diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/nutch/fetcher/Fetcher.java b/src/java/org/apache/nutch/fetcher/Fetcher.java
index acf8a5728f..3877071186 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/nutch/fetcher/Fetcher.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/nutch/fetcher/Fetcher.java
@@ -631,7 +631,6 @@ public void fetch(Path segment, int threads) throws IOException,
     job.setJarByClass(Fetcher.class);
     job.setMapperClass(Fetcher.FetcherRun.class);
     job.setReducerClass(Fetcher.FetcherReducer.class);
-    job.setNumReduceTasks(1);
 
     FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(job, segment);
     job.setOutputFormatClass(FetcherOutputFormat.class);