diff --git a/bin/rrd-extractstats.pl b/bin/rrd-extractstats.pl
index 31813eb..9a824ab 100755
--- a/bin/rrd-extractstats.pl
+++ b/bin/rrd-extractstats.pl
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ my @rrdfiles = File::Find::Rule->maxdepth(2)->file->in($rrdpath);
 $|=1;
 my $i :shared = 0;
 
-my $cpus = do { local @ARGV='/proc/cpuinfo'; grep /^processor\s+:/, <>;};
-my $num_workers	= $cpus / 2;
+my $num_workers	= 1;
 if (($ENV{'THREADS'} =~ /^\d+$/) and ($ENV{'THREADS'} > 0)) { 
     $num_workers = $ENV{'THREADS'};
 }