diff --git a/stackrc b/stackrc
index 3c4e437..6c4d7d6 100644
--- a/stackrc
+++ b/stackrc
@@ -800,12 +800,7 @@
 # the memory used where there are a large number of CPUs present
 # (the default number of workers for many services is the number of CPUs)
 # Also sets the minimum number of workers to 2.
-if [[ "$VIRT_DRIVER" = 'fake' ]]; then
-    # we need more workers for the large ops job
-    API_WORKERS=${API_WORKERS:=$(( ($(nproc)/2)<2 ? 2 : ($(nproc)/2) ))}
-else
-    API_WORKERS=${API_WORKERS:=$(( ($(nproc)/4)<2 ? 2 : ($(nproc)/4) ))}
-fi
+API_WORKERS=${API_WORKERS:=$(( ($(nproc)/4)<2 ? 2 : ($(nproc)/4) ))}
 
 # Service startup timeout
 SERVICE_TIMEOUT=${SERVICE_TIMEOUT:-60}