diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 42116f53..e5404586 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,33 +1,7 @@
 
-var cluster = require('cluster'),
-    app = require('./app'),
-    port = ( process.env.PORT || 3100 ),
-    // when pelias/api#601 is done this can be changed to `true`
-    multicore = false;
-
-/** cluster webserver across all cores **/
-if( multicore ){
-
-  var numCPUs = require('os').cpus().length;
-  if( cluster.isMaster ){
-
-    // fork workers
-    for (var i = 0; i < numCPUs; i++) {
-      cluster.fork();
-    }
-
-    cluster.on('exit', function( worker, code, signal ){
-      console.log('worker ' + worker.process.pid + ' died');
-    });
-
-  } else {
-    app.listen( port );
-    console.log( 'worker: listening on ' + port );
-  }
-}
+var app = require('./app'),
+    port = ( process.env.PORT || 3100 );
 
 /** run server on the default setup (single core) **/
-else {
-  console.log( 'listening on ' + port );
-  app.listen( port );
-}
+console.log( 'listening on ' + port );
+app.listen( port );