diff --git a/calibre-plugin/config.py b/calibre-plugin/config.py
index 59282746..3f2fdf09 100644
--- a/calibre-plugin/config.py
+++ b/calibre-plugin/config.py
@@ -417,7 +417,6 @@ class ConfigWidget(QWidget):
             prefs['update_existing_only_from_email'] = self.imap_tab.update_existing_only_from_email.isChecked()
             prefs['download_from_email_immediately'] = self.imap_tab.download_from_email_immediately.isChecked()
 
-            prefs['single_proc_jobs'] = self.other_tab.single_proc_jobs.isChecked()
             prefs['site_split_jobs'] = self.other_tab.site_split_jobs.isChecked()
             prefs['reconsolidate_jobs'] = self.other_tab.reconsolidate_jobs.isChecked()
 
@@ -1309,11 +1308,6 @@ class OtherTab(QWidget):
         label.setWordWrap(True)
         groupl.addWidget(label)
 
-        self.single_proc_jobs = QCheckBox(_('Use new, single process background jobs'),self)
-        self.single_proc_jobs.setToolTip(_("Uncheck to go back to old multi-process BG jobs."))
-        self.single_proc_jobs.setChecked(prefs['single_proc_jobs'])
-        groupl.addWidget(self.single_proc_jobs)
-
         label = QLabel("<p>"+
                        _("Options with the new version:")+
                        "<ul>"+
diff --git a/calibre-plugin/fff_plugin.py b/calibre-plugin/fff_plugin.py
index 1606c7e1..224b476e 100644
--- a/calibre-plugin/fff_plugin.py
+++ b/calibre-plugin/fff_plugin.py
@@ -1810,15 +1810,9 @@ class FanFicFarePlugin(InterfaceAction):
         # get libs from plugin zip.
         options['plugin_path'] = self.interface_action_base_plugin.plugin_path
 
