diff --git a/packages/compass-user-data/src/user-data.spec.ts b/packages/compass-user-data/src/user-data.spec.ts
index 829b5b9ccd3..e1f2ead78cb 100644
--- a/packages/compass-user-data/src/user-data.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-user-data/src/user-data.spec.ts
@@ -158,20 +158,6 @@ describe('user-data', function () {
         expect(mongoshData?.[1]).to.be.instanceOf(Stats);
       }
     });
-
-    it('reads many number of files', async function () {
-      const files = Array.from({ length: 10000 }, (_, i) => [
-        `data${i}.json`,
-        JSON.stringify({ name: `VSCode${i}` }),
-      ]);
-
-      await Promise.all(
-        files.map(([filepath, data]) => writeFileToStorage(filepath, data))
-      );
-
-      const result = await getUserData().readAll();
-      expect(result.data).to.have.lengthOf(10000);
-    });
   });
 
   context('UserData.readOne', function () {
diff --git a/packages/compass-user-data/src/user-data.ts b/packages/compass-user-data/src/user-data.ts
index 768de9e8e89..92d3cd36d5e 100644
--- a/packages/compass-user-data/src/user-data.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-user-data/src/user-data.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export class UserData<T extends z.Schema> {
   private readonly serialize: SerializeContent<z.input<T>>;
   private readonly deserialize: DeserializeContent;
   private readonly getFileName: GetFileName;
-  private readonly semaphore = new Semaphore(1000);
+  private readonly semaphore = new Semaphore(100);
 
   constructor(
     private readonly validator: T,