diff --git a/init.c b/init.c
index c344284..f9c20bd 100644
--- a/init.c
+++ b/init.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 #define FIO_RANDSEED		(0xb1899bedUL)
 
 static char **ini_file;
-static int max_jobs = FIO_MAX_JOBS;
 static bool dump_cmdline;
 static bool parse_only;
 static bool merge_blktrace_only;
@@ -352,8 +351,10 @@
 	size_t size = JOBS_PER_SEG * sizeof(struct thread_data);
 	int i;
 
-	if (nr_segments + 1 >= REAL_MAX_SEG)
+	if (nr_segments + 1 >= REAL_MAX_SEG) {
+		log_err("error: maximum number of jobs reached.\n");
 		return -1;
+	}
 
 	size += 2 * sizeof(unsigned int);
 
@@ -494,11 +495,6 @@
 		log_err("error: failed to setup shm segment\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	if (thread_number >= max_jobs) {
-		log_err("error: maximum number of jobs (%d) reached.\n",
-				max_jobs);
-		return NULL;
-	}
 
 	seg = &segments[cur_segment];
 	td = &seg->threads[seg->nr_threads++];
@@ -2741,12 +2737,7 @@
 			warnings_fatal = 1;
 			break;
 		case 'j':
-			max_jobs = atoi(optarg);
-			if (!max_jobs || max_jobs > REAL_MAX_JOBS) {
-				log_err("fio: invalid max jobs: %d\n", max_jobs);
-				do_exit++;
-				exit_val = 1;
-			}
+			/* we don't track/need this anymore, ignore it */
 			break;
 		case 'S':
 			did_arg = true;
diff --git a/os/os-mac.h b/os/os-mac.h
index 2852ac6..683aab3 100644
--- a/os/os-mac.h
+++ b/os/os-mac.h
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@
 #define fio_swap32(x)	OSSwapInt32(x)
 #define fio_swap64(x)	OSSwapInt64(x)
 
-/*
- * OSX has a pitifully small shared memory segment by default,
- * so default to a lower number of max jobs supported
- */
-#define FIO_MAX_JOBS		128
-
 #ifndef CONFIG_CLOCKID_T
 typedef unsigned int clockid_t;
 #endif
diff --git a/os/os.h b/os/os.h
index 9a280e5..b46f416 100644
--- a/os/os.h
+++ b/os/os.h
@@ -172,10 +172,6 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#ifndef FIO_MAX_JOBS
-#define FIO_MAX_JOBS		4096
-#endif
-
 #ifndef CONFIG_SOCKLEN_T
 typedef unsigned int socklen_t;
 #endif