diff --git a/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Config/Config.cpp b/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Config/Config.cpp
index 6fd525e01..9f7b512cc 100644
--- a/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Config/Config.cpp
+++ b/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Config/Config.cpp
@@ -321,16 +321,6 @@ namespace DefaultValues {
     Meta->Load();
 
     // Do configuration option fix ups after everything is reloaded
-    {
-      // Always fix up the number of threads and create the configuration
-      // Otherwise the application could receive zero as the number of threads
-      FEX_CONFIG_OPT(Cores, THREADS);
-      if (Cores == 0) {
-        // When the number of emulated CPU cores is zero then auto detect
-        FEXCore::Config::EraseSet(FEXCore::Config::CONFIG_THREADS, fextl::fmt::format("{}", FEXCore::CPUInfo::CalculateNumberOfCPUs()));
-      }
-    }
-
     if (FEXCore::Config::Exists(FEXCore::Config::CONFIG_CORE)) {
       // Sanitize Core option
       FEX_CONFIG_OPT(Core, CORE);
diff --git a/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Config/Config.json.in b/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Config/Config.json.in
index f112d99f3..35e29a6b1 100644
--- a/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Config/Config.json.in
+++ b/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Config/Config.json.in
@@ -31,15 +31,6 @@
           "Maximum number of instruction to store in a block"
         ]
       },
-      "Threads": {
-        "Type": "uint32",
-        "Default": "0",
-        "ShortArg": "T",
-        "Desc": [
-          "Number of physical hardware threads to tell the process we have.",
-          "0 will auto detect."
-        ]
-      },
       "CacheObjectCodeCompilation": {
         "Type": "uint32",
         "Default": "FEXCore::Config::ConfigObjectCodeHandler::CONFIG_NONE",