diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile
index 98611ae9d5..a30479c7b6 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ install-tarball:
 cc-payload: cc-tarball
 	$(MK_DIR)kata-deploy-build-and-upload-payload.sh $(CURDIR)/kata-static.tar.xz
 
-cc-tarball: | cc-parallel merge-builds
+cc-tarball: | cc merge-builds
 
 cc-parallel: $(MK_DIR)/dockerbuild/install_yq.sh
 	${MAKE} -f $(MK_PATH) cc -j$$(( $$(nproc) - 1  )) V=