diff --git a/opendm/dem/utils.py b/opendm/dem/utils.py
index 9db20b606..9fb383a92 100644
--- a/opendm/dem/utils.py
+++ b/opendm/dem/utils.py
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ def get_dem_vars(args):
         'BLOCKYSIZE': 512,
         'BIGTIFF': 'IF_SAFER',
         'NUM_THREADS': args.max_concurrency,
-        'multi':'',
     }