diff --git a/gopls/internal/server/command.go b/gopls/internal/server/command.go
index 5b59e824de3..dd3a2228ef8 100644
--- a/gopls/internal/server/command.go
+++ b/gopls/internal/server/command.go
@@ -1294,8 +1294,6 @@ func (c *commandHandler) RunGovulncheck(ctx context.Context, args command.Vulnch
 	}, func(ctx context.Context, deps commandDeps) error {
 		tokenChan <- deps.work.Token()
 
-		jsonrpc2.Async(ctx) // run this in parallel with other requests: vulncheck can be slow.
-
 		workDoneWriter := progress.NewWorkDoneWriter(ctx, deps.work)
 		dir := filepath.Dir(args.URI.Path())
 		pattern := args.Pattern