diff --git a/src/command.rs b/src/command.rs
index ec73adf96b..bb36296801 100644
--- a/src/command.rs
+++ b/src/command.rs
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_commandline_args(
             let log_level: Option<Expression> = call.get_flag_expr("log-level");
             let log_target: Option<Expression> = call.get_flag_expr("log-target");
             let execute: Option<Expression> = call.get_flag_expr("execute");
-            let threads: Option<Value> = call.get_flag(engine_state, &mut stack, "threads")?;
             let table_mode: Option<Value> =
                 call.get_flag(engine_state, &mut stack, "table-mode")?;
 
@@ -181,7 +180,6 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_commandline_args(
                 log_level,
                 log_target,
                 execute,
-                threads,
                 table_mode,
             });
         }
@@ -213,7 +211,6 @@ pub(crate) struct NushellCliArgs {
     pub(crate) log_level: Option<Spanned<String>>,
     pub(crate) log_target: Option<Spanned<String>>,
     pub(crate) execute: Option<Spanned<String>>,
-    pub(crate) threads: Option<Value>,
     pub(crate) table_mode: Option<Value>,
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0e9a7021c2..240fdcca7e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -136,24 +136,6 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
         use_color,
     );
 
-    start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
-    if let Some(t) = parsed_nu_cli_args.threads.clone() {
-        // 0 means to let rayon decide how many threads to use
-        let threads = t.as_i64().unwrap_or(0);
-        rayon::ThreadPoolBuilder::new()
-            .num_threads(threads as usize)
-            .build_global()
-            .expect("error setting number of threads");
-    }
-    perf(
-        "set rayon threads",
-        start_time,
-        file!(),
-        line!(),
-        column!(),
-        use_color,
-    );
-
     start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
     if let Some(testbin) = &parsed_nu_cli_args.testbin {
         // Call out to the correct testbin