diff --git a/src/pawns.cpp b/src/pawns.cpp
index af0f6618103..a5102db8aeb 100644
--- a/src/pawns.cpp
+++ b/src/pawns.cpp
@@ -30,21 +30,21 @@ namespace {
   #define S(mg, eg) make_score(mg, eg)
 
   // Pawn penalties
-  constexpr Score Backward      = S( 8, 27);
-  constexpr Score Doubled       = S(11, 55);
-  constexpr Score Isolated      = S( 5, 17);
-  constexpr Score WeakLever     = S( 2, 54);
-  constexpr Score WeakUnopposed = S(15, 25);
+  constexpr Score Backward      = S( 8, 25);
+  constexpr Score Doubled       = S(10, 55);
+  constexpr Score Isolated      = S( 3, 15);
+  constexpr Score WeakLever     = S( 3, 55);
+  constexpr Score WeakUnopposed = S(13, 25);
 
   // Bonus for blocked pawns at 5th or 6th rank
-  constexpr Score BlockedPawn[2] = { S(-13, -4), S(-4, 3) };
+  constexpr Score BlockedPawn[2] = { S(-13, -4), S(-5, 2) };
 
   constexpr Score BlockedStorm[RANK_NB] = {
     S(0, 0), S(0, 0), S(76, 78), S(-10, 15), S(-7, 10), S(-4, 6), S(-1, 2)
   };
 
   // Connected pawn bonus
-  constexpr int Connected[RANK_NB] = { 0, 7, 8, 11, 24, 45, 85 };
+  constexpr int Connected[RANK_NB] = { 0, 5, 7, 11, 24, 48, 86 };
 
   // Strength of pawn shelter for our king by [distance from edge][rank].
   // RANK_1 = 0 is used for files where we have no pawn, or pawn is behind our king.
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ namespace {
         if (support | phalanx)
         {
             int v =  Connected[r] * (2 + bool(phalanx) - bool(opposed))
-                   + 21 * popcount(support);
+                   + 22 * popcount(support);
 
             score += make_score(v, v * (r - 2) / 4);
         }
diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index c01b8d09729..c8771505cc2 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -1057,15 +1057,6 @@ namespace {
                   && captureHistory[movedPiece][to_sq(move)][type_of(pos.piece_on(to_sq(move)))] < 0)
                   continue;
 
-              // Futility pruning for captures
-              if (   !givesCheck
-                  && lmrDepth < 6
-                  && !(PvNode && abs(bestValue) < 2)
-                  && !ss->inCheck
-                  && ss->staticEval + 169 + 244 * lmrDepth
-                     + PieceValue[MG][type_of(pos.piece_on(to_sq(move)))] <= alpha)
-                  continue;
-
               // See based pruning
               if (!pos.see_ge(move, Value(-221) * depth)) // (~25 Elo)
                   continue;
diff --git a/tests/instrumented.sh b/tests/instrumented.sh
index 03ded74abfd..03e9c9de093 100755
--- a/tests/instrumented.sh
+++ b/tests/instrumented.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ case $1 in
   --valgrind-thread)
     echo "valgrind-thread testing started"
     prefix=''
-    exeprefix='valgrind --error-exitcode=42'
+    exeprefix='valgrind --fair-sched=try --error-exitcode=42'
     postfix='1>/dev/null'
     threads="2"
   ;;