diff --git a/macos-guest-virtualbox.sh b/macos-guest-virtualbox.sh
index a2a3c59..4d92219 100644
--- a/macos-guest-virtualbox.sh
+++ b/macos-guest-virtualbox.sh
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ for filename in "BaseSystem.chunklist" \
                 "BaseSystem.dmg" \
                 "InstallESDDmg.pkg"; \
     do wget "${urlbase}${filename}" \
-            ${wgetargs} --limit-rate=2000k \
+            ${wgetargs} \
             --output-document "${macOS_release_name}_${filename}"
 done
 echo ""