diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6e56f6d6..e43f4de8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@
     "socket.io-client": "^4.0.1",
     "squad": "^3.0.0",
     "table": "^6.0.1",
-    "thread-it": "^3.0.0",
     "try-catch": "^3.0.0",
     "try-to-catch": "^3.0.0",
     "tryrequire": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/server/markdown/index.js b/server/markdown/index.js
index cb6096ac..bf8fa455 100644
--- a/server/markdown/index.js
+++ b/server/markdown/index.js
@@ -5,14 +5,12 @@ const {callbackify} = require('node:util');
 
 const pullout = require('pullout');
 const ponse = require('ponse');
-const threadIt = require('thread-it');
 const {read} = require('redzip');
 
 const root = require('../root');
 const isString = (a) => typeof a === 'string';
-const parse = threadIt(join(__dirname, 'worker'));
+const parse = require('./worker');
 
-threadIt.init();
 // warm up
 parse('');
 
diff --git a/server/server.mjs b/server/server.mjs
index 9bdd1f3f..096f9f40 100644
--- a/server/server.mjs
+++ b/server/server.mjs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import {Server} from 'socket.io';
 import tryRequire from 'tryrequire';
 import wraptile from 'wraptile';
 import compression from 'compression';
-import threadIt from 'thread-it';
 import exit from './exit.js';
 import cloudcmd from './cloudcmd.mjs';
 
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ const two = currify((f, a, b) => f(a, b));
 const shutdown = wraptile(async (promises) => {
     console.log('closing cloudcmd...');
     await Promise.all(promises);
-    threadIt.terminate();
     process.exit(0);
 });
 
diff --git a/server/user-menu.mjs b/server/user-menu.mjs
index cad6f9b1..c7d85855 100644
--- a/server/user-menu.mjs
+++ b/server/user-menu.mjs
@@ -5,13 +5,10 @@ import {join} from 'node:path';
 import montag from 'montag';
 import tryToCatch from 'try-to-catch';
 import currify from 'currify';
-import threadIt from 'thread-it';
-import {codeframe} from 'putout';
+import {putout, codeframe} from 'putout';
 
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
-const putout = threadIt(require.resolve('putout'));
 
-threadIt.init();
 // warm up worker cache
 transpile('');