diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cgroup/README.md b/plugins/inputs/cgroup/README.md
index a8fd1243e..283b17634 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cgroup/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cgroup/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ All measurements have the following tags:
 
 ```
 # [[inputs.cgroup]]
-  # flush_scope = 10              # optional (the fields will be divided into parts of 10 items)
   # paths = [
   #   "/cgroup/memory",           # root cgroup
   #   "/cgroup/memory/child1",    # container cgroup
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup.go b/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup.go
index df8f9d915..57ea67a06 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup.go
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ import (
 const metricName = "cgroup"
 
 type CGroup struct {
-	Paths      []string `toml:"paths"`
-	Files      []string `toml:"fields"`
-	FlushScope int      `toml:"flush_scope"`
+	Paths []string `toml:"paths"`
+	Files []string `toml:"fields"`
 }
 
 var sampleConfig = `
@@ -83,31 +82,11 @@ func (g *CGroup) gatherDir(dir string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 
 	tags := map[string]string{"path": dir}
 
-	if g.FlushScope <= 0 {
-		acc.AddFields(metricName, fields, tags)
-		return nil
-	}
-	writeWithBatches(acc, fields, tags, g.FlushScope)
+	acc.AddFields(metricName, fields, tags)
 
 	return nil
 }
 
-func writeWithBatches(acc telegraf.Accumulator, fields map[string]interface{}, tags map[string]string, scope int) {
-	for len(fields) > 0 {
-		batch := make(map[string]interface{})
-
-		for k, v := range fields {
-			batch[k] = v
-			delete(fields, k)
-			if len(batch) == scope || len(fields) == 0 {
-				break
-			}
-		}
-
-		acc.AddFields(metricName, batch, tags)
-	}
-}
-
 // ======================================================================
 
 type pathInfo struct {