diff --git a/cmd/noms-sync/noms_sync.go b/cmd/noms-sync/noms_sync.go
index eca806109b..d172066030 100644
--- a/cmd/noms-sync/noms_sync.go
+++ b/cmd/noms-sync/noms_sync.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
-	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/attic-labs/noms/go/d"
 	"github.com/attic-labs/noms/go/spec"
@@ -23,9 +22,6 @@ var (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	cpuCount := runtime.NumCPU()
-	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(cpuCount)
-
 	flag.Usage = func() {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Moves datasets between or within databases\n\n")
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "noms sync [options] <source-object> <dest-dataset>\n\n")
diff --git a/samples/go/csv/csv-export/exporter.go b/samples/go/csv/csv-export/exporter.go
index c52ff3de79..4dd41c06e7 100644
--- a/samples/go/csv/csv-export/exporter.go
+++ b/samples/go/csv/csv-export/exporter.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/attic-labs/noms/go/d"
 	"github.com/attic-labs/noms/go/spec"
@@ -25,8 +24,6 @@ var (
 
 func main() {
 	spec.RegisterDatabaseFlags()
-	cpuCount := runtime.NumCPU()
-	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(cpuCount)
 
 	flag.Usage = func() {
 		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Usage: csv-export [options] dataset > filename")
diff --git a/samples/go/csv/csv-import/importer.go b/samples/go/csv/csv-import/importer.go
index e4a110cabc..bd00456863 100644
--- a/samples/go/csv/csv-import/importer.go
+++ b/samples/go/csv/csv-import/importer.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
-	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -45,8 +44,6 @@ func main() {
 	)
 
 	spec.RegisterDatabaseFlags()
-	cpuCount := runtime.NumCPU()
-	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(cpuCount)
 
 	flag.Usage = func() {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Usage: csv-import [options] <dataset> <csvfile>\n\n")
diff --git a/samples/go/xml-import/xml_importer.go b/samples/go/xml-import/xml_importer.go
index e2ce6c66ba..775630cc11 100644
--- a/samples/go/xml-import/xml_importer.go
+++ b/samples/go/xml-import/xml_importer.go
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ func main() {
 		defer profile.MaybeStartProfile().Stop()
 
 		cpuCount := runtime.NumCPU()
-		runtime.GOMAXPROCS(cpuCount)
 
 		filesChan := make(chan fileIndex, 1024)
 		refsChan := make(chan refIndex, 1024)