diff --git a/base/toybox/toybox.conf b/base/toybox/toybox.conf
index 8f65f4fe4..41ac692d2 100644
--- a/base/toybox/toybox.conf
+++ b/base/toybox/toybox.conf
@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ toybox_config() {
 	if pkginstalled patch; then
 		sed -i -e "s,^CONFIG_PATCH=y,CONFIG_PATCH=n," .config
 	fi
-
+	# always disable what e2fsprogs includes
+		sed -i -e "s,^CONFIG_CHATTR=y,CONFIG_CHATTR=n," .config
+		sed -i -e "s,^CONFIG_LSATTR=y,CONFIG_LSATTR=n," .config
 	eval $MAKE oldconfig CPUS=$CPUS
 }
 
-var_append makeopt ' ' 'toybox'
-var_append makeinstopt ' ' "PREFIX=$root/"
+var_append makeopt ' ' 'CPUS=$CPUS toybox'
+var_append makeinstopt ' ' "CPUS=$CPUS PREFIX=$root/"