diff --git a/conf/icecast.xml.in b/conf/icecast.xml.in
index f321dc1c..21241ffd 100644
--- a/conf/icecast.xml.in
+++ b/conf/icecast.xml.in
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
     <limits>
         <clients>100</clients>
         <sources>2</sources>
-        <threadpool>5</threadpool>
         <queue-size>524288</queue-size>
         <client-timeout>30</client-timeout>
         <header-timeout>15</header-timeout>