diff --git a/ci/lib.sh b/ci/lib.sh
index 3f286d86a6..32a28fd209 100755
--- a/ci/lib.sh
+++ b/ci/lib.sh
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ then
 	BREW_INSTALL_PACKAGES="git-lfs gettext"
 	export GIT_PROVE_OPTS="--timer --jobs 3 --state=failed,slow,save"
 	export GIT_TEST_OPTS="--verbose-log -x --immediate"
+	export MAKEFLAGS="--jobs=2"
 else
 	echo "Could not identify CI type" >&2
 	exit 1
diff --git a/ci/run-build-and-tests.sh b/ci/run-build-and-tests.sh
index db342bb6a8..80d72d120f 100755
--- a/ci/run-build-and-tests.sh
+++ b/ci/run-build-and-tests.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 ln -s "$cache_dir/.prove" t/.prove
 
-make --jobs=2
+make
 make --quiet test
 if test "$jobname" = "linux-gcc"
 then
diff --git a/ci/run-linux32-build.sh b/ci/run-linux32-build.sh
index 2c60d2e70a..09e9276e12 100755
--- a/ci/run-linux32-build.sh
+++ b/ci/run-linux32-build.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ linux32 --32bit i386 su -m -l $CI_USER -c '
 	set -ex
 	cd /usr/src/git
 	test -n "$cache_dir" && ln -s "$cache_dir/.prove" t/.prove
-	make --jobs=2
+	make
 	make --quiet test
 '
diff --git a/ci/run-static-analysis.sh b/ci/run-static-analysis.sh
index dc189c7456..a19aa7ebbc 100755
--- a/ci/run-static-analysis.sh
+++ b/ci/run-static-analysis.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 . ${0%/*}/lib.sh
 
-make --jobs=2 coccicheck
+make coccicheck
 
 set +x
 
diff --git a/ci/test-documentation.sh b/ci/test-documentation.sh
index 7d0beb2832..be3b7d376a 100755
--- a/ci/test-documentation.sh
+++ b/ci/test-documentation.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ make check-builtins
 make check-docs
 
 # Build docs with AsciiDoc
-make --jobs=2 doc > >(tee stdout.log) 2> >(tee stderr.log >&2)
+make doc > >(tee stdout.log) 2> >(tee stderr.log >&2)
 ! test -s stderr.log
 test -s Documentation/git.html
 test -s Documentation/git.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ check_unignored_build_artifacts
 
 # Build docs with AsciiDoctor
 make clean
-make --jobs=2 USE_ASCIIDOCTOR=1 doc > >(tee stdout.log) 2> >(tee stderr.log >&2)
+make USE_ASCIIDOCTOR=1 doc > >(tee stdout.log) 2> >(tee stderr.log >&2)
 sed '/^GIT_VERSION = / d' stderr.log
 ! test -s stderr.log
 test -s Documentation/git.html