diff --git a/scripts/pkgbuilder.py b/scripts/pkgbuilder.py
index 35627bf04f..372787043a 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgbuilder.py
+++ b/scripts/pkgbuilder.py
@@ -376,7 +376,6 @@ class Builder:
             else:
                 self.threadcount = int(maxthreadcount)
 
-        self.threadcount = 1 if self.threadcount < 1 else self.threadcount
         self.threadcount = min(self.jobtotal, self.threadcount)
         self.threadcount = max(1, self.threadcount)