diff --git a/qmap/libqmap/fftbig.f90 b/qmap/libqmap/fftbig.f90
index 8ae160ed9..085fd39f6 100644
--- a/qmap/libqmap/fftbig.f90
+++ b/qmap/libqmap/fftbig.f90
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ subroutine fftbig(dd,nmax)
   logical first
   common/cacb/ca
   equivalence (rfilt,cfilt)
-  data first/.true./,npatience/1/
+  data first/.true./,npatience/0/
   save
 
   if(nmax.lt.0) go to 900
diff --git a/qmap/libqmap/ftninit.f90 b/qmap/libqmap/ftninit.f90
index 450d2b8c0..e68719689 100644
--- a/qmap/libqmap/ftninit.f90
+++ b/qmap/libqmap/ftninit.f90
@@ -16,9 +16,5 @@ subroutine ftninit
   open(17,file=appd//'/red.dat',status='unknown')
   open(19,file=appd//'/livecq.txt',status='unknown')
 
-  iret=fftwf_init_threads()            !Initialize FFTW threading 
-! Default to 1 thread, but use nthreads for the big ones
-  call fftwf_plan_with_nthreads(1)
-
   return
 end subroutine ftninit