diff --git a/plugin-server/src/config/config.ts b/plugin-server/src/config/config.ts
index 1efc0ae9aa3e3..ea51dc1da394d 100644
--- a/plugin-server/src/config/config.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/src/config/config.ts
@@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ export function getDefaultConfig(): PluginsServerConfig {
         JOB_QUEUE_S3_PREFIX: '',
         CRASH_IF_NO_PERSISTENT_JOB_QUEUE: false,
         HEALTHCHECK_MAX_STALE_SECONDS: 2 * 60 * 60, // 2 hours
-        PISCINA_USE_ATOMICS: true,
-        PISCINA_ATOMICS_TIMEOUT: 5000,
         SITE_URL: null,
         KAFKA_PARTITIONS_CONSUMED_CONCURRENTLY: 1,
         CLICKHOUSE_DISABLE_EXTERNAL_SCHEMAS_TEAMS: '',
diff --git a/plugin-server/src/types.ts b/plugin-server/src/types.ts
index 62f8c2e91ad3f..4d09e06de4ba1 100644
--- a/plugin-server/src/types.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/src/types.ts
@@ -172,8 +172,6 @@ export interface PluginsServerConfig {
     JOB_QUEUE_S3_PREFIX: string // S3 filename prefix for the S3 job queue
     CRASH_IF_NO_PERSISTENT_JOB_QUEUE: boolean // refuse to start unless there is a properly configured persistent job queue (e.g. graphile)
     HEALTHCHECK_MAX_STALE_SECONDS: number // maximum number of seconds the plugin server can go without ingesting events before the healthcheck fails
-    PISCINA_USE_ATOMICS: boolean // corresponds to the piscina useAtomics config option (https://github.com/piscinajs/piscina#constructor-new-piscinaoptions)
-    PISCINA_ATOMICS_TIMEOUT: number // (advanced) corresponds to the length of time a piscina worker should block for when looking for tasks
     SITE_URL: string | null
     KAFKA_PARTITIONS_CONSUMED_CONCURRENTLY: number // (advanced) how many kafka partitions the plugin server should consume from concurrently
     CONVERSION_BUFFER_ENABLED: boolean
diff --git a/plugin-server/src/worker/config.ts b/plugin-server/src/worker/config.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d964e4c26c381..0000000000000
--- a/plugin-server/src/worker/config.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import { PluginsServerConfig } from '../types'
-
-// Copy From: node_modules/piscina/src/index.ts -- copied because it's not exported
-export interface PiscinaOptions {
-    filename?: string | null
-    minThreads?: number
-    maxThreads?: number
-    idleTimeout?: number
-    maxQueue?: number | 'auto'
-    concurrentTasksPerWorker?: number
-    useAtomics?: boolean
-    resourceLimits?: any
-    argv?: string[]
-    execArgv?: string[]
-    env?: any
-    workerData?: any
-    niceIncrement?: number
-    trackUnmanagedFds?: boolean
-    atomicsTimeout?: number
-}
-
-export function createConfig(serverConfig: PluginsServerConfig, filename: string): PiscinaOptions {
-    const config: PiscinaOptions = {
-        filename,
-        workerData: { serverConfig },
-        resourceLimits: {
-            stackSizeMb: 10,
-        },
-        useAtomics: serverConfig.PISCINA_USE_ATOMICS,
-        atomicsTimeout: serverConfig.PISCINA_ATOMICS_TIMEOUT,
-    }
-
-    if (serverConfig.WORKER_CONCURRENCY && serverConfig.WORKER_CONCURRENCY > 0) {
-        config.minThreads = serverConfig.WORKER_CONCURRENCY
-        config.maxThreads = serverConfig.WORKER_CONCURRENCY
-    }
-
-    if (serverConfig.TASKS_PER_WORKER > 1) {
-        config.concurrentTasksPerWorker = serverConfig.TASKS_PER_WORKER
-    }
-
-    return config
-}