1 files changed, 2 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/src/core/core_timing.cpp b/src/core/core_timing.cpp
index 140578069..07b8e356b 100644
--- a/src/core/core_timing.cpp
+++ b/src/core/core_timing.cpp
@@ -61,12 +61,7 @@ void CoreTiming::Initialize(std::function<void()>&& on_thread_init_) {
     const auto empty_timed_callback = [](std::uintptr_t, std::chrono::nanoseconds) {};
     ev_lost = CreateEvent("_lost_event", empty_timed_callback);
     if (is_multicore) {
-        const auto hardware_concurrency = std::thread::hardware_concurrency();
-        size_t id = 0;
-        worker_threads.emplace_back(ThreadEntry, std::ref(*this), id++);
-        if (hardware_concurrency > 8) {
-            worker_threads.emplace_back(ThreadEntry, std::ref(*this), id++);
-        }
+        worker_threads.emplace_back(ThreadEntry, std::ref(*this), 0);
     }
 }
 
@@ -228,14 +223,11 @@ std::optional<s64> CoreTiming::Advance() {
         event_queue.pop_back();
 
         if (const auto event_type{evt.type.lock()}) {
-            sequence_mutex.lock();
+
             event_mutex.unlock();
 
-            event_type->guard.lock();
-            sequence_mutex.unlock();
             const s64 delay = static_cast<s64>(GetGlobalTimeNs().count() - evt.time);
             event_type->callback(evt.user_data, std::chrono::nanoseconds{delay});
-            event_type->guard.unlock();
 
             event_mutex.lock();
             pending_events.fetch_sub(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);