diff --git a/commands/hugo.go b/commands/hugo.go
index 3f711251e..e6514a0e0 100644
--- a/commands/hugo.go
+++ b/commands/hugo.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -767,10 +766,6 @@ func (c *commandeer) rebuildSites(events []fsnotify.Event) error {
 
 // newWatcher creates a new watcher to watch filesystem events.
 func (c *commandeer) newWatcher(port int) error {
-	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
-		tweakLimit()
-	}
-
 	watcher, err := watcher.New(1 * time.Second)
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 
diff --git a/commands/limit_darwin.go b/commands/limit_darwin.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b9d977737..000000000
--- a/commands/limit_darwin.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2015 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
-//
-// 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.
-
-// Copyright 2015 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
-//
-// 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 commands
-
-import (
-	"syscall"
-
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	jww "github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman"
-)
-
-func init() {
-	checkCmd.AddCommand(limit)
-}
-
-var limit = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "ulimit",
-	Short: "Check system ulimit settings",
-	Long: `Hugo will inspect the current ulimit settings on the system.
-This is primarily to ensure that Hugo can watch enough files on some OSs`,
-	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		var rLimit syscall.Rlimit
-		err := syscall.Getrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rLimit)
-		if err != nil {
-			return newSystemError("Error Getting Rlimit ", err)
-		}
-
-		jww.FEEDBACK.Println("Current rLimit:", rLimit)
-
-		jww.FEEDBACK.Println("Attempting to increase limit")
-		rLimit.Max = 999999
-		rLimit.Cur = 999999
-		err = syscall.Setrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rLimit)
-		if err != nil {
-			return newSystemError("Error Setting rLimit ", err)
-		}
-		err = syscall.Getrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rLimit)
-		if err != nil {
-			return newSystemError("Error Getting rLimit ", err)
-		}
-		jww.FEEDBACK.Println("rLimit after change:", rLimit)
-
-		return nil
-	},
-}
-
-func tweakLimit() {
-	var rLimit syscall.Rlimit
-	err := syscall.Getrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rLimit)
-	if err != nil {
-		jww.ERROR.Println("Unable to obtain rLimit", err)
-	}
-	if rLimit.Cur < rLimit.Max {
-		rLimit.Max = 999999
-		rLimit.Cur = 999999
-		err = syscall.Setrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rLimit)
-		if err != nil {
-			jww.ERROR.Println("Unable to increase number of open files limit", err)
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/commands/limit_others.go b/commands/limit_others.go
deleted file mode 100644
index c757f174e..000000000
--- a/commands/limit_others.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2015 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
-//
-// 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.
-
-// +build !darwin
-// Copyright 2015 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
-//
-// 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 commands
-
-func tweakLimit() {
-	// nothing to do
-}