diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll_linux.c b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll_linux.c
index 51842fc208144478f32cec6cc9bde3f5164d7fbc..fc56843128ebe378265e925399429e83d30b91a2 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll_linux.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll_linux.c
@@ -1405,16 +1405,6 @@ static void pollset_destroy(grpc_pollset *pollset) {
   gpr_mu_destroy(&pollset->po.mu);
 }
 
-static void pollset_reset(grpc_pollset *pollset) {
-  GPR_ASSERT(pollset->shutting_down);
-  GPR_ASSERT(!pollset_has_workers(pollset));
-  pollset->shutting_down = false;
-  pollset->finish_shutdown_called = false;
-  pollset->kicked_without_pollers = false;
-  pollset->shutdown_done = NULL;
-  GPR_ASSERT(pollset->po.pi == NULL);
-}
-
 static bool maybe_do_workqueue_work(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
                                     polling_island *pi) {
   if (gpr_mu_trylock(&pi->workqueue_read_mu)) {
@@ -1958,7 +1948,6 @@ static const grpc_event_engine_vtable vtable = {
 
     .pollset_init = pollset_init,
     .pollset_shutdown = pollset_shutdown,
-    .pollset_reset = pollset_reset,
     .pollset_destroy = pollset_destroy,
     .pollset_work = pollset_work,
     .pollset_kick = pollset_kick,
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_poll_posix.c b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_poll_posix.c
index ca129322194fdd8c052e63a652bc16befa87ac59..21eb62753efbedcff818fc45031d16f7ecad4572 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_poll_posix.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_poll_posix.c
@@ -815,16 +815,6 @@ static void pollset_destroy(grpc_pollset *pollset) {
   gpr_mu_destroy(&pollset->mu);
 }
 
-static void pollset_reset(grpc_pollset *pollset) {
-  GPR_ASSERT(pollset->shutting_down);
-  GPR_ASSERT(!pollset_has_workers(pollset));
-  GPR_ASSERT(pollset->idle_jobs.head == pollset->idle_jobs.tail);
-  GPR_ASSERT(pollset->fd_count == 0);
-  pollset->shutting_down = 0;
-  pollset->called_shutdown = 0;
-  pollset->kicked_without_pollers = 0;
-}
-
 static void pollset_add_fd(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_pollset *pollset,
                            grpc_fd *fd) {
   gpr_mu_lock(&pollset->mu);
@@ -1514,7 +1504,6 @@ static const grpc_event_engine_vtable vtable = {
 
     .pollset_init = pollset_init,
     .pollset_shutdown = pollset_shutdown,
-    .pollset_reset = pollset_reset,
     .pollset_destroy = pollset_destroy,
     .pollset_work = pollset_work,
     .pollset_kick = pollset_kick,
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.c b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.c
index 5bb55631d69dae86aada76c681b043fbd1bd8289..95b1d99d7577773612aa09f766e1e4e5a0aa5102 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.c
@@ -191,10 +191,6 @@ void grpc_pollset_shutdown(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_pollset *pollset,
   g_event_engine->pollset_shutdown(exec_ctx, pollset, closure);
 }
 
-void grpc_pollset_reset(grpc_pollset *pollset) {
-  g_event_engine->pollset_reset(pollset);
-}
-
 void grpc_pollset_destroy(grpc_pollset *pollset) {
   g_event_engine->pollset_destroy(pollset);
 }
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.h b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.h
index a589efdeece264c814fa1d49b405e6978b6d75d4..1aea7d61f32e65b1720a2cbb4df46abb6ef28ffe 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.h
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ typedef struct grpc_event_engine_vtable {
   void (*pollset_init)(grpc_pollset *pollset, gpr_mu **mu);
   void (*pollset_shutdown)(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_pollset *pollset,
                            grpc_closure *closure);
-  void (*pollset_reset)(grpc_pollset *pollset);
   void (*pollset_destroy)(grpc_pollset *pollset);
   grpc_error *(*pollset_work)(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_pollset *pollset,
                               grpc_pollset_worker **worker, gpr_timespec now,
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/pollset.h b/src/core/lib/iomgr/pollset.h
index 8d9edc8406b887a82be4be750bf52b1732fb0b6e..c4b62a279042f2fa50a1a89418dbafea8b76f5bc 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/pollset.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/pollset.h
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ void grpc_pollset_init(grpc_pollset *pollset, gpr_mu **mu);
  * pollset's mutex must be held */
 void grpc_pollset_shutdown(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_pollset *pollset,
                            grpc_closure *closure);
-/** Reset the pollset to its initial state (perhaps with some cached objects);
- *  must have been previously shutdown */
-void grpc_pollset_reset(grpc_pollset *pollset);
 void grpc_pollset_destroy(grpc_pollset *pollset);
 
 /* Do some work on a pollset.
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/pollset_uv.c b/src/core/lib/iomgr/pollset_uv.c
index ed3edeee9493ca2a8bc69a917b39f2ad818b580f..5847771108a50ee2641d283af89a2dd5a60da7fe 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/pollset_uv.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/pollset_uv.c
@@ -97,11 +97,6 @@ void grpc_pollset_destroy(grpc_pollset *pollset) {
   }
 }
 
-void grpc_pollset_reset(grpc_pollset *pollset) {
-  GPR_ASSERT(pollset->shutting_down);
-  pollset->shutting_down = 0;
-}
-
 static void timer_run_cb(uv_timer_t *timer) {}
 
 grpc_error *grpc_pollset_work(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_pollset *pollset,
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/pollset_windows.c b/src/core/lib/iomgr/pollset_windows.c
index 2a45e708df6a499c3b4fa9560cbff19b88e2df38..9be73a7ce8e92edbec0964fa7c03191e6849d81b 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/pollset_windows.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/pollset_windows.c
@@ -117,16 +117,6 @@ void grpc_pollset_shutdown(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_pollset *pollset,
 
 void grpc_pollset_destroy(grpc_pollset *pollset) {}
 
-void grpc_pollset_reset(grpc_pollset *pollset) {
-  GPR_ASSERT(pollset->shutting_down);
-  GPR_ASSERT(
-      !has_workers(&pollset->root_worker, GRPC_POLLSET_WORKER_LINK_POLLSET));
-  pollset->shutting_down = 0;
-  pollset->is_iocp_worker = 0;
-  pollset->kicked_without_pollers = 0;
-  pollset->on_shutdown = NULL;
-}
-
 grpc_error *grpc_pollset_work(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_pollset *pollset,
                               grpc_pollset_worker **worker_hdl,
                               gpr_timespec now, gpr_timespec deadline) {
diff --git a/src/core/lib/surface/completion_queue.c b/src/core/lib/surface/completion_queue.c
index 1830842d00b0d93e606188637f2713c639aa8834..b80656aa8de508df9c00ad2b9c90678ed36ada8d 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/surface/completion_queue.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/surface/completion_queue.c
@@ -96,9 +96,6 @@ struct grpc_completion_queue {
 #define POLLSET_FROM_CQ(cq) ((grpc_pollset *)(cq + 1))
 #define CQ_FROM_POLLSET(ps) (((grpc_completion_queue *)ps) - 1)
 
-static gpr_mu g_freelist_mu;
-static grpc_completion_queue *g_freelist;
-
 int grpc_cq_pluck_trace;
 int grpc_cq_event_timeout_trace;
 
@@ -113,21 +110,6 @@ int grpc_cq_event_timeout_trace;
 static void on_pollset_shutdown_done(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, void *cc,
                                      grpc_error *error);
 
-void grpc_cq_global_init(void) { gpr_mu_init(&g_freelist_mu); }
-
-void grpc_cq_global_shutdown(void) {
-  gpr_mu_destroy(&g_freelist_mu);
-  while (g_freelist) {
-    grpc_completion_queue *next = g_freelist->next_free;
-    grpc_pollset_destroy(POLLSET_FROM_CQ(g_freelist));
-#ifndef NDEBUG
-    gpr_free(g_freelist->outstanding_tags);
-#endif
-    gpr_free(g_freelist);
-    g_freelist = next;
-  }
-}
-
 grpc_completion_queue *grpc_completion_queue_create(void *reserved) {
   grpc_completion_queue *cc;
   GPR_ASSERT(!reserved);
@@ -136,22 +118,12 @@ grpc_completion_queue *grpc_completion_queue_create(void *reserved) {
 
   GRPC_API_TRACE("grpc_completion_queue_create(reserved=%p)", 1, (reserved));
 
