diff --git a/app-admin/consul/files/consul.confd b/app-admin/consul/files/consul.confd
index b15e19c770139..d2ed781b3837a 100644
--- a/app-admin/consul/files/consul.confd
+++ b/app-admin/consul/files/consul.confd
@@ -5,6 +5,3 @@
 
 # extra arguments for the consul agent
 command_args="-config-dir=/etc/consul.d"
-
-# upstream strongly recommends > 1
-GOMAXPROCS=2
diff --git a/app-admin/consul/files/consul.service b/app-admin/consul/files/consul.service
index 967b30b3b329e..be897bcf8e97d 100644
--- a/app-admin/consul/files/consul.service
+++ b/app-admin/consul/files/consul.service
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ After=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 User=consul
-Environment=GOMAXPROCS=2
 Environment=CONSUL_AGENT_OPTS="-config-dir=/etc/consul.d"
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/consul agent $CONSUL_AGENT_OPTS
 Restart=on-failure