diff --git a/tests/testsuite/collisions.rs b/tests/testsuite/collisions.rs
index 2721746d6f6..e9fd3085f2a 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/collisions.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/collisions.rs
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ fn collision_doc() {
         .file("foo2/src/lib.rs", "")
         .build();
 
-    p.cargo("doc")
+    p.cargo("doc -j=1")
         .with_stderr_contains(
             "\
 [WARNING] output filename collision.
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ fn collision_doc_sources() {
         .file("bar/src/lib.rs", "")
         .build();
 
-    p.cargo("doc")
+    p.cargo("doc -j=1")
         .with_stderr_unordered(
             "\
 [UPDATING] [..]
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ fn collision_with_root() {
         .file("foo-macro/src/lib.rs", "")
         .build();
 
-    p.cargo("doc")
+    p.cargo("doc -j=1")
         .with_stderr_unordered("\
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