diff --git a/dist/mastodon-streaming.service b/dist/mastodon-streaming.service
index cf1f2d8bc69..533feb5341c 100644
--- a/dist/mastodon-streaming.service
+++ b/dist/mastodon-streaming.service
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ User=mastodon
 WorkingDirectory=/home/mastodon/live
 Environment="NODE_ENV=production"
 Environment="PORT=4000"
-Environment="STREAMING_CLUSTER_NUM=1"
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/node ./streaming
 TimeoutSec=15
 Restart=always
+LimitNOFILE=65536
 # Proc filesystem
 ProcSubset=pid
 ProtectProc=invisible
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dffc24c0afb..52b70c2250b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@
     "substring-trie": "^1.0.2",
     "terser-webpack-plugin": "^4.2.3",
     "tesseract.js": "^2.1.1",
-    "throng": "^4.0.0",
     "tiny-queue": "^0.2.1",
     "twitter-text": "3.1.0",
     "uuid": "^8.3.1",
@@ -175,7 +174,6 @@
     "@types/react-toggle": "^4.0.3",
     "@types/redux-immutable": "^4.0.3",
     "@types/requestidlecallback": "^0.3.5",
-    "@types/throng": "^4.0.2",
     "@types/uuid": "^8.3.4",
     "@types/webpack": "^4.41.33",
     "@types/yargs": "^17.0.22",
diff --git a/streaming/index.js b/streaming/index.js
index 91e86fdbc5a..421c7afa9b3 100644
--- a/streaming/index.js
+++ b/streaming/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 // @ts-check
 
-const os = require('os');
-const throng = require('throng');
 const dotenv = require('dotenv');
 const express = require('express');
 const http = require('http');
@@ -15,10 +13,10 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const WebSocket = require('ws');
 const { JSDOM } = require('jsdom');
 
-const env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';
+const environment = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';
 
 dotenv.config({
-  path: env === 'production' ? '.env.production' : '.env',
+  path: environment === 'production' ? '.env.production' : '.env',
 });
 
 log.level = process.env.LOG_LEVEL || 'verbose';
@@ -52,8 +50,6 @@ const redisUrlToClient = async (defaultConfig, redisUrl) => {
   return client;
 };
 
-const numWorkers = +process.env.STREAMING_CLUSTER_NUM || (env === 'development' ? 1 : Math.max(os.cpus().length - 1, 1));
-
 /**
  * @param {string} json
  * @param {any} req
@@ -72,45 +68,38 @@ const parseJSON = (json, req) => {
   }
 };
 
-const startMaster = () => {
-  if (!process.env.SOCKET && process.env.PORT && isNaN(+process.env.PORT)) {
-    log.warn('UNIX domain socket is now supported by using SOCKET. Please migrate from PORT hack.');
-  }
-
-  log.warn(`Starting streaming API server master with ${numWorkers} workers`);
-};
-
 /**
- * @return {Object.<string, any>}
+ * @param {Object.<string, any>} env the `process.env` value to read configuration from
+ * @return {Object.<string, any>} the configuration for the PostgreSQL connection
  */
-const pgConfigFromEnv = () => {
+const pgConfigFromEnv = (env) => {
   const pgConfigs = {
     development: {
-      user:     process.env.DB_USER || pg.defaults.user,
-      password: process.env.DB_PASS || pg.defaults.password,
-      database: process.env.DB_NAME || 'mastodon_development',
-      host:     process.env.DB_HOST || pg.defaults.host,
-      port:     process.env.DB_PORT || pg.defaults.port,
+      user:     env.DB_USER || pg.defaults.user,
+      password: env.DB_PASS || pg.defaults.password,
+      database: env.DB_NAME || 'mastodon_development',
+      host:     env.DB_HOST || pg.defaults.host,
+      port:     env.DB_PORT || pg.defaults.port,
     },
 
     production: {
-      user:     process.env.DB_USER || 'mastodon',
-      password: process.env.DB_PASS || '',
-      database: process.env.DB_NAME || 'mastodon_production',
-      host:     process.env.DB_HOST || 'localhost',
-      port:     process.env.DB_PORT || 5432,
+      user:     env.DB_USER || 'mastodon',
+      password: env.DB_PASS || '',
+      database: env.DB_NAME || 'mastodon_production',
+      host:     env.DB_HOST || 'localhost',
+      port:     env.DB_PORT || 5432,
     },
   };
 
   let baseConfig;
 
-  if (process.env.DATABASE_URL) {
-    baseConfig = dbUrlToConfig(process.env.DATABASE_URL);
+  if (env.DATABASE_URL) {
+    baseConfig = dbUrlToConfig(env.DATABASE_URL);
   } else {
-    baseConfig = pgConfigs[env];
+    baseConfig = pgConfigs[environment];
 
-    if (process.env.DB_SSLMODE) {
-      switch(process.env.DB_SSLMODE) {
+    if (env.DB_SSLMODE) {
+      switch(env.DB_SSLMODE) {
       case 'disable':
       case '':
         baseConfig.ssl = false;
@@ -127,30 +116,26 @@ const pgConfigFromEnv = () => {
 
   return {
     ...baseConfig,
-    max: process.env.DB_POOL || 10,
+    max: env.DB_POOL || 10,
     connectionTimeoutMillis: 15000,
     application_name: '',
   };
 };
 
