diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/dbcore.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/dbcore.dm
index 5723e96dc41..d1c318aca5b 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/dbcore.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/dbcore.dm
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(dbcore)
 		"user" = user,
 		"pass" = pass,
 		"db_name" = db,
-		"max_threads" = 5,
 		"read_timeout" = timeout,
 		"write_timeout" = timeout,
 		"max_threads" = thread_limit,