diff --git a/aprod.c b/aprod.c
index 7a8b8802e6967a70d061138ec6f145fd008b6a7d..e7b41034d71979e556bdff9c2b03d1786b14e800 100644
--- a/aprod.c
+++ b/aprod.c
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ void aprod(int mode, long int m, long int n, double *vVect, double *knownTerms,
     nproc = comlsqr.nproc;
     mapNcoeff = comlsqr.mapNcoeff;
     mapNoss = comlsqr.mapNoss;
-    if (comlsqr.nthreads == NULL)
-        comlsqr.nthreads=1;
         
     nthreads = comlsqr.nthreads;