-  gpr_mu_lock(&g_freelist_mu);
-  if (g_freelist == NULL) {
-    gpr_mu_unlock(&g_freelist_mu);
-
-    cc = gpr_malloc(sizeof(grpc_completion_queue) + grpc_pollset_size());
-    grpc_pollset_init(POLLSET_FROM_CQ(cc), &cc->mu);
+  cc = gpr_malloc(sizeof(grpc_completion_queue) + grpc_pollset_size());
+  grpc_pollset_init(POLLSET_FROM_CQ(cc), &cc->mu);
 #ifndef NDEBUG
-    cc->outstanding_tags = NULL;
-    cc->outstanding_tag_capacity = 0;
+  cc->outstanding_tags = NULL;
+  cc->outstanding_tag_capacity = 0;
 #endif
-  } else {
-    cc = g_freelist;
-    g_freelist = g_freelist->next_free;
-    gpr_mu_unlock(&g_freelist_mu);
-    /* pollset already initialized */
-  }
 
   /* Initial ref is dropped by grpc_completion_queue_shutdown */
   gpr_ref_init(&cc->pending_events, 1);
@@ -203,11 +175,11 @@ void grpc_cq_internal_unref(grpc_completion_queue *cc) {
 #endif
   if (gpr_unref(&cc->owning_refs)) {
     GPR_ASSERT(cc->completed_head.next == (uintptr_t)&cc->completed_head);
-    grpc_pollset_reset(POLLSET_FROM_CQ(cc));
-    gpr_mu_lock(&g_freelist_mu);
-    cc->next_free = g_freelist;
-    g_freelist = cc;
-    gpr_mu_unlock(&g_freelist_mu);
+    grpc_pollset_destroy(POLLSET_FROM_CQ(cc));
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+    gpr_free(cc->outstanding_tags);
+#endif
+    gpr_free(cc);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/lib/surface/completion_queue.h b/src/core/lib/surface/completion_queue.h
index c1cafba5f2cb791cb1c8c1d8e465c72b6aad48b6..5d73dd7216e449ef741735fa7e1dcc4c957b2e42 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/surface/completion_queue.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/surface/completion_queue.h
@@ -99,7 +99,4 @@ bool grpc_cq_is_non_listening_server_cq(grpc_completion_queue *cc);
 void grpc_cq_mark_server_cq(grpc_completion_queue *cc);
 int grpc_cq_is_server_cq(grpc_completion_queue *cc);
 
-void grpc_cq_global_init(void);
-void grpc_cq_global_shutdown(void);
-
 #endif /* GRPC_CORE_LIB_SURFACE_COMPLETION_QUEUE_H */
diff --git a/src/core/lib/surface/init.c b/src/core/lib/surface/init.c
index b338ac4c486b10e23b04aeff41355ab990af27f1..91bd014a0e5c6f0a8928466775ae91ef21e616d6 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/surface/init.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/surface/init.c
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ void grpc_init(void) {
     grpc_iomgr_init();
     grpc_executor_init();
     gpr_timers_global_init();
-    grpc_cq_global_init();
     grpc_handshaker_factory_registry_init();
     grpc_security_init();
     for (i = 0; i < g_number_of_plugins; i++) {
@@ -236,7 +235,6 @@ void grpc_shutdown(void) {
   gpr_mu_lock(&g_init_mu);
   if (--g_initializations == 0) {
     grpc_executor_shutdown(&exec_ctx);
-    grpc_cq_global_shutdown();
     grpc_iomgr_shutdown(&exec_ctx);
     gpr_timers_global_destroy();
     grpc_tracer_shutdown();
diff --git a/test/core/internal_api_canaries/iomgr.c b/test/core/internal_api_canaries/iomgr.c
index d73d5c175c9ad2db438406e510c59b54bf0164bb..6fdaf1f98063b1d83ad399fdec889f8e837c1ec4 100644
--- a/test/core/internal_api_canaries/iomgr.c
+++ b/test/core/internal_api_canaries/iomgr.c
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ static void test_code(void) {
   grpc_pollset_size();
   grpc_pollset_init(NULL, NULL);
   grpc_pollset_shutdown(NULL, NULL, NULL);
-  grpc_pollset_reset(NULL);
   grpc_pollset_destroy(NULL);
   GRPC_ERROR_UNREF(grpc_pollset_work(NULL, NULL, NULL,
                                      gpr_now(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME),