diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/config/ChangeUpdateExecutor.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/config/ChangeUpdateExecutor.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c9e5f034d..0000000000
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/config/ChangeUpdateExecutor.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2012 The Android Open Source Project
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package com.google.gerrit.server.config;
-
-import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
-
-import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListeningExecutorService;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.update.BatchUpdate;
-import com.google.inject.BindingAnnotation;
-import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
-
-/**
- * Marker on the global {@link ListeningExecutorService} used by asynchronous {@link BatchUpdate}s.
- */
-@Retention(RUNTIME)
-@BindingAnnotation
-public @interface ChangeUpdateExecutor {}
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/config/SysExecutorModule.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/config/SysExecutorModule.java
index 6c729d9073..e7f454056b 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/config/SysExecutorModule.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/config/SysExecutorModule.java
@@ -14,19 +14,13 @@
 
 package com.google.gerrit.server.config;
 
-import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListeningExecutorService;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.MoreExecutors;
-import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ThreadFactoryBuilder;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.FanOutExecutor;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.WorkQueue;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.logging.LoggingContextAwareExecutorService;
 import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
 import com.google.inject.Provides;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
-import java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
-import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
 
 /**
@@ -73,28 +67,4 @@ public class SysExecutorModule extends AbstractModule {
     }
     return queues.createQueue(poolSize, "FanOut");
   }
-
-  @Provides
-  @Singleton
-  @ChangeUpdateExecutor
-  public ListeningExecutorService createChangeUpdateExecutor(@GerritServerConfig Config config) {
-    int poolSize = config.getInt("receive", null, "changeUpdateThreads", 1);
-    if (poolSize <= 1) {
-      return MoreExecutors.newDirectExecutorService();
-    }
-    return MoreExecutors.listeningDecorator(
-        new LoggingContextAwareExecutorService(
-            MoreExecutors.getExitingExecutorService(
-                new ThreadPoolExecutor(
-                    1,
-                    poolSize,
-                    10,
-                    TimeUnit.MINUTES,
-                    new ArrayBlockingQueue<>(poolSize),
-                    new ThreadFactoryBuilder()
-                        .setNameFormat("ChangeUpdate-%d")
-                        .setDaemon(true)
-                        .build(),
-                    new ThreadPoolExecutor.CallerRunsPolicy()))));
-  }
 }
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/testing/InMemoryModule.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/testing/InMemoryModule.java
index af9d8c3925..baccbf9de4 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/testing/InMemoryModule.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/testing/InMemoryModule.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;
 import static com.google.inject.Scopes.SINGLETON;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
-import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListeningExecutorService;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.MoreExecutors;
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.testsuite.project.ProjectOperations;
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.testsuite.project.ProjectOperationsImpl;
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ import com.google.gerrit.server.config.AnonymousCowardName;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.AnonymousCowardNameProvider;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.CanonicalWebUrlModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.CanonicalWebUrlProvider;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.config.ChangeUpdateExecutor;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.DefaultUrlFormatter;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.GerritGlobalModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.GerritInstanceNameModule;
@@ -186,9 +184,6 @@ public class InMemoryModule extends FactoryModule {
     bind(GitRepositoryManager.class).to(InMemoryRepositoryManager.class);
     bind(InMemoryRepositoryManager.class).in(SINGLETON);
     bind(TrackingFooters.class).toProvider(TrackingFootersProvider.class).in(SINGLETON);
-    bind(ListeningExecutorService.class)
-        .annotatedWith(ChangeUpdateExecutor.class)
-        .toInstance(MoreExecutors.newDirectExecutorService());
     bind(SecureStore.class).to(DefaultSecureStore.class);
 
     install(new InMemorySchemaModule());