diff --git a/tests/scripts/all.sh b/tests/scripts/all.sh
index 7f7c4bdbd..fc8f5ece6 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/all.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/all.sh
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ component_test_platform_calloc_macro () {
 
 component_test_make_shared () {
     msg "build/test: make shared" # ~ 40s
-    make SHARED=1 all check -j1
+    make SHARED=1 all check
     ldd programs/util/strerror | grep libmbedcrypto
 }
 
@@ -1260,15 +1260,15 @@ component_test_allow_sha1 () {
 
 component_build_mingw () {
     msg "build: Windows cross build - mingw64, make (Link Library)" # ~ 30s
-    make CC=i686-w64-mingw32-gcc AR=i686-w64-mingw32-ar LD=i686-w64-minggw32-ld CFLAGS='-Werror -Wall -Wextra' WINDOWS_BUILD=1 lib programs -j1
+    make CC=i686-w64-mingw32-gcc AR=i686-w64-mingw32-ar LD=i686-w64-minggw32-ld CFLAGS='-Werror -Wall -Wextra' WINDOWS_BUILD=1 lib programs
 
     # note Make tests only builds the tests, but doesn't run them
-    make CC=i686-w64-mingw32-gcc AR=i686-w64-mingw32-ar LD=i686-w64-minggw32-ld CFLAGS='-Werror' WINDOWS_BUILD=1 tests -j1
+    make CC=i686-w64-mingw32-gcc AR=i686-w64-mingw32-ar LD=i686-w64-minggw32-ld CFLAGS='-Werror' WINDOWS_BUILD=1 tests
     make WINDOWS_BUILD=1 clean
 
     msg "build: Windows cross build - mingw64, make (DLL)" # ~ 30s
-    make CC=i686-w64-mingw32-gcc AR=i686-w64-mingw32-ar LD=i686-w64-minggw32-ld CFLAGS='-Werror -Wall -Wextra' WINDOWS_BUILD=1 SHARED=1 lib programs -j1
-    make CC=i686-w64-mingw32-gcc AR=i686-w64-mingw32-ar LD=i686-w64-minggw32-ld CFLAGS='-Werror -Wall -Wextra' WINDOWS_BUILD=1 SHARED=1 tests -j1
+    make CC=i686-w64-mingw32-gcc AR=i686-w64-mingw32-ar LD=i686-w64-minggw32-ld CFLAGS='-Werror -Wall -Wextra' WINDOWS_BUILD=1 SHARED=1 lib programs
+    make CC=i686-w64-mingw32-gcc AR=i686-w64-mingw32-ar LD=i686-w64-minggw32-ld CFLAGS='-Werror -Wall -Wextra' WINDOWS_BUILD=1 SHARED=1 tests
     make WINDOWS_BUILD=1 clean
 }
 support_build_mingw() {