diff --git a/tools-musl/run-armv7a.sh b/tools-musl/run-armv7a.sh
index ad4fa3ad..29c1fbff 100755
--- a/tools-musl/run-armv7a.sh
+++ b/tools-musl/run-armv7a.sh
@@ -51,15 +51,12 @@ main() {
       prepare_confs ${arch} ${flavor}
     done
   done
-  
+
+  # No parallelization for arm.  Its too hard on the cpu!
   for arch in armv7a_hardfp; do
     for flavor in hardened vanilla; do
       do_stages ${arch} ${flavor}
-      ret=$?
-      if [[ $? == 1 ]]; then
-         echo "FAILURE at ${arch} ${flavor} " | tee zzz.log
-         return 1
-      fi
+      [[ $? == 1 ]] && echo "FAILURE at ${arch} ${flavor} " | tee zzz.log
     done
   done
 }
diff --git a/tools-musl/run-mipsel3.sh b/tools-musl/run-mipsel3.sh
index 3d70505f..50e5d57b 100755
--- a/tools-musl/run-mipsel3.sh
+++ b/tools-musl/run-mipsel3.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ prepare_confs() {
 }
 
 
-
 main() {
   >zzz.log
 
@@ -44,15 +43,12 @@ main() {
       prepare_confs ${arch} ${flavor}
     done
   done
-  
+
+  # No parallelization for mips.  Its too hard on the cpu!
   for arch in mipsel3; do
     for flavor in vanilla; do
       do_stages ${arch} ${flavor}
-      ret=$?
-      if [[ $? == 1 ]]; then
-         echo "FAILURE at ${arch} ${flavor} " | tee zzz.log
-         return 1
-      fi
+      [[ $? == 1 ]] && echo "FAILURE at ${arch} ${flavor} " | tee zzz.log
     done
   done
 }