diff --git a/Examples/Makefile.in b/Examples/Makefile.in
index 58da8ec1d..d22450ec9 100644
--- a/Examples/Makefile.in
+++ b/Examples/Makefile.in
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ javascript_build: $(SRCDIR_SRCS)
 javascript_build_cpp: $(SRCDIR_SRCS)
 ifeq (node,$(JSENGINE))
 	sed -e 's|$$srcdir|./$(SRCDIR)|g' $(SRCDIR)binding.gyp.in > binding.gyp
-	$(NODEGYP) --loglevel=silent configure build 1>>/dev/null
+	MAKEFLAGS= $(NODEGYP) --loglevel=silent configure build 1>>/dev/null
 else
 	$(CXX) -c $(CCSHARED) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(ICXXSRCS) $(SRCDIR_SRCS) $(SRCDIR_CXXSRCS) $(INCLUDES) $(JSINCLUDES)
 	$(CXXSHARED) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(IOBJS) $(JSDYNAMICLINKING) $(LIBS) $(CPP_DLLIBS) -o $(LIBPREFIX)$(TARGET)$(SO)
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/javascript/Makefile.in b/Examples/test-suite/javascript/Makefile.in
index b430f236f..8127415f1 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/javascript/Makefile.in
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/javascript/Makefile.in
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ ifeq (node,$(JSENGINE))
 		$(MAKE) -f $(top_builddir)/$(EXAMPLES)/Makefile SRCDIR='$(SRCDIR)' \
 		SWIG_LIB_DIR='$(SWIG_LIB_DIR)' SWIGEXE='$(SWIGEXE)' \
 		SWIGOPT='-javascript $(SWIGOPT) -o $*_wrap.cxx $(srcdir)/../$*.i' swiginvoke && \
-		$(COMPILETOOL) $(NODEGYP) --loglevel=silent --directory $* configure build 1>>/dev/null
+		MAKEFLAGS= $(COMPILETOOL) $(NODEGYP) --loglevel=silent --directory $* configure build 1>>/dev/null
 
 	swig_and_compile_cpp = \
 		$(setup_node) && \
 		$(MAKE) -f $(top_builddir)/$(EXAMPLES)/Makefile SRCDIR='$(SRCDIR)' \
 		SWIG_LIB_DIR='$(SWIG_LIB_DIR)' SWIGEXE='$(SWIGEXE)' \
 		SWIGOPT='-c++ -javascript $(SWIGOPT) $(srcdir)/../$*.i' swiginvoke && \
-		$(COMPILETOOL) $(NODEGYP) --loglevel=silent --directory $* configure build 1>>/dev/null
+		MAKEFLAGS= $(COMPILETOOL) $(NODEGYP) --loglevel=silent --directory $* configure build 1>>/dev/null
 
 	run_testcase = \
 		if [ -f $(srcdir)/$*$(SCRIPTSUFFIX) ]; then \
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ ifeq (node,$(JSENGINE))
 
   %.ctest:
 		$(_setup)
-		$(swig_and_compile_c)
+		+$(swig_and_compile_c)
 		$(run_testcase)
 
   %.cpptest:
 		$(_setup)
-		$(swig_and_compile_cpp)
+		+$(swig_and_compile_cpp)
 		$(run_testcase)
 
   %.multicpptest: