diff --git a/lib/linalg/Matrix.cpp b/lib/linalg/Matrix.cpp
index c3c06b61e..1932e1440 100644
--- a/lib/linalg/Matrix.cpp
+++ b/lib/linalg/Matrix.cpp
@@ -1839,24 +1839,18 @@ Matrix::rescale_rows_max()
 	for (int i = 0; i < d_num_rows; i++)
 	{
 		// Find the row's max absolute value.
-		double local_max = fabs(item(i, 0));
+		double row_max = fabs(item(i, 0));
 		for (int j = 1; j < d_num_cols; j++)
 		{
-			if (fabs(item(i, j)) > local_max)
-				local_max = fabs(item(i, j));
+			if (fabs(item(i, j)) > row_max)
+				row_max = fabs(item(i, j));
 		}
 
-		// Get the max of all processes, if applicable.
-		double global_max = local_max;
-		if (d_num_procs > 1)
-			MPI_Allreduce(&local_max, &global_max, 1, MPI_DOUBLE, MPI_MAX,
-					MPI_COMM_WORLD);
-
 		// Rescale every row entry, if max nonzero.
-		if (global_max > 1.0e-14)
+		if (row_max > 1.0e-14)
 		{
 			for (int j = 0; j < d_num_cols; j++)
-				item(i, j) /= global_max;
+				item(i, j) /= row_max;
 		}
 	}
 }