diff --git a/panda/src/downloader/extractor.cxx b/panda/src/downloader/extractor.cxx
index 3e211f29a6..a99e5fb1c7 100644
--- a/panda/src/downloader/extractor.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/downloader/extractor.cxx
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ init(PT(Buffer) buffer) {
   _frequency = extractor_frequency;
   _token_board = new ExtractorTokenBoard;
   _buffer = buffer;
-  _threads_enabled = false;
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////