diff --git a/cmd/soju/main.go b/cmd/soju/main.go
index 9f254e2..8958cec 100644
--- a/cmd/soju/main.go
+++ b/cmd/soju/main.go
@@ -134,10 +134,6 @@ func main() {
 		cfg.Listen = []string{":6697"}
 	}
 
-	if err := bumpOpenedFileLimit(); err != nil {
-		log.Printf("failed to bump max number of opened files: %v", err)
-	}
-
 	db, err := database.Open(cfg.DB.Driver, cfg.DB.Source)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("failed to open database: %v", err)
diff --git a/cmd/soju/rlimit.go b/cmd/soju/rlimit.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 56e6a1b..0000000
--- a/cmd/soju/rlimit.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-//go:build aix || darwin || dragonfly || freebsd || linux || netbsd || openbsd || solaris
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"syscall"
-)
-
-func bumpOpenedFileLimit() error {
-	var rlimit syscall.Rlimit
-	if err := syscall.Getrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlimit); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get RLIMIT_NOFILE: %v", err)
-	}
-	rlimit.Cur = rlimit.Max
-	if err := syscall.Setrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlimit); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set RLIMIT_NOFILE: %v", err)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/cmd/soju/rlimit_stub.go b/cmd/soju/rlimit_stub.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b27ea7e..0000000
--- a/cmd/soju/rlimit_stub.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-//go:build !aix && !darwin && !dragonfly && !freebsd && !linux && !netbsd && !openbsd && !solaris
-
-package main
-
-func bumpOpenedFileLimit() error {
-	return nil
-}