diff --git a/cmd/common-main.go b/cmd/common-main.go
index 0a39d1c3a..76abe6328 100644
--- a/cmd/common-main.go
+++ b/cmd/common-main.go
@@ -373,7 +373,6 @@ func buildServerCtxt(ctx *cli.Context, ctxt *serverCtxt) (err error) {
 
 	// Check "no-compat" flag from command line argument.
 	ctxt.StrictS3Compat = !(ctx.IsSet("no-compat") || ctx.GlobalIsSet("no-compat"))
-	ctxt.PreAllocate = ctx.IsSet("pre-allocate") || ctx.GlobalIsSet("pre-allocate")
 
 	switch {
 	case ctx.IsSet("config-dir"):
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go b/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go
index 4fd58eeec..2ba9a895e 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go
@@ -90,13 +90,14 @@ func newErasureServerPools(ctx context.Context, endpointServerPools EndpointServ
 		n = 2048
 	}
 
+	if globalIsCICD {
+		n = 256 // 256MiB for CI/CD environments is sufficient
+	}
+
 	// Initialize byte pool once for all sets, bpool size is set to
 	// setCount * setDriveCount with each memory upto blockSizeV2.
 	globalBytePoolCap = bpool.NewBytePoolCap(n, blockSizeV2, blockSizeV2*2)
-
-	if globalServerCtxt.PreAllocate {
-		globalBytePoolCap.Populate()
-	}
+	globalBytePoolCap.Populate()
 
 	var localDrives []StorageAPI
 	local := endpointServerPools.FirstLocal()
diff --git a/cmd/globals.go b/cmd/globals.go
index dad513e04..ebd46ad96 100644
--- a/cmd/globals.go
+++ b/cmd/globals.go
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ type serverCtxt struct {
 	JSON, Quiet               bool
 	Anonymous                 bool
 	StrictS3Compat            bool
-	PreAllocate               bool
 	Addr, ConsoleAddr         string
 	ConfigDir, CertsDir       string
 	configDirSet, certsDirSet bool
diff --git a/cmd/server-main.go b/cmd/server-main.go
index c2f515f34..a13961d37 100644
--- a/cmd/server-main.go
+++ b/cmd/server-main.go
@@ -74,12 +74,6 @@ var ServerFlags = []cli.Flag{
 		EnvVar: "MINIO_LISTENERS",
 		Hidden: true,
 	},
-	cli.BoolFlag{
-		Name:   "pre-allocate",
-		Usage:  "Number of 1MiB sized buffers to pre-allocate. Default 2048",
-		EnvVar: "MINIO_PRE_ALLOCATE",
-		Hidden: true,
-	},
 	cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:   "console-address",
 		Usage:  "bind to a specific ADDRESS:PORT for embedded Console UI, ADDRESS can be an IP or hostname",