diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 0590f4d727722..f04730df5dd9b 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ New library functions
   * `uuid5` has been added to the `UUIDs` standard library ([#28761]).
   * Predicate functions `Sys.isfreebsd`, `Sys.isopenbsd`, `Sys.isnetbsd`, and `Sys.isdragonfly` for
     detecting BSD systems have been added ([#30249]).
+  * Internal `Base.disable_library_threading` that sets libraries to use one thread.
+    It executes function hooks that have been registered with
+    `Base.at_disable_library_threading` ([#30004]).
 
 Standard library changes
 ------------------------
diff --git a/base/initdefs.jl b/base/initdefs.jl
index 164389827cf4d..60b6a07580fc1 100644
--- a/base/initdefs.jl
+++ b/base/initdefs.jl
@@ -236,3 +236,30 @@ function _atexit()
         end
     end
 end
+
+## hook for disabling threaded libraries ##
+
+library_threading_enabled = true
+const disable_library_threading_hooks = []
+
+function at_disable_library_threading(f)
+    push!(disable_library_threading_hooks, f)
+    if !library_threading_enabled
+        disable_library_threading()
+    end
+    return
+end
+
+function disable_library_threading()
+    global library_threading_enabled = false
+    while !isempty(disable_library_threading_hooks)
+        f = pop!(disable_library_threading_hooks)
+        try
+            f()
+        catch err
+            @warn("a hook from a library to disable threading failed:",
+                  exception = (err, catch_backtrace()))
+        end
+    end
+    return
+end
diff --git a/stdlib/Distributed/Project.toml b/stdlib/Distributed/Project.toml
index e40ce0d9825da..af0e5ca7c5806 100644
--- a/stdlib/Distributed/Project.toml
+++ b/stdlib/Distributed/Project.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ name = "Distributed"
 uuid = "8ba89e20-285c-5b6f-9357-94700520ee1b"
 
 [deps]
-LinearAlgebra = "37e2e46d-f89d-539d-b4ee-838fcccc9c8e"
 Serialization = "9e88b42a-f829-5b0c-bbe9-9e923198166b"
 Random = "9a3f8284-a2c9-5f02-9a11-845980a1fd5c"
 Sockets = "6462fe0b-24de-5631-8697-dd941f90decc"
diff --git a/stdlib/Distributed/src/cluster.jl b/stdlib/Distributed/src/cluster.jl
index bad20054fbf03..50f81251be71a 100644
--- a/stdlib/Distributed/src/cluster.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Distributed/src/cluster.jl
@@ -163,12 +163,6 @@ mutable struct LocalProcess
     LocalProcess() = new(1)
 end
 
-
-import LinearAlgebra
-function disable_threaded_libs()
-    LinearAlgebra.BLAS.set_num_threads(1)
-end
-
 worker_timeout() = parse(Float64, get(ENV, "JULIA_WORKER_TIMEOUT", "60.0"))
 
 
diff --git a/stdlib/Distributed/src/process_messages.jl b/stdlib/Distributed/src/process_messages.jl
index 4ba89347f52cb..2caf423f8c646 100644
--- a/stdlib/Distributed/src/process_messages.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Distributed/src/process_messages.jl
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ function handle_msg(msg::JoinPGRPMsg, header, r_stream, w_stream, version)
     topology(msg.topology)
 
     if !msg.enable_threaded_blas
-        disable_threaded_libs()
+        Base.disable_library_threading()
     end
 
     lazy = msg.lazy
diff --git a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/LinearAlgebra.jl b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/LinearAlgebra.jl
index e4bc35dab03e2..d7b1984f7f4d1 100644
--- a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/LinearAlgebra.jl
+++ b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/LinearAlgebra.jl
@@ -437,6 +437,8 @@ function __init__()
         Base.showerror_nostdio(ex,
             "WARNING: Error during initialization of module LinearAlgebra")
     end
+    # register a hook to disable BLAS threading
+    Base.at_disable_library_threading(() -> BLAS.set_num_threads(1))
 end
 
 end # module LinearAlgebra