diff --git a/env/WCOSS2.env b/env/WCOSS2.env
index e787202d66..fe6acf88fb 100755
--- a/env/WCOSS2.env
+++ b/env/WCOSS2.env
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ elif [[ "${step}" = "marineanlchkpt" ]]; then
 elif [[ "${step}" = "ocnanalecen" ]]; then
 
     export NTHREADS_OCNANALECEN=${NTHREADSmax}
-    export APRUN_OCNANALECEN="${APRUN_default} --cpus-per-task=${NTHREADS_OCNANALECEN}"
+    export APRUN_OCNANALECEN="${APRUN_default}"
 
 elif [[ "${step}" = "marineanlletkf" ]]; then