diff --git a/contrib/platform/intel/bend/linux b/contrib/platform/intel/bend/linux
index 80e01ba312..afd53c9a92 100644
--- a/contrib/platform/intel/bend/linux
+++ b/contrib/platform/intel/bend/linux
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-enable_opal_multi_threads=yes
-enable_orte_progress_threads=yes
 enable_orterun_prefix_by_default=yes
 enable_ft_thread=no
 enable_mem_debug=no
diff --git a/contrib/platform/intel/bend/mac b/contrib/platform/intel/bend/mac
index 3e63071c60..f818ce00a1 100644
--- a/contrib/platform/intel/bend/mac
+++ b/contrib/platform/intel/bend/mac
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-enable_opal_multi_threads=yes
-enable_orte_progress_threads=yes
 enable_mem_debug=yes
 enable_mem_profile=no
 enable_debug_symbols=yes