diff --git a/tests/vm/basevm.py b/tests/vm/basevm.py
index 2276364c42..23229e23d1 100644
--- a/tests/vm/basevm.py
+++ b/tests/vm/basevm.py
@@ -569,8 +569,7 @@ def parse_args(vmcls):
                 # more cores. but only up to a reasonable limit. User
                 # can always override these limits with --jobs.
                 return min(multiprocessing.cpu_count() // 2, 8)
-        else:
-            return 1
+        return 1
 
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter,