diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.AcceptanceTests/ConnectionHelper.cs b/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.AcceptanceTests/ConnectionHelper.cs
index 05c68309c..379f4bc37 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.AcceptanceTests/ConnectionHelper.cs
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.AcceptanceTests/ConnectionHelper.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ public class ConnectionHelper
var factory = new ConnectionFactory
{
AutomaticRecoveryEnabled = true,
- UseBackgroundThreadsForIO = true,
HostName = connectionConfiguration.Host,
Port = connectionConfiguration.Port,
VirtualHost = connectionConfiguration.VirtualHost,
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.AcceptanceTests/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.AcceptanceTests.csproj b/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.AcceptanceTests/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.AcceptanceTests.csproj
index 78ad0bbb3..351fa6752 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.AcceptanceTests/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.AcceptanceTests.csproj
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.AcceptanceTests/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.AcceptanceTests.csproj
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
-
+
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.CommandLine/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.CommandLine.csproj b/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.CommandLine/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.CommandLine.csproj
index 165f99f54..515e36fcd 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.CommandLine/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.CommandLine.csproj
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.CommandLine/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.CommandLine.csproj
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
-
+
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.Tests/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.Tests.csproj b/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.Tests/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.Tests.csproj
index e078ae4dc..26b6cdac8 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.Tests/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.Tests/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.Tests.csproj
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
-
+
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.TransportTests/ConnectionHelper.cs b/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.TransportTests/ConnectionHelper.cs
index a49764bea..8f7a5f00b 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.TransportTests/ConnectionHelper.cs
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.TransportTests/ConnectionHelper.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ public class ConnectionHelper
var factory = new ConnectionFactory
{
AutomaticRecoveryEnabled = true,
- UseBackgroundThreadsForIO = true,
HostName = connectionStringParser.Host,
Port = connectionStringParser.Port,
VirtualHost = connectionStringParser.VirtualHost,
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.TransportTests/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.TransportTests.csproj b/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.TransportTests/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.TransportTests.csproj
index 0fe6724a9..ed7051b4e 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.TransportTests/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.TransportTests.csproj
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.TransportTests/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.TransportTests.csproj
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
-
+
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ/Connection/ConnectionFactory.cs b/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ/Connection/ConnectionFactory.cs
index bdf57dc94..9e545f15c 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ/Connection/ConnectionFactory.cs
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ/Connection/ConnectionFactory.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ public ConnectionFactory(string endpointName, ConnectionConfiguration connection
Password = connectionConfiguration.Password,
RequestedHeartbeat = heartbeatInterval,
NetworkRecoveryInterval = networkRecoveryInterval,
- UseBackgroundThreadsForIO = true,
DispatchConsumersAsync = true,
};
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.csproj b/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.csproj
index b26edfb61..c7ce31978 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.csproj
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ/NServiceBus.Transport.RabbitMQ.csproj
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
-
+