-        if prefs['single_proc_jobs']: ## YYY Single BG job
-            args = ['calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.jobs',
-                    'do_download_worker_single',
-                    (site, book_list, options, merge)]
-        else: ## MultiBG Job split by site
-            cpus = self.gui.job_manager.server.pool_size
-            args = ['calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.jobs',
-                    'do_download_worker_multiproc',
-                    (site, book_list, options, cpus, merge)]
+        args = ['calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.jobs',
+                'do_download_worker_single',
+                (site, book_list, options, merge)]
         if site:
             desc = _('Download %s FanFiction Book(s) for %s') % (sum(1 for x in book_list if x['good']),site)
         else:
diff --git a/calibre-plugin/jobs.py b/calibre-plugin/jobs.py
index 308eb2cb..ffe0b6cc 100644
--- a/calibre-plugin/jobs.py
+++ b/calibre-plugin/jobs.py
@@ -32,125 +32,6 @@ except NameError:
 #
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-def do_download_worker_multiproc(site,
-                                 book_list,
-                                 options,
-                                 cpus,
-                                 merge,
-                                 notification=lambda x,y:x):
-    '''
-    Coordinator job, to launch child jobs to do downloads.
-    This is run as a worker job in the background to keep the UI more
-    responsive and get around any memory leak issues as it will launch
-    a child job for each book as a worker process
-    '''
-    ## Now running one BG proc per site, which downloads for the same
-    ## site in serial.
-    logger.info("CPUs:%s"%cpus)
-    server = Server(pool_size=cpus)
-
-    logger.info(options['version'])
-
-    ## same info debug calibre prints out at startup. For when users
-    ## give me job output instead of debug log.
-    from calibre.debug import print_basic_debug_info
-    print_basic_debug_info(sys.stderr)
-
-    sites_lists = defaultdict(list)
-    [ sites_lists[x['site']].append(x) for x in book_list if x['good'] ]
-
-    totals = {}
-    # can't do direct assignment in list comprehension?  I'm sure it
-    # makes sense to some pythonista.
-    # [ totals[x['url']]=0.0 for x in book_list if x['good'] ]
-    [ totals.update({x['url']:0.0}) for x in book_list if x['good']  ]
-    # logger.debug(sites_lists.keys())
-
-    # Queue all the jobs
-    jobs_running = 0
-    for site in sites_lists.keys():
-        site_list = sites_lists[site]
-        logger.info(_("Launch background process for site %s:")%site + "\n" +
-                    "\n".join([ x['url'] for x in site_list ]))
-        # logger.debug([ x['url'] for x in site_list])
-        args = ['calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.jobs',
-                'do_download_site',
-                (site,site_list,options,merge)]
-        job = ParallelJob('arbitrary_n',
-                          "site:(%s)"%site,
-                          done=None,
-                          args=args)
-        job._site_list = site_list
-        job._processed = False
-        server.add_job(job)
-        jobs_running += 1
-
-    # This server is an arbitrary_n job, so there is a notifier available.
-    # Set the % complete to a small number to avoid the 'unavailable' indicator
-    notification(0.01, _('Downloading FanFiction Stories'))
-
-    # dequeue the job results as they arrive, saving the results
-    count = 0
-    while True:
-        job = server.changed_jobs_queue.get()
-        # logger.debug("job get job._processed:%s"%job._processed)
-        # A job can 'change' when it is not finished, for example if it
-        # produces a notification.
-        msg = None
-        try:
-            ## msg = book['url']
-            (percent,msg) = job.notifications.get_nowait()
-            # logger.debug("%s<-%s"%(percent,msg))
-            if percent == 10.0: # Only when signaling d/l done.
-                count += 1
-                totals[msg] = 1.0/len(totals)
-                # logger.info("Finished: %s"%msg)
-            else:
-                totals[msg] = percent/len(totals)
-            notification(max(0.01,sum(totals.values())), _('%(count)d of %(total)d stories finished downloading')%{'count':count,'total':len(totals)})
-        except Empty:
-            pass
-        # without update, is_finished will never be set.  however, we
-        # do want to get all the notifications for status so we don't
-        # miss the 'done' ones.
-        job.update(consume_notifications=False)
-
-        # if not job._processed:
-        #     sleep(0.5)
-        ## Can have a race condition where job.is_finished before
-        ## notifications for all downloads have been processed.
-        ## Or even after the job has been finished.
-        # logger.debug("job.is_finished(%s) or job._processed(%s)"%(job.is_finished, job._processed))
-        if not job.is_finished:
-            continue
-
-        ## only process each job once.  We can get more than one loop
-        ## after job.is_finished.
-        if not job._processed:
-            # sleep(1)
-            # A job really finished. Get the information.
-
-            ## This is where bg proc details end up in GUI log.
-            ## job.details is the whole debug log for each proc.
-            logger.info("\n\n" + ("="*80) + " " + job.details.replace('\r',''))
-            # logger.debug("Finished background process for site %s:\n%s"%(job._site_list[0]['site'],"\n".join([ x['url'] for x in job._site_list ])))
-            for b in job._site_list:
-                book_list.remove(b)
-            book_list.extend(job.result)
-            job._processed = True
-            jobs_running -= 1
-
-        ## Can't use individual count--I've seen stories all reported
-        ## finished before results of all jobs processed.
-        if jobs_running == 0:
-            ret_list = finish_download(book_list)
-            break
-
-    server.close()
-
-    # return the book list as the job result
-    return ret_list
-
 def do_download_worker_single(site,
                               book_list,
                               options,
diff --git a/calibre-plugin/prefs.py b/calibre-plugin/prefs.py
index 12afd01f..a29eaa27 100644
--- a/calibre-plugin/prefs.py
+++ b/calibre-plugin/prefs.py
@@ -197,7 +197,8 @@ default_prefs['auto_reject_from_email'] = False
 default_prefs['update_existing_only_from_email'] = False
 default_prefs['download_from_email_immediately'] = False
 
-default_prefs['single_proc_jobs'] = True
+
+#default_prefs['single_proc_jobs'] = True # setting and code removed
 default_prefs['site_split_jobs'] = True
 default_prefs['reconsolidate_jobs'] = True