diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fc12206..feabbf3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
     "lodash-es": "4.17.21",
     "minisearch": "github:scambier/minisearch#callback_desync",
     "obsidian-text-extract": "1.0.1",
-    "p-limit": "^4.0.0",
     "pure-md5": "^0.1.14"
   },
   "pnpm": {
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 38ac530..3775cc6 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ specifiers:
   minisearch: github:scambier/minisearch#callback_desync
   obsidian: latest
   obsidian-text-extract: 1.0.1
-  p-limit: ^4.0.0
   prettier: ^2.7.1
   prettier-plugin-svelte: ^2.8.0
   pure-md5: ^0.1.14
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ dependencies:
   lodash-es: 4.17.21
   minisearch: github.com/scambier/minisearch/adf11cab46d851220a41c9ad95ed986b630f0f3c
   obsidian-text-extract: 1.0.1
-  p-limit: 4.0.0
   pure-md5: 0.1.14
 
 devDependencies:
diff --git a/src/database.ts b/src/database.ts
index 379f3d0..eb94ea4 100644
--- a/src/database.ts
+++ b/src/database.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ import type { IndexedDocument } from './globals'
 
 export class OmnisearchCache extends Dexie {
   public static readonly dbVersion = 7
-  public static readonly dbPrefix = 'omnisearch/cache/'
-  public static readonly dbName = OmnisearchCache.dbPrefix + app.appId
+  public static readonly dbName = 'omnisearch/cache/' + app.appId
 
   private static instance: OmnisearchCache
 
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ export class OmnisearchCache extends Dexie {
   public static async clearOldDatabases(): Promise<void> {
     const toDelete = (await indexedDB.databases()).filter(
       db =>
-        db.name?.startsWith(OmnisearchCache.dbPrefix) &&
+        db.name === OmnisearchCache.dbName &&
         // version multiplied by 10 https://github.com/dexie/Dexie.js/issues/59
         db.version !== OmnisearchCache.dbVersion * 10
     )
diff --git a/src/file-loader.ts b/src/file-loader.ts
index 06714c6..2e44fd4 100644
--- a/src/file-loader.ts
+++ b/src/file-loader.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ import * as NotesIndex from './notes-index'
 import type { TFile } from 'obsidian'
 import type { IndexedDocument } from './globals'
 import { getNonExistingNotes } from './tools/notes'
-import { database } from './database'
-import { getImageText, getPdfText } from 'obsidian-text-extract'
+import { getPdfText } from 'obsidian-text-extract'
 
 /**
  * Return all plaintext files as IndexedDocuments
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 1e4c423..9891503 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export default class OmnisearchPlugin extends Plugin {
   }
 
   onunload(): void {
-    NotesIndex.processQueue.clearQueue()
+
   }
 
   addRibbonButton(): void {
diff --git a/src/notes-index.ts b/src/notes-index.ts
index 28586ba..b99a1a1 100644
--- a/src/notes-index.ts
+++ b/src/notes-index.ts
@@ -4,15 +4,9 @@ import { removeAnchors } from './tools/notes'
 import { settings } from './settings'
 import { SearchEngine } from './search/search-engine'
 import { cacheManager } from './cache-manager'
-import pLimit from 'p-limit'
 import type { IndexedDocument } from './globals'
 import { fileToIndexedDocument } from './file-loader'
 
-/**
- * Use this processing queue to handle all heavy work
- */
-export const processQueue = pLimit(settings.backgroundProcesses)
-
 /**
  * Adds a file to the search index
  * @param file
diff --git a/src/settings.ts b/src/settings.ts
index 67619a1..968bcf9 100644
--- a/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import {
   Notice,
-  Platform,
   Plugin,
   PluginSettingTab,
   Setting,
@@ -26,8 +25,6 @@ export interface OmnisearchSettings extends WeightingSettings {
   indexedFileTypes: string[]
   /** Enable PDF indexing */
   PDFIndexing: boolean
-  /** Max number of spawned processes for background tasks, such as extracting text from PDFs */
-  backgroundProcesses: number
   /** Display Omnisearch popup notices over Obsidian */
   showIndexingNotices: boolean
   /** Activate the small 🔍 button on Obsidian's ribbon */
@@ -313,20 +310,11 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
   }
 }
 
-// Determining the maximum concurrent processes/workers/promises for heavy work,
-// without hogging all the resources.
-const cpuCount = Platform.isMobileApp ? 1 : require('os').cpus().length
-let backgroundProcesses = Math.max(1, Math.floor(cpuCount * 0.75))
-if (backgroundProcesses == cpuCount) {
-  backgroundProcesses = 1
-}
-
 export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: OmnisearchSettings = {
   respectExcluded: true,
   ignoreDiacritics: true,
   indexedFileTypes: [] as string[],
   PDFIndexing: false,
-  backgroundProcesses,
 
   showIndexingNotices: false,
   showShortName: false,