diff --git a/bin/abcrown.sh b/bin/abcrown.sh
index 32033f33c1316c1a768d77e6142f43f369b9ccb1..93a95c6dd38a65ea07daa5ad150c3beaa2d8e14c 100755
--- a/bin/abcrown.sh
+++ b/bin/abcrown.sh
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ if [ "$1" = "--version" ]; then
     SCRIPT_DIR=$( dirname -- "$0"; )
     $SCRIPT_DIR/dummyversion.py "abcrown"
 else
-    OMP_NUM_THREADS=1 python3 -m abcrown "$@"
+    python3 -m abcrown "$@"
 fi