diff --git a/internal/dump/common.go b/internal/dump/common.go
index b4741302e..8c02af04b 100644
--- a/internal/dump/common.go
+++ b/internal/dump/common.go
@@ -104,9 +104,11 @@ func (d *Dumper) WriteNode(ctx context.Context, node *restic.Node) error {
 
 func (d *Dumper) writeNode(ctx context.Context, w io.Writer, node *restic.Node) error {
 	wg, ctx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
-	limit := d.repo.Connections() - 1 // See below for the -1.
+	limit := int(d.repo.Connections())
+	wg.SetLimit(1 + limit) // +1 for the writer.
 	blobs := make(chan (<-chan []byte), limit)
 
+	// Writer.
 	wg.Go(func() error {
 		for ch := range blobs {
 			select {
@@ -122,7 +124,6 @@ func (d *Dumper) writeNode(ctx context.Context, w io.Writer, node *restic.Node)
 	})
 
 	// Start short-lived goroutines to load blobs.
-	// There will be at most 1+cap(blobs) calling LoadBlob at any moment.
 loop:
 	for _, id := range node.Content {
 		// This needs to be buffered, so that loaders can quit
diff --git a/internal/repository/index/master_index.go b/internal/repository/index/master_index.go
index a41119b58..c0a5095e3 100644
--- a/internal/repository/index/master_index.go
+++ b/internal/repository/index/master_index.go
@@ -459,27 +459,24 @@ func (mi *MasterIndex) Rewrite(ctx context.Context, repo restic.Unpacked[restic.
 		return nil
 	})
 
-	// a worker receives an index from ch, and saves the index
-	worker := func() error {
-		for idx := range saveCh {
-			idx.Finalize()
-			if len(idx.packs) == 0 {
-				continue
-			}
-			if _, err := idx.SaveIndex(wgCtx, repo); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-		return nil
-	}
-
+	var savers errgroup.Group
 	// encoding an index can take quite some time such that this can be CPU- or IO-bound
 	// do not add repo.Connections() here as there are already the loader goroutines.
-	workerCount := runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0)
-	// run workers on ch
-	for i := 0; i < workerCount; i++ {
-		wg.Go(worker)
+	savers.SetLimit(runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0))
+
+	for idx := range saveCh {
+		savers.Go(func() error {
+			idx.Finalize()
+			if len(idx.packs) == 0 {
+				return nil
+			}
+			_, err := idx.SaveIndex(wgCtx, repo)
+			return err
+		})
 	}
+
+	wg.Go(savers.Wait)
+
 	err := wg.Wait()
 	p.Done()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -514,6 +511,8 @@ func (mi *MasterIndex) SaveFallback(ctx context.Context, repo restic.SaverRemove
 
 	obsolete := restic.NewIDSet()
 	wg, wgCtx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
+	// keep concurrency bounded as we're on a fallback path
+	wg.SetLimit(1 + int(repo.Connections()))
 
 	ch := make(chan *Index)
 	wg.Go(func() error {
@@ -553,23 +552,14 @@ func (mi *MasterIndex) SaveFallback(ctx context.Context, repo restic.SaverRemove
 		return nil
 	})
 
-	// a worker receives an index from ch, and saves the index
-	worker := func() error {
-		for idx := range ch {
+	for idx := range ch {
+		wg.Go(func() error {
 			idx.Finalize()
-			if _, err := idx.SaveIndex(wgCtx, repo); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-		return nil
+			_, err := idx.SaveIndex(wgCtx, repo)
+			return err
+		})
 	}
 
-	// keep concurrency bounded as we're on a fallback path
-	workerCount := int(repo.Connections())
-	// run workers on ch
-	for i := 0; i < workerCount; i++ {
-		wg.Go(worker)
-	}
 	err := wg.Wait()
 	p.Done()
 	// the index no longer matches to stored state
diff --git a/internal/restic/parallel.go b/internal/restic/parallel.go
index eacb54bae..a151a49d7 100644
--- a/internal/restic/parallel.go
+++ b/internal/restic/parallel.go
@@ -52,43 +52,31 @@ func ParallelList(ctx context.Context, r Lister, t FileType, parallelism uint, f
 	return wg.Wait()
 }
 
-// ParallelRemove deletes the given fileList of fileType in parallel
-// if callback returns an error, then it will abort.
+// ParallelRemove deletes the given fileList of fileType in parallel.
+// If report returns an error, it aborts.
 func ParallelRemove[FT FileTypes](ctx context.Context, repo RemoverUnpacked[FT], fileList IDSet, fileType FT, report func(id ID, err error) error, bar *progress.Counter) error {
-	fileChan := make(chan ID)
 	wg, ctx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
-	wg.Go(func() error {
-		defer close(fileChan)
-		for id := range fileList {
-			select {
-			case fileChan <- id:
-			case <-ctx.Done():
-				return ctx.Err()
-			}
-		}
-		return nil
-	})
+	wg.SetLimit(int(repo.Connections())) // deleting files is IO-bound
 
 	bar.SetMax(uint64(len(fileList)))
 
-	// deleting files is IO-bound
-	workerCount := repo.Connections()
-	for i := 0; i < int(workerCount); i++ {
+loop:
+	for id := range fileList {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			break loop
+		default:
+		}
+
 		wg.Go(func() error {
-			for id := range fileChan {
-				err := repo.RemoveUnpacked(ctx, fileType, id)
-				if err == nil {
-					// increment counter only if no error
-					bar.Add(1)
-				}
-				if report != nil {
-					err = report(id, err)
-				}
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
+			err := repo.RemoveUnpacked(ctx, fileType, id)
+			if err == nil {
+				bar.Add(1)
 			}
-			return nil
+			if report != nil {
+				err = report(id, err)
+			}
+			return err
 		})
 	}
 	return wg.Wait()