diff --git a/gnu/packages/language.scm b/gnu/packages/language.scm
index 67b519aa5601a4b7473c40cd667f035d14f0b575..93e125db7edc9e1365f56ab7d4312dfe93c988d0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/language.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/language.scm
@@ -287,7 +287,9 @@ (define-public libchewing
         (base32 "04d09w6xdd08v6laj9y4qmqsijw5i2jvshcilhh4vg6cfnfgl2my"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
-     `(#:phases
+     `(;; test-easy-symbol and test-fullshape fail with multiple cores.
+       #:parallel-tests? #f
+       #:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
          (add-after 'unpack 'disable-failing-tests
            (lambda _