diff --git a/larbs.sh b/larbs.sh
index 510bf61..94bef96 100755
--- a/larbs.sh
+++ b/larbs.sh
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ grep -q "ILoveCandy" /etc/pacman.conf || sed -i "/#VerbosePkgLists/a ILoveCandy"
 sed -i "s/^#ParallelDownloads.*/ParallelDownloads = 5/;/Color$/s/^#//" /etc/pacman.conf
 
 # Use all cores for compilation.
-sed -i "s/-j2/-j$(nproc)/;s/^#MAKEFLAGS/MAKEFLAGS/" /etc/makepkg.conf
+sed -i "s/-j2/-j$(nproc)/;/MAKEFLAGS/s/^#//" /etc/makepkg.conf
 
 manualinstall yay || error "Failed to install AUR helper."