diff --git a/app/render/previewautocacher.cpp b/app/render/previewautocacher.cpp
index 9ea8439cb..e27dc2cf7 100644
--- a/app/render/previewautocacher.cpp
+++ b/app/render/previewautocacher.cpp
@@ -574,8 +574,8 @@ void PreviewAutoCacher::TryRender()
     single_frame_render_ = nullptr;
   }
 
-  // Ensure we are running tasks if we have any
-  const int max_tasks = RenderManager::GetNumberOfIdealConcurrentJobs();
+  // Completely arbitrary number. I don't know what's optimal for this yet.
+  const int max_tasks = 4;
 
   // Handle video tasks
   rational t;
diff --git a/app/render/rendermanager.h b/app/render/rendermanager.h
index 6452f4f0b..c79c031fc 100644
--- a/app/render/rendermanager.h
+++ b/app/render/rendermanager.h
@@ -108,11 +108,6 @@ public:
     return backend_;
   }
 
-  static int GetNumberOfIdealConcurrentJobs()
-  {
-    return QThread::idealThreadCount();
-  }
-
 public slots:
   void SetAggressiveGarbageCollection(bool enabled);