diff --git a/src/armnn/LoadedNetwork.cpp b/src/armnn/LoadedNetwork.cpp
index 25f8ddf..1a94828 100644
--- a/src/armnn/LoadedNetwork.cpp
+++ b/src/armnn/LoadedNetwork.cpp
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 
     // Create the thread pool which will have working memory handles assigned to each thread
     // Should occur after factories are registered so that the WorkingMemHandles can be created
-    if (m_NetworkProperties.m_NumThreads > 1 && networkProperties.m_AsyncEnabled)
+    if (m_NetworkProperties.m_NumThreads > 0 && networkProperties.m_AsyncEnabled)
     {
         CreateThreadPool(m_NetworkProperties.m_NumThreads);
     }
diff --git a/tests/ExecuteNetwork/ExecuteNetwork.cpp b/tests/ExecuteNetwork/ExecuteNetwork.cpp
index cd760a8..e8d5b18 100644
--- a/tests/ExecuteNetwork/ExecuteNetwork.cpp
+++ b/tests/ExecuteNetwork/ExecuteNetwork.cpp
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@
             }
         }
         // Asynchronous execution using the Arm NN thread pool
-        else if (params.m_ThreadPoolSize >= 2)
+        else if (params.m_ThreadPoolSize >= 1)
         {
             try
             {
diff --git a/tests/ExecuteNetwork/ExecuteNetworkParams.cpp b/tests/ExecuteNetwork/ExecuteNetworkParams.cpp
index 189ece2..4002e89 100644
--- a/tests/ExecuteNetwork/ExecuteNetworkParams.cpp
+++ b/tests/ExecuteNetwork/ExecuteNetworkParams.cpp
@@ -137,14 +137,6 @@
 
         CheckModelFormat(m_ModelFormat);
 
-        // Check number of simultaneous iterations
-        // Testing std::launch::async with a single iteration is possible if concurrent is manually set
-        if ((m_SimultaneousIterations <= 1 && m_ThreadPoolSize > 1) ||
-            (m_SimultaneousIterations <= 1 && !m_Concurrent))
-        {
-            ARMNN_LOG(fatal) << "simultaneous-iterations cannot be less than 2.";
-        }
-
         // Check input tensor shapes
         if ((m_InputTensorShapes.size() != 0) &&
             (m_InputTensorShapes.size() != m_InputNames.size()))
diff --git a/tests/ExecuteNetwork/ExecuteNetworkProgramOptions.cpp b/tests/ExecuteNetwork/ExecuteNetworkProgramOptions.cpp
index 1f57f85..25ddecf 100644
--- a/tests/ExecuteNetwork/ExecuteNetworkProgramOptions.cpp
+++ b/tests/ExecuteNetwork/ExecuteNetworkProgramOptions.cpp
@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@
 
                 ("thread-pool-size",
                  "Number of Arm NN threads to use when running the network asynchronously via the Arm NN thread pool. "
-                 "The default is set to 1",
-                 cxxopts::value<size_t>(m_ExNetParams.m_ThreadPoolSize)->default_value("1"));
+                 "The default is set to 0",
+                 cxxopts::value<size_t>(m_ExNetParams.m_ThreadPoolSize)->default_value("0"));
 
         m_CxxOptions.add_options("c) Optimization")
                 ("bf16-turbo-mode",
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@
     }
 
     // Set concurrent to true if the user expects to run inferences asynchronously
-    if (m_ExNetParams.m_SimultaneousIterations > 1)
+    if (m_ExNetParams.m_SimultaneousIterations > 1 || m_ExNetParams.m_ThreadPoolSize > 0)
     {
         m_ExNetParams.m_Concurrent = true;
     }
diff --git a/tests/InferenceModel.hpp b/tests/InferenceModel.hpp
index 7c51011..fd2ab5f 100644
--- a/tests/InferenceModel.hpp
+++ b/tests/InferenceModel.hpp
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
         , m_NumberOfThreads(0)
         , m_MLGOTuningFilePath("")
         , m_AsyncEnabled(false)
-        , m_ThreadPoolSize(1)
+        , m_ThreadPoolSize(0)
     {}
 };