diff --git a/src/test/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/model/NshmTestUtils.java b/src/test/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/model/NshmTestUtils.java
index daf74d21dd3f7bcb21b4eebd125302cbce325207..3ce1e45c17094f4b4e6080148d2ad8d8f047b404 100644
--- a/src/test/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/model/NshmTestUtils.java
+++ b/src/test/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/model/NshmTestUtils.java
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class NshmTestUtils {
   }
 
   private static NshmModel loadModel(Nshm nshm) {
-    int cores = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors();
+    // int cores = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors();
 
     return new NshmModel(
         nshm,