diff --git a/src/spinit.in b/src/spinit.in
index 6e9bda2d4..e4e7b92a8 100644
--- a/src/spinit.in
+++ b/src/spinit.in
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ set x11lineararcs
 ** default (if compiled with --enable-openmp) is: 2
 *set num_threads=4
 set interactive
-optran 1 1 1 100n 10u 0
 
 strcmp __flag $program "ngspice"
 if $__flag = 0
diff --git a/visualc/spinit_all b/visualc/spinit_all
index 797801324..f7b3a8de8 100644
--- a/visualc/spinit_all
+++ b/visualc/spinit_all
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ set filetype=ascii
 ** default (if compiled with --enable-openmp) is: 2
 set num_threads=4
 set interactive
-optran 1 1 1 100n 10u 0
 
 strcmp __flag $program "ngspice"
 if $__flag = 0
diff --git a/visualc/spinitd64 b/visualc/spinitd64
index 294a11e0d..24454aa92 100644
--- a/visualc/spinitd64
+++ b/visualc/spinitd64
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ set filetype=ascii
 ** default (if compiled with --enable-openmp) is: 2
 set num_threads=4
 set interactive
-optran 1 1 1 100n 10u 0
 
 strcmp __flag $program "ngspice"
 if $__flag = 0