diff --git a/configs/baseline/pacman.conf b/configs/baseline/pacman.conf
index 8d0df6f..adb1ea8 100644
--- a/configs/baseline/pacman.conf
+++ b/configs/baseline/pacman.conf
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Architecture = auto
 # We cannot check disk space from within a chroot environment
 #CheckSpace
 #VerbosePkgLists
-#ParallelDownloads = 5
+ParallelDownloads = 5
 
 # By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
 # trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.
diff --git a/configs/releng/pacman.conf b/configs/releng/pacman.conf
index 8d0df6f..adb1ea8 100644
--- a/configs/releng/pacman.conf
+++ b/configs/releng/pacman.conf
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Architecture = auto
 # We cannot check disk space from within a chroot environment
 #CheckSpace
 #VerbosePkgLists
-#ParallelDownloads = 5
+ParallelDownloads = 5
 
 # By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
 # trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.