diff --git a/webmagic-core/src/main/java/us/codecraft/webmagic/Spider.java b/webmagic-core/src/main/java/us/codecraft/webmagic/Spider.java
index 1c4160d7..9f1c4797 100644
--- a/webmagic-core/src/main/java/us/codecraft/webmagic/Spider.java
+++ b/webmagic-core/src/main/java/us/codecraft/webmagic/Spider.java
@@ -431,9 +431,6 @@ public class Spider implements Runnable, Task {
         if (threadNum <= 0) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("threadNum should be more than one!");
         }
-        if (threadNum == 1) {
-            return this;
-        }
         return this;
     }