diff --git a/src/swrenderer/scene/r_scene.cpp b/src/swrenderer/scene/r_scene.cpp
index 7ed3c04077..f4ba352b70 100644
--- a/src/swrenderer/scene/r_scene.cpp
+++ b/src/swrenderer/scene/r_scene.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 EXTERN_CVAR(Bool, r_shadercolormaps)
 EXTERN_CVAR(Int, r_clearbuffer)
 
-CVAR(Bool, r_scene_multithreaded, true, 0);
+CVAR(Bool, r_scene_multithreaded, false, 0);
 
 namespace swrenderer
 {