diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b62a6082..d8e48d931 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,13 +107,12 @@ endif()
 if("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "Clang")
   # using Clang
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Wunreachable-code -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wno-unneeded-internal-declaration -pedantic -fPIC")
-  message(STATUS "OpenMP parallelization not available using clang++")
 elseif("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU")
   # using GCC
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -fopenmp -pedantic -fPIC")
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -pedantic -fPIC")
 elseif("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "Intel")
   # using Intel C++
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -static-intel -wd10237 -Wall -openmp -ipo -fPIC")
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -static-intel -wd10237 -Wall -ipo -fPIC")
 elseif("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "MSVC")
   # using Visual Studio C++
 endif()