diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 4a8aa0fb539097958a99bf6679390f990ff54491..882c5bb41f8c6c862740a2b4424f17325ba24fec 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ jobs:
             #
             # Further, we want the "doc" output built as well because that's
             # where the coverage data ends up.
-            nix-build --jobs 4 --cores 4 --argstr hypothesisProfile ci --arg collectCoverage true --attr doc
+            nix-build --max-jobs 4 --cores 4 --argstr hypothesisProfile ci --arg collectCoverage true --attr doc
 
       - save_cache:
           name: "Cache Nix Store Paths"