-const startWorker = async (workerId) => {
-  log.warn(`Starting worker ${workerId}`);
-
-  const app = express();
-
-  app.set('trust proxy', process.env.TRUSTED_PROXY_IP ? process.env.TRUSTED_PROXY_IP.split(/(?:\s*,\s*|\s+)/) : 'loopback,uniquelocal');
-
-  const pgPool = new pg.Pool(pgConfigFromEnv());
-  const server = http.createServer(app);
-  const redisNamespace = process.env.REDIS_NAMESPACE || null;
+/**
+ * @param {Object.<string, any>} env the `process.env` value to read configuration from
+ * @return {Object.<string, any>} configuration for the Redis connection
+ */
+const redisConfigFromEnv = (env) => {
+  const redisNamespace = env.REDIS_NAMESPACE || null;
 
   const redisParams = {
     socket: {
-      host: process.env.REDIS_HOST || '127.0.0.1',
-      port: process.env.REDIS_PORT || 6379,
+      host: env.REDIS_HOST || '127.0.0.1',
+      port: env.REDIS_PORT || 6379,
     },
-    database: process.env.REDIS_DB || 0,
-    password: process.env.REDIS_PASSWORD || undefined,
+    database: env.REDIS_DB || 0,
+    password: env.REDIS_PASSWORD || undefined,
   };
 
   if (redisNamespace) {
@@ -159,13 +144,30 @@ const startWorker = async (workerId) => {
 
   const redisPrefix = redisNamespace ? `${redisNamespace}:` : '';
 
+  return {
+    redisParams,
+    redisPrefix,
+    redisUrl: env.REDIS_URL,
+  };
+};
+
+const startServer = async () => {
+  const app = express();
+
+  app.set('trust proxy', process.env.TRUSTED_PROXY_IP ? process.env.TRUSTED_PROXY_IP.split(/(?:\s*,\s*|\s+)/) : 'loopback,uniquelocal');
+
+  const pgPool = new pg.Pool(pgConfigFromEnv(process.env));
+  const server = http.createServer(app);
+
+  const { redisParams, redisUrl, redisPrefix } = redisConfigFromEnv(process.env);
+
   /**
    * @type {Object.<string, Array.<function(string): void>>}
    */
   const subs = {};
 
-  const redisSubscribeClient = await redisUrlToClient(redisParams, process.env.REDIS_URL);
-  const redisClient = await redisUrlToClient(redisParams, process.env.REDIS_URL);
+  const redisSubscribeClient = await redisUrlToClient(redisParams, redisUrl);
+  const redisClient = await redisUrlToClient(redisParams, redisUrl);
 
   /**
    * @param {string[]} channels
@@ -1231,11 +1233,10 @@ const startWorker = async (workerId) => {
   }, 30000);
 
   attachServerWithConfig(server, address => {
-    log.warn(`Worker ${workerId} now listening on ${address}`);
+    log.warn(`Streaming API now listening on ${address}`);
   });
 
   const onExit = () => {
-    log.warn(`Worker ${workerId} exiting`);
     server.close();
     process.exit(0);
   };
@@ -1273,34 +1274,4 @@ const attachServerWithConfig = (server, onSuccess) => {
   }
 };
 
-/**
- * @param {function(Error=): void} onSuccess
- */
-const onPortAvailable = onSuccess => {
-  const testServer = http.createServer();
-
-  testServer.once('error', err => {
-    onSuccess(err);
-  });
-
-  testServer.once('listening', () => {
-    testServer.once('close', () => onSuccess());
-    testServer.close();
-  });
-
-  attachServerWithConfig(testServer);
-};
-
-onPortAvailable(err => {
-  if (err) {
-    log.error('Could not start server, the port or socket is in use');
-    return;
-  }
-
-  throng({
-    workers: numWorkers,
-    lifetime: Infinity,
-    start: startWorker,
-    master: startMaster,
-  });
-});
+startServer();
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 79a3a65f1f4..0d85d3f1efb 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2404,11 +2404,6 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/jest" "*"
 
-"@types/throng@^4.0.2":
-  version "4.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/throng/-/throng-4.0.2.tgz#e352f5f86433e9dfbf3258414191852d25b2274f"
-  integrity sha512-7tgh3R6vwtjj01URmhWXFSkWnm4wDJjsqLm8WPwIWadYjfsKAFi0HqabMQCU2JJ4TbeSGkb51qv27bBPN5Bubw==
-
 "@types/tough-cookie@*":
   version "4.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/tough-cookie/-/tough-cookie-4.0.2.tgz#6286b4c7228d58ab7866d19716f3696e03a09397"
@@ -7656,11 +7651,6 @@ lodash.debounce@^4.0.8:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.debounce/-/lodash.debounce-4.0.8.tgz#82d79bff30a67c4005ffd5e2515300ad9ca4d7af"
   integrity sha1-gteb/zCmfEAF/9XiUVMArZyk168=
 
-lodash.defaults@^4.0.1:
-  version "4.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.defaults/-/lodash.defaults-4.2.0.tgz#d09178716ffea4dde9e5fb7b37f6f0802274580c"
-  integrity sha1-0JF4cW/+pN3p5ft7N/bwgCJ0WAw=
-
 lodash.get@^4.0:
   version "4.4.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.get/-/lodash.get-4.4.2.tgz#2d177f652fa31e939b4438d5341499dfa3825e99"
@@ -11141,13 +11131,6 @@ text-table@^0.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/text-table/-/text-table-0.2.0.tgz#7f5ee823ae805207c00af2df4a84ec3fcfa570b4"
   integrity sha1-f17oI66AUgfACvLfSoTsP8+lcLQ=
 
-throng@^4.0.0:
-  version "4.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/throng/-/throng-4.0.0.tgz#983c6ba1993b58eae859998aa687ffe88df84c17"
-  integrity sha1-mDxroZk7WOroWZmKpof/6I34TBc=
-  dependencies:
-    lodash.defaults "^4.0.1"
-
 through@^2.3.8:
   version "2.3.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/through/-/through-2.3.8.tgz#0dd4c9ffaabc357960b1b724115d7e0e86a2e1f5"