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 1d1e427252500e1322635d044779cfc19f46b942..daf74d21dd3f7bcb21b4eebd125302cbce325207 100644
--- a/src/test/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/model/NshmTestUtils.java
+++ b/src/test/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/model/NshmTestUtils.java
@@ -208,13 +208,11 @@ class NshmTestUtils {
 
   private static NshmModel loadModel(Nshm nshm) {
     int cores = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors();
-    Logger.getAnonymousLogger()
-        .info("\n\n\n--------------- Cores: " + cores + "---------------- \n\n");
 
     return new NshmModel(
         nshm,
         ModelLoader.load(nshm.modelPath),
-        Executors.newFixedThreadPool(cores));
+        Executors.newFixedThreadPool(2));
   }
 
   static class NshmModel {