diff --git a/cmd/nuclei/main.go b/cmd/nuclei/main.go
index 62d0e6da6e..ae9fd8812b 100644
--- a/cmd/nuclei/main.go
+++ b/cmd/nuclei/main.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/env"
 	_ "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/pprof"
 	stringsutil "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/strings"
-	"github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/sysutil"
 
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/goflags"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/gologger"
@@ -402,7 +401,6 @@ on extensive configurability, massive extensibility and ease of use.`)
 		flagSet.DurationVarP(&options.InputReadTimeout, "input-read-timeout", "irt", time.Duration(3*time.Minute), "timeout on input read"),
 		flagSet.BoolVarP(&options.DisableHTTPProbe, "no-httpx", "nh", false, "disable httpx probing for non-url input"),
 		flagSet.BoolVar(&options.DisableStdin, "no-stdin", false, "disable stdin processing"),
-		flagSet.IntVarP(&options.MaxOSThreads, "max-os-threads", "most", 10000, "set the maximum number of operating system threads to use"),
 	)
 
 	flagSet.CreateGroup("headless", "Headless",
@@ -490,8 +488,6 @@ Additional documentation is available at: https://docs.nuclei.sh/getting-started
 	goflags.DisableAutoConfigMigration = true
 	_ = flagSet.Parse()
 
-	_ = sysutil.SetMaxThreads(options.MaxOSThreads)
-
 	// when fuzz flag is enabled, set the dast flag to true
 	if fuzzFlag {
 		// backwards compatibility for fuzz flag
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 54fb7b9417..89ddf1b526 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/clistats v0.1.1
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/fastdialer v0.2.10
-	github.com/projectdiscovery/hmap v0.0.67
+	github.com/projectdiscovery/hmap v0.0.68
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/interactsh v1.2.0
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/rawhttp v0.1.74
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/retryabledns v1.0.86
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/tlsx v1.1.8
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/uncover v1.0.9
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/useragent v0.0.78
-	github.com/projectdiscovery/utils v0.2.19
+	github.com/projectdiscovery/utils v0.2.21
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/wappalyzergo v0.2.4
 	github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.1.0
 	github.com/seh-msft/burpxml v1.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2e948c7072..280ff322f4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -863,8 +863,8 @@ github.com/projectdiscovery/gostruct v0.0.2 h1:s8gP8ApugGM4go1pA+sVlPDXaWqNP5BBD
 github.com/projectdiscovery/gostruct v0.0.2/go.mod h1:H86peL4HKwMXcQQtEa6lmC8FuD9XFt6gkNR0B/Mu5PE=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/gozero v0.0.3 h1:tsYkrSvWw4WdIUJyisd4MB1vRiw1X57TuVVk3p8Z3G8=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/gozero v0.0.3/go.mod h1:MpJ37Dsh94gy2EKqaemdeh+CzduGVB2SDfhr6Upsjew=
-github.com/projectdiscovery/hmap v0.0.67 h1:PG09AyXH6mchdZCdxAS7WkZz0xxsOsIxJOmEixEmnzI=
-github.com/projectdiscovery/hmap v0.0.67/go.mod h1:WxK8i2J+wcdimIXCgpYzfj9gKxCqRqOM4KENDRzGgAA=
+github.com/projectdiscovery/hmap v0.0.68 h1:/z1Cz2wKYedTJc97UNzBBgdm744xkXi6j7125b7toqg=
+github.com/projectdiscovery/hmap v0.0.68/go.mod h1:B37g7giW6i7+X1pJAeG0NPoKFpFJ7M26a18gfwfLeEc=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/httpx v1.6.9 h1:ihyFclesLjvQpiJpRIlAYeebapyIbOI/arDAvvy1ES8=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/httpx v1.6.9/go.mod h1:zQtX5CtcDYXzIRWne1ztCVtqG0sXCnx84tFwfMHoB8Q=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/interactsh v1.2.0 h1:Al6jHiR+Usl9egYJDLJaWNHOcH8Rugk8gWMasc8Cmw8=
@@ -899,8 +899,8 @@ github.com/projectdiscovery/uncover v1.0.9 h1:s5RbkD/V4r8QcPkys4gTTqMuRSgXq0Jpre
 github.com/projectdiscovery/uncover v1.0.9/go.mod h1:2PUF3SpB5QNIJ8epaB2xbRzkPaxEAWRDm3Ir2ijt81U=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/useragent v0.0.78 h1:YpgiY3qXpzygFA88SWVseAyWeV9ZKrIpDkfOY+mQ/UY=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/useragent v0.0.78/go.mod h1:SQgk2DZu1qCvYqBRYWs2sjenXqLEDnRw65wJJoolwZ4=
-github.com/projectdiscovery/utils v0.2.19 h1:vN1RGixpRVsn6VCnOACTLZyntV1o5FYqUElYpQUYND0=
-github.com/projectdiscovery/utils v0.2.19/go.mod h1:M/uyy352fsl9juI8YHZY+r79auR2y1U9lSdkQv6lZpc=
+github.com/projectdiscovery/utils v0.2.21 h1:5YHyf+viDg0FFJnWFNEw0u608dXHj7nYdMGLUQzvwew=
+github.com/projectdiscovery/utils v0.2.21/go.mod h1:LuiMbnvhvQV5qUQY44sQeGnfg4+fGEeuYFRRpxOyvwo=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/wappalyzergo v0.2.4 h1:fVEBM4mTJgGDOIFw8ykGw/YgA4jt/gcs1g7UImPmmLw=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/wappalyzergo v0.2.4/go.mod h1:1373aKrhlUGtX13KjYXH74lf9yl32StnWuwk1FWvTgo=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/yamldoc-go v1.0.4 h1:eZoESapnMw6WAHiVgRwNqvbJEfNHEH148uthhFbG5jE=
diff --git a/pkg/protocols/common/protocolinit/init.go b/pkg/protocols/common/protocolinit/init.go
index c8268337f5..20b7b7a100 100644
--- a/pkg/protocols/common/protocolinit/init.go
+++ b/pkg/protocols/common/protocolinit/init.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/protocols/network/networkclientpool"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/protocols/whois/rdapclientpool"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/types"
+	_ "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/global"
 )
 
 // Init initializes the client pools for the protocols
diff --git a/pkg/types/types.go b/pkg/types/types.go
index 9d2cd1880a..42674ebe34 100644
--- a/pkg/types/types.go
+++ b/pkg/types/types.go
@@ -303,8 +303,6 @@ type Options struct {
 	InputReadTimeout time.Duration
 	// Disable stdin for input processing
 	DisableStdin bool
-	// MaxOSThreads is the maximum number of OS threads to use
-	MaxOSThreads int
 	// IncludeConditions is the list of conditions templates should match
 	IncludeConditions goflags.StringSlice
 	// Enable uncover engine