diff --git a/.github/workflows/nix.yml b/.github/workflows/nix.yml
index c984ff4d35..bfdbe453e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nix.yml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
           original="(builtins.getFlake \"$flake_ref\").hydraJobs.x86_64-linux.\"lib:simplex-chat\""
           timeout --kill-after=30s 7200s nice -n 10 nix build \
             --file scripts/nix/trace-native-ghc.nix --arg original "$original" \
-            --no-link -L --keep-failed --max-jobs 1 --cores 1 --timeout 7200 \
+            --no-link -L --keep-failed --max-jobs 1 --timeout 7200 \
             2>&1 | tee native-linux-ghc-phase-trace.log
 
       - name: Upload native Linux GHC phase log
diff --git a/scripts/nix/README.md b/scripts/nix/README.md
index 4a12121a08..b0e9a9f125 100644
--- a/scripts/nix/README.md
+++ b/scripts/nix/README.md
@@ -119,8 +119,11 @@ After a failed native x86_64 Linux library build, CI tries a separate derivation
 with `-v2 -ddump-timings` on compile calls and uploads
 `native-linux-ghc-phase-trace.log`, including when that trace fails. Compiler
 queries and the original source, plan, dependency units and GHC arguments stay
-unchanged. The canonical build remains failed. The trace has one job/core and a
-two-hour wall-clock/per-derivation bound; the job's six-hour limit stays in place.
+unchanged. The canonical build remains failed. The trace runs one derivation at
+a time and inherits the canonical Nix core setting, preserving Setup's job count
+and the compiler job arguments. It has a two-hour wall-clock/per-derivation
+bound; the job's six-hour limit stays in place. A local `--cores` override also
+changes those job arguments and must be reported when comparing diagnostics.
 `trace-native-ghc.nix` accepts the original component via `--arg original` for the
 same diagnostic locally.