diff --git a/dcrd.go b/dcrd.go
index 575417cd25..2c8d9a290a 100644
--- a/dcrd.go
+++ b/dcrd.go
@@ -228,9 +228,6 @@ func dcrdMain() error {
 }
 
 func main() {
-	// Use all processor cores.
-	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.NumCPU())
-
 	// Block and transaction processing can cause bursty allocations.  This
 	// limits the garbage collector from excessively overallocating during
 	// bursts.  This value was arrived at with the help of profiling live