diff --git a/env/WCOSS2.env b/env/WCOSS2.env
index 572862ca63..cf9feeca83 100755
--- a/env/WCOSS2.env
+++ b/env/WCOSS2.env
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ elif [[ "${step}" = "snowanl" ]]; then
 elif [[ "${step}" = "esnowrecen" ]]; then
 
     export NTHREADS_ESNOWRECEN=${NTHREADSmax}
-    export APRUN_ESNOWRECEN="${APRUN} --cpus-per-task=${NTHREADS_ESNOWRECEN}"
+    export APRUN_ESNOWRECEN="${APRUN}"
 
     export APRUN_APPLY_INCR="${launcher} -n 6"