diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/browser.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/browser.nix
index 58e5ab98c168..75f2dcda6a62 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/browser.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/browser.nix
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ mkChromiumDerivation (base: rec {
 
   passthru = { inherit sandboxExecutableName; };
 
+  requiredSystemFeatures = [ "big-parallel" ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "An open source web browser from Google";
     homepage = http://www.chromium.org/;
@@ -49,6 +51,5 @@ mkChromiumDerivation (base: rec {
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     hydraPlatforms = if channel == "stable" then ["x86_64-linux"] else [];
-    requiredSystemFeatures = [ "big-parallel" ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix
index 39d4688b639e..29cc1dc118fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     inherit srcs;
   };
 
+  requiredSystemFeatures = [ "big-parallel" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Comprehensive, professional-quality productivity suite, a variant of openoffice.org";
     homepage = http://libreoffice.org/;
@@ -258,6 +260,5 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ viric raskin ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     hydraPlatforms = [];
-    requiredSystemFeatures = [ "big-parallel" ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/still.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/still.nix
index b3d69ef7f195..75d295887f63 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/still.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/still.nix
@@ -254,12 +254,13 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     inherit srcs;
   };
 
+  requiredSystemFeatures = [ "big-parallel" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Comprehensive, professional-quality productivity suite (Still/stable release)";
     homepage = http://libreoffice.org/;
     license = licenses.lgpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ viric raskin ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    requiredSystemFeatures = [ "big-parallel" ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/apps/evolution/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/apps/evolution/default.nix
index 0a52acbc30e9..095c6e7814eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/apps/evolution/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/apps/evolution/default.nix
@@ -35,12 +35,13 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  requiredSystemFeatures = [ "big-parallel" ];
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution;
     description = "Personal information management application that provides integrated mail, calendaring and address book functionality";
     maintainers = gnome3.maintainers;
     license = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    requiredSystemFeatures = [ "big-parallel" ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.22/apps/evolution/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.22/apps/evolution/default.nix
index 0b72bf5965e0..87a014f8f74e 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.22/apps/evolution/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.22/apps/evolution/default.nix
@@ -35,12 +35,13 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  requiredSystemFeatures = [ "big-parallel" ];
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution;
     description = "Personal information management application that provides integrated mail, calendaring and address book functionality";
     maintainers = gnome3.maintainers;
     license = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    requiredSystemFeatures = [ "big-parallel" ];
   };
 }