diff --git a/tcp_tests/helpers/utils.py b/tcp_tests/helpers/utils.py
index e0ef723..46fc90d 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/helpers/utils.py
+++ b/tcp_tests/helpers/utils.py
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 import jinja2
 import paramiko
 import yaml
-import logging
-from multiprocessing import Process, BoundedSemaphore
 from devops.helpers import ssh_client
 
 from tcp_tests import logger
@@ -487,73 +485,3 @@
 
 class TimeoutException(Exception):
     pass
-
-
-pool = list()
-LOG_FORMAT = '%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s %(filename)s:%(lineno)d ' \
-             '/%(processName)s/ -- %(message)s'
-
-
-class Worker:
-    def __init__(self, limit=4, timeout=None):
-        """
-        limit of parallel thread to execute
-        timeout of waiting threads in seconds
-        """
-        LOG.debug("Created multithreading Worker limited by {} "
-                  "threads".format(limit))
-        self._sema = BoundedSemaphore(limit)
-        self.timeout = timeout
-        pass
-
-    @property
-    def pool(self):
-        global pool
-        return pool
-
-    def _worker(self, func, args):
-        try:
-            # FIXME: logging doesn't work
-            memory_handler = logging.handlers.MemoryHandler(
-                50,
-                target=logger.console)
-            formatter = logging.Formatter(fmt=LOG_FORMAT)
-
-            LOG = logging.getLogger("{}{}".format(func, args))
-            LOG.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-            memory_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-            LOG.addHandler(memory_handler)
-            # #######
-            func(*args)
-            # #######
-            memory_handler.close()
-        finally:
-            # allow a new process to be started now that this one is exiting
-            self._sema.release()
-
-    def start(self, func, args, name=None):
-        self._sema.acquire()  # wait to start until another process is finished
-        p = Process(target=self._worker,
-                    args=(func, args),
-                    name=name
-                    )
-        self.pool.append(p)
-        p.start()
-
-    def are_completed(self):
-        for t in self.pool:
-            LOG.info("Joining {}....".format(t))
-            t.join(timeout=self.timeout)
-        return all([not (task.is_alive()) for task in self.pool])
-
-    def clean_pool(self):
-        for i in range(self.pool.__len__()):
-            del self.pool[0]
-
-    def all_tasks_successfully_completed(self):
-        return all([task.exitcode == 0 for task in self.pool])
-
-    def print_failed_tasks(self):
-        return "\n".join([str(task)
-                          for task in self.pool
-                          if task.exitcode != 0])
diff --git a/tcp_tests/managers/execute_commands.py b/tcp_tests/managers/execute_commands.py
index 314c641..6dcf615 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/managers/execute_commands.py
+++ b/tcp_tests/managers/execute_commands.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 
 import time
 
-from tcp_tests import logger, settings
+from tcp_tests import logger
 from tcp_tests.helpers.log_helpers import pretty_repr
-from tcp_tests.helpers.utils import Worker
 
 LOG = logger.logger
 
@@ -37,8 +36,6 @@
                 'node_name': 'name of the node to run the command(s)',
                 # Optional:
                 'description': 'string with a readable command description',
-                'parallel': 'bool (True of False) to enable executing these
-                            type of command in multithreading'
                 'retry': {
                     'count': int,  # How many times should be run the command
                                    # until success
@@ -52,7 +49,6 @@
             ...
         ]
         """
-        worker = Worker(limit=settings.THREADS, timeout=3*60)
         for n, step in enumerate(commands):
             # Required fields
             action_cmd = step.get('cmd')
@@ -71,19 +67,7 @@
             log_msg = "\n\n{0}\n{1}".format(msg, '=' * len(msg))
 
             if action_cmd:
-                if step.get('parallel'):
-                    name = description + " on " + step.get("node_name")
-                    worker.start(func=self.execute_command,
-                                 args=(step, msg),
-                                 name=name
-                                 )
-                else:
-                    while not worker.are_completed():
-                        LOG.info("Waiting {}".format(worker.pool))
-                    if worker.all_tasks_successfully_completed():
-                        worker.clean_pool()
-                    self.execute_command(step, msg)
-
+                self.execute_command(step, msg)
             elif action_do:
                 self.command2(step, msg)
             elif action_upload:
@@ -93,12 +77,6 @@
                 LOG.info(log_msg)
                 self.action_download(step)
 
-        while not worker.are_completed():
-            LOG.info("Waiting {}".format(worker.pool))
-
-        assert worker.all_tasks_successfully_completed(), \
-            worker.print_failed_tasks()
-
     def execute_command(self, step, msg, return_res=None):
         # Required fields
         cmd = step.get('cmd')
@@ -112,6 +90,7 @@
         timeout = step.get('timeout', None)
 
         with self.__underlay.remote(node_name=node_name) as remote:
+
             for x in range(retry_count, 0, -1):
                 time.sleep(3)
 
diff --git a/tcp_tests/settings.py b/tcp_tests/settings.py
index f4ff7e0..18548fb 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/settings.py
+++ b/tcp_tests/settings.py
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
 DOCKER_NAME = os.environ.get('DOCKER_NAME',
                              'mirantis/oscore/rally-tempest:latest')
 DOCKER_IMAGES_SL_TAG = os.environ.get('DOCKER_IMAGES_SL_TAG', 'latest')
-THREADS = os.environ.get("THREADS", 10)
 
 PATTERN = os.environ.get('PATTERN', None)
 RUN_TEMPEST = get_var_as_bool('RUN_TEMPEST', False)
diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/shared-salt.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/shared-salt.yaml
index cc38df3..1f43386 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/shared-salt.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/shared-salt.yaml
@@ -808,7 +808,6 @@
 
   {%- if salt_roles %}
 - description: Configure salt-minion on {{ ssh['node_name'] }}
-  parallel: True
   cmd: |
     set -ex;
     [ ! -d /etc/salt/minion.d ] && mkdir -p /etc/salt/minion.d;