diff --git a/xmrstak/backend/amd/autoAdjust.hpp b/xmrstak/backend/amd/autoAdjust.hpp
index ebe59df8d51bdc3105da91671625a20b62717947..2a22a088970a35df1ddb8ee3e47a9d0991e3857d 100644
--- a/xmrstak/backend/amd/autoAdjust.hpp
+++ b/xmrstak/backend/amd/autoAdjust.hpp
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ private:
         }
 
 		configTpl.replace("PLATFORMINDEX",std::to_string(platformIndex));
-		configTpl.replace("NUMGPUS",std::to_string(devVec.size()));
 		configTpl.replace("GPUCONFIG",conf);
 		configTpl.write(params::inst().configFileAMD);
 		printer::inst()->print_msg(L0, "AMD: GPU configuration stored in file '%s'", params::inst().configFileAMD.c_str());
diff --git a/xmrstak/backend/amd/config.tpl b/xmrstak/backend/amd/config.tpl
index b8b6dc43039c32ff9263118466c9eb2ea33e01fc..a93859cdf013a6439c99c858df0110df5a9aed33 100644
--- a/xmrstak/backend/amd/config.tpl
+++ b/xmrstak/backend/amd/config.tpl
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 R"===(
-
-/* 
- * Number of GPUs that you have in your system. Each GPU will get its own CPU thread.
- */
-"gpu_thread_num" : NUMGPUS,
-
 /*
  * GPU configuration. You should play around with intensity and worksize as the fastest settings will vary.
  *      index    - GPU index number usually starts from 0