diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc.inc b/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc.inc
index 560ebef677c..27a911dd8ff 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc.inc
@@ -29,13 +29,6 @@ CACHED_CONFIGUREVARS:append:mipsarch = " libc_cv_ld_gnu_indirect_function=no"
 GLIBC_EXTRA_OECONF ?= ""
 GLIBC_EXTRA_OECONF:class-nativesdk = ""
 
-# glibc uses PARALLELMFLAGS variable to pass parallel build info so transfer
-# PARALLEL_MAKE into PARALLELMFLAGS and empty out PARALLEL_MAKE
-EGLIBCPARALLELISM := "PARALLELMFLAGS="${PARALLEL_MAKE}""
-EXTRA_OEMAKE[vardepsexclude] += "EGLIBCPARALLELISM"
-EXTRA_OEMAKE += "${EGLIBCPARALLELISM}"
-PARALLEL_MAKE = ""
-
 # glibc make-syscalls.sh has a number of issues with /bin/dash and
 # it's output which make calls via the SHELL also has issues, so
 # ensure make uses /bin/bash