lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm | 5 -----
 script/lei             | 8 --------

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
index cddb94e95d8406085c33000ea697e71b797eb27f..e2a945a4c3e88b2e102087f8941689da10de7052 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
@@ -941,11 +941,6 @@ 	} else {
 		$! = $errno; # allow interpolation to stringify in die
 		die "connect($path): $!";
 	}
-	if (eval { require BSD::Resource }) {
-		my $NOFILE = BSD::Resource::RLIMIT_NOFILE();
-		my ($s, $h) = BSD::Resource::getrlimit($NOFILE);
-		BSD::Resource::setrlimit($NOFILE, $h, $h) if $s < $h;
-	}
 	umask(077) // die("umask(077): $!");
 	bind($listener, $addr) or die "bind($path): $!";
 	listen($listener, 1024) or die "listen: $!";
diff --git a/script/lei b/script/lei
index 0b0e2976435593d73dcd97a3cacce432679ddba6..cb605e2eac1dc7bf9259b84e95dc506e5e8df4d9 100755
--- a/script/lei
+++ b/script/lei
@@ -82,14 +82,6 @@ 	my $buf = join("\0", scalar(@ARGV), @ARGV);
 	while (my ($k, $v) = each %ENV) { $buf .= "\0$k=$v" }
 	$buf .= "\0\0";
 	my $n = $send_cmd->($sock, [0, 1, 2, fileno($dh)], $buf, MSG_EOR);
-	if (!$n && $!{ETOOMANYREFS} && eval { require BSD::Resource }) {
-		my $NOFILE = BSD::Resource::RLIMIT_NOFILE();
-		my ($s, $h) = BSD::Resource::getrlimit($NOFILE);
-		if ($s < $h && BSD::Resource::setrlimit($NOFILE, $h, $h)) {
-			$n = $send_cmd->($sock, [0, 1, 2, fileno($dh)],
-					$buf, MSG_EOR);
-		}
-	}
 	if (!$n) {
 		die "sendmsg: $! (check RLIMIT_NOFILE)\n" if $!{ETOOMANYREFS};
 		die "sendmsg: $!\n";