diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 3dd9c45f14..fbe9cb48a4 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ export GIT_BRANCH=${env.GIT_BRANCH}
 export GIT_COMMIT=${env.GIT_COMMIT}
 export AZURE_TOKEN='${env.AZURE_TOKEN}'
 export MAPBOX_TOKEN='${env.MAPBOX_TOKEN}'
-export PYTEST_ADDOPTS="-c selfdrive/test/pytest-tici.ini --rootdir ."
+# only use 1 thread for tici tests since most require HIL
+export PYTEST_ADDOPTS="-n 1"
 
 
 export GIT_SSH_COMMAND="ssh -i /data/gitkey"
diff --git a/release/files_common b/release/files_common
index ddc3e31d4d..ff2d8bec28 100644
--- a/release/files_common
+++ b/release/files_common
@@ -297,7 +297,6 @@ selfdrive/test/helpers.py
 selfdrive/test/setup_device_ci.sh
 selfdrive/test/test_onroad.py
 selfdrive/test/test_time_to_onroad.py
-selfdrive/test/pytest-tici.ini
 
 selfdrive/ui/.gitignore
 selfdrive/ui/SConscript
diff --git a/selfdrive/test/pytest-tici.ini b/selfdrive/test/pytest-tici.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index 98e75d0661..0000000000
--- a/selfdrive/test/pytest-tici.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-[pytest]
-addopts = -Werror --strict-config --strict-markers --durations=10
-markers = 
-  slow: tests that take awhile to run and can be skipped with -m 'not slow'
-  tici: tests that are only meant to run on the C3/C3X