diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt
index b7c2ae9..c72f8c4 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
                 "0 means use a thread per processor core.\n" +
                 "Default value is 1"
     )
-    var parallelBackendThreads: String by FreezableVar("1")
+    var parallelBackendThreads: String by FreezableVar("0")
 
     @Argument(value = "-Xmodule-path", valueDescription = "<path>", description = "Paths where to find Java 9+ modules")
     var javaModulePath: String? by NullableStringFreezableVar(null)