diff --git a/core-buffer/src/UdpRecvModule.cpp b/core-buffer/src/UdpRecvModule.cpp
index f811c9d..83cf479 100644
--- a/core-buffer/src/UdpRecvModule.cpp
+++ b/core-buffer/src/UdpRecvModule.cpp
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 #include "jungfrau.hpp"
 #include <iostream>
 #include <UdpReceiver.hpp>
-#include <sys/resource.h>
-#include <sys/resource.h>
-#include <syscall.h>
-
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -64,11 +60,6 @@ void UdpRecvModule::receive_thread(const uint16_t udp_port)
 {
     try {
 
-        pid_t tid;
-        tid = syscall(SYS_gettid);
-        int ret = setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, tid, -20);
-        if (ret == -1) throw runtime_error("cannot set nice");
-
         UdpReceiver udp_receiver;
         udp_receiver.bind(udp_port);