsvn_fs_util libsvn_fs_x libsvn_ra libsvn_ra_local libsvn_ra_serf \
 	libsvn_ra_svn libsvn_repos libsvn_subr libsvn_wc
+SUBDIR_PARALLEL=
 
 .include <bsd.subdir.mk>