diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 116f8081fa..9a8cf48336 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1053,7 +1053,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "logging",
  "monitoring_api",
  "network",
- "num_cpus",
  "operation_pool",
  "parking_lot 0.12.1",
  "sensitive_url",
@@ -5037,7 +5036,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "logging",
  "lru_cache",
  "matches",
- "num_cpus",
  "operation_pool",
  "parking_lot 0.12.1",
  "rand 0.8.5",
diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_processor/src/lib.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_processor/src/lib.rs
index bf5d8bced4..4c1da85fa5 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_processor/src/lib.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_processor/src/lib.rs
@@ -708,7 +708,6 @@ impl<E: EthSpec> Stream for InboundEvents<E> {
 pub struct BeaconProcessor<E: EthSpec> {
     pub network_globals: Arc<NetworkGlobals<E>>,
     pub executor: TaskExecutor,
-    pub max_workers: usize,
     pub current_workers: usize,
     pub config: BeaconProcessorConfig,
     pub log: Logger,
@@ -721,7 +720,7 @@ impl<E: EthSpec> BeaconProcessor<E> {
     /// - Performed immediately, if a worker is available.
     /// - Queued for later processing, if no worker is currently available.
     ///
-    /// Only `self.max_workers` will ever be spawned at one time. Each worker is a `tokio` task
+    /// Only `self.config.max_workers` will ever be spawned at one time. Each worker is a `tokio` task
     /// started with `spawn_blocking`.
     ///
     /// The optional `work_journal_tx` allows for an outside process to receive a log of all work
@@ -896,7 +895,7 @@ impl<E: EthSpec> BeaconProcessor<E> {
                     let _ = work_journal_tx.try_send(id);
                 }
 
-                let can_spawn = self.current_workers < self.max_workers;
+                let can_spawn = self.current_workers < self.config.max_workers;
                 let drop_during_sync = work_event
                     .as_ref()
                     .map_or(false, |event| event.drop_during_sync);
diff --git a/beacon_node/client/Cargo.toml b/beacon_node/client/Cargo.toml
index 0b517930fb..87e1650902 100644
--- a/beacon_node/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/beacon_node/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,4 +44,3 @@ slasher_service = { path = "../../slasher/service" }
 monitoring_api = {path = "../../common/monitoring_api"}
 execution_layer = { path = "../execution_layer" }
 beacon_processor =  { path = "../beacon_processor" }
-num_cpus = "1.13.0"
diff --git a/beacon_node/client/src/builder.rs b/beacon_node/client/src/builder.rs
index b09cf9cca3..4de6d12622 100644
--- a/beacon_node/client/src/builder.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/client/src/builder.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ use network::{NetworkConfig, NetworkSenders, NetworkService};
 use slasher::Slasher;
 use slasher_service::SlasherService;
 use slog::{debug, info, warn, Logger};
-use std::cmp;
 use std::net::TcpListener;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -757,7 +756,6 @@ where
                 BeaconProcessor {
                     network_globals: network_globals.clone(),
                     executor: beacon_processor_context.executor.clone(),
-                    max_workers: cmp::max(1, num_cpus::get()),
                     current_workers: 0,
                     config: beacon_processor_config,
                     log: beacon_processor_context.log().clone(),
diff --git a/beacon_node/http_api/src/test_utils.rs b/beacon_node/http_api/src/test_utils.rs
index dcc2532229..b1478f3f29 100644
--- a/beacon_node/http_api/src/test_utils.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/http_api/src/test_utils.rs
@@ -184,7 +184,14 @@ pub async fn create_api_server_on_port<T: BeaconChainTypes>(
     let eth1_service =
         eth1::Service::new(eth1::Config::default(), log.clone(), chain.spec.clone()).unwrap();
 
-    let beacon_processor_config = BeaconProcessorConfig::default();
+    let beacon_processor_config = BeaconProcessorConfig {
+        // The number of workers must be greater than one. Tests which use the
+        // builder workflow sometimes require an internal HTTP request in order
+        // to fulfill an already in-flight HTTP request, therefore having only
+        // one worker will result in a deadlock.
+        max_workers: 2,
+        ..BeaconProcessorConfig::default()
+    };
     let BeaconProcessorChannels {
         beacon_processor_tx,
         beacon_processor_rx,
@@ -196,11 +203,6 @@ pub async fn create_api_server_on_port<T: BeaconChainTypes>(
     BeaconProcessor {
         network_globals: network_globals.clone(),
         executor: test_runtime.task_executor.clone(),
-        // The number of workers must be greater than one. Tests which use the
-        // builder workflow sometimes require an internal HTTP request in order
-        // to fulfill an already in-flight HTTP request, therefore having only
-        // one worker will result in a deadlock.
-        max_workers: 2,
         current_workers: 0,
         config: beacon_processor_config,
         log: log.clone(),
diff --git a/beacon_node/network/Cargo.toml b/beacon_node/network/Cargo.toml
index c37b0fa45d..715e77bcad 100644
--- a/beacon_node/network/Cargo.toml
+++ b/beacon_node/network/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ logging = { path = "../../common/logging" }
 task_executor = { path = "../../common/task_executor" }
 igd = "0.12.1"
 itertools = "0.10.0"
-num_cpus = "1.13.0"
 lru_cache = { path = "../../common/lru_cache" }
 if-addrs = "0.6.4"
 strum = "0.24.0"
diff --git a/beacon_node/network/src/network_beacon_processor/tests.rs b/beacon_node/network/src/network_beacon_processor/tests.rs
index ce5b914117..a678edbf1f 100644
--- a/beacon_node/network/src/network_beacon_processor/tests.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/network/src/network_beacon_processor/tests.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ use lighthouse_network::{
     Client, MessageId, NetworkGlobals, PeerId,
 };
 use slot_clock::SlotClock;
-use std::cmp;
 use std::iter::Iterator;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -228,7 +227,6 @@ impl TestRig {
         let beacon_processor = BeaconProcessor {
             network_globals,
             executor,
-            max_workers: cmp::max(1, num_cpus::get()),
             current_workers: 0,
             config: beacon_processor_config,
             log: log.clone(),