diff --git a/internal/repository/index_parallel.go b/internal/repository/index_parallel.go
index 545a05921..47aaba85a 100644
--- a/internal/repository/index_parallel.go
+++ b/internal/repository/index_parallel.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func ForAllIndexes(ctx context.Context, repo restic.Repository,
 		return repo.List(ctx, restic.IndexFile, func(id restic.ID, size int64) error {
 			select {
 			case <-ctx.Done():
-				return nil
+				return ctx.Err()
 			case ch <- FileInfo{id, size}:
 			}
 			return nil
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ func ForAllIndexes(ctx context.Context, repo restic.Repository,
 	}
 
 	// run workers on ch
-	wg.Go(func() error {
-		return RunWorkers(loadIndexParallelism, worker)
-	})
+	for i := 0; i < loadIndexParallelism; i++ {
+		wg.Go(worker)
+	}
 
 	return wg.Wait()
 }
diff --git a/internal/repository/master_index.go b/internal/repository/master_index.go
index 20aa26d38..22e763c35 100644
--- a/internal/repository/master_index.go
+++ b/internal/repository/master_index.go
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ func (mi *MasterIndex) Save(ctx context.Context, repo restic.Repository, packBla
 					select {
 					case ch <- newIndex:
 					case <-ctx.Done():
-						return nil
+						return ctx.Err()
 					}
 					newIndex = NewIndex()
 				}
@@ -397,10 +397,9 @@ func (mi *MasterIndex) Save(ctx context.Context, repo restic.Repository, packBla
 	}
 
 	// run workers on ch
-	wg.Go(func() error {
-		return RunWorkers(saveIndexParallelism, worker)
-	})
-
+	for i := 0; i < saveIndexParallelism; i++ {
+		wg.Go(worker)
+	}
 	err = wg.Wait()
 
 	return obsolete, err
diff --git a/internal/repository/repository.go b/internal/repository/repository.go
index 435c0c4fe..dc03a3b14 100644
--- a/internal/repository/repository.go
+++ b/internal/repository/repository.go
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ func (r *Repository) CreateIndexFromPacks(ctx context.Context, packsize map[rest
 		for id, size := range packsize {
 			select {
 			case <-ctx.Done():
-				return nil
+				return ctx.Err()
 			case ch <- FileInfo{id, size}:
 			}
 		}
@@ -705,9 +705,9 @@ func (r *Repository) CreateIndexFromPacks(ctx context.Context, packsize map[rest
 	}
 
 	// run workers on ch
-	wg.Go(func() error {
-		return RunWorkers(listPackParallelism, worker)
-	})
+	for i := 0; i < listPackParallelism; i++ {
+		wg.Go(worker)
+	}
 
 	err = wg.Wait()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/repository/worker_group.go b/internal/repository/worker_group.go
deleted file mode 100644
index c612d1d22..000000000
--- a/internal/repository/worker_group.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-package repository
-
-import (
-	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
-)
-
-// RunWorkers runs count instances of workerFunc using an errgroup.Group.
-// If an error occurs in one of the workers, it is returned.
-func RunWorkers(count int, workerFunc func() error) error {
-	var wg errgroup.Group
-
-	// run workers
-	for i := 0; i < count; i++ {
-		wg.Go(workerFunc)
-	}
-
-	return wg.Wait()
-}