diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7b25baa46b9122bcdbbcd329c2fd7b3bab4ca8ab..725c3b4ae4593cfcf65e24d794eec9fd33ffe3a2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ if(N_CORES GREATER 1)
     set(ENV{N_CORES} ${N_CORES})
     set(ctest_test_args ${ctest_test_args} PARALLEL_LEVEL ${N_CORES})
 endif()
-set(ENV{CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL} ${CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM})
 message("Build will be performed on ${N_CORES} cores.")
 
 #TODO rewrite to use add_compile_definitions