diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cleanup.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cleanup.rb
index 66ce77e789..efd16d022f 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cleanup.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cleanup.rb
@@ -8,30 +8,6 @@ CLEANUP_DEFAULT_DAYS = 30
 CLEANUP_MAX_AGE_DAYS = 120
 
 module CleanupRefinement
-  refine Enumerator do
-    def parallel
-      queue = Queue.new
-
-      each do |element|
-        queue.enq(element)
-      end
-
-      workers = (0...Hardware::CPU.cores).map do
-        Thread.new do
-          Kernel.loop do
-            begin
-              yield queue.deq(true)
-            rescue ThreadError
-              break # if queue is empty
-            end
-          end
-        end
-      end
-
-      workers.each(&:join)
-    end
-  end
-
   refine Pathname do
     def incomplete?
       extname.end_with?(".incomplete")
@@ -405,7 +381,7 @@ module Homebrew
           HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"Caskroom",
         ]
       end
-      dirs.select(&:directory?).each.parallel do |dir|
+      dirs.select(&:directory?).each do |dir|
         system_command "find",
           args:         [dir, "-name", ".DS_Store", "-delete"],
           print_stderr: false
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/readall.rb b/Library/Homebrew/readall.rb
index d5d3add6e2..de1ece8d63 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/readall.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/readall.rb
@@ -3,22 +3,11 @@ require "formula"
 module Readall
   class << self
     def valid_ruby_syntax?(ruby_files)
-      ruby_files_queue = Queue.new
-      ruby_files.each { |f| ruby_files_queue << f }
       failed = false
-      workers = (0...Hardware::CPU.cores).map do
-        Thread.new do
-          Kernel.loop do
-            begin
-              # As a side effect, print syntax errors/warnings to `$stderr`.
-              failed = true if syntax_errors_or_warnings?(ruby_files_queue.deq(true))
-            rescue ThreadError
-              break
-            end
-          end
-        end
+      ruby_files.each do |ruby_file|
+        # As a side effect, print syntax errors/warnings to `$stderr`.
+        failed = true if syntax_errors_or_warnings?(ruby_file)
       end
-      workers.each(&:join)
       !failed
     end