diff --git a/src/daemon/driver/driverInteractive.ml b/src/daemon/driver/driverInteractive.ml
index 28774198..1f601f59 100644
--- a/src/daemon/driver/driverInteractive.ml
+++ b/src/daemon/driver/driverInteractive.ml
@@ -1911,7 +1911,7 @@ let buildinfo html buf =
   tack list 
     (
       "Features:\t",
-      (if BasicSocket.has_threads () then " threads" else " no-threads") ^
+      " threads" ^
       (let s = Zlib2.zlib_version_num () in 
          Printf.sprintf " zlib%s" (if s <> "" then "-" ^ s else "")) ^
       (if Autoconf.bzip2 then
diff --git a/src/networks/donkey/donkeyShare.ml b/src/networks/donkey/donkeyShare.ml
index 7a0fffb8..06f20662 100644
--- a/src/networks/donkey/donkeyShare.ml
+++ b/src/networks/donkey/donkeyShare.ml
@@ -272,8 +272,7 @@ let rec check_shared_files () =
                   job_creater ();
                 (* only try back-to-back hashing if hashing is
                    handled by a separate thread *)
-                if BasicSocket.has_threads () then
-                  check_shared_files ()
+                check_shared_files ()
             )
           with
             Wrong_file_size (real,computed) -> 
diff --git a/src/utils/lib/stubs_c.c b/src/utils/lib/stubs_c.c
index 295f33e7..73d7273c 100644
--- a/src/utils/lib/stubs_c.c
+++ b/src/utils/lib/stubs_c.c
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
 
 #include <string.h> 
 #include <ctype.h>
-
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
 
 #ifdef __MORPHOS__
 #include <inttypes.h>
@@ -680,8 +682,7 @@ value ml_setlcnumeric(value no)
 
 #define NETDB_BUFFER_SIZE 10000
 
-#if defined(_WIN32) || ( defined(__FreeBSD_version) && ( ((__FreeBSD_version >= 504102) && (__FreeBSD_version < 600000)) || (__FreeBSD_version >= 600029) ) )
-#define GETHOSTBYADDR_IS_REENTRANT 1
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || ( defined(__FreeBSD_version) && (__FreeBSD_version >= 600029) )
 #define GETHOSTBYNAME_IS_REENTRANT 1
 #endif /* _WIN32 */
 
@@ -738,12 +739,12 @@ static int ml_gethostbyname(char *hostname)
 #else
 #ifdef GETHOSTBYNAME_IS_REENTRANT
   enter_blocking_section();
-#endif  /* GETHOSTBYNAME_IS_REENTRANT */
+#endif
   hp = gethostbyname(hostname);
 #ifdef GETHOSTBYNAME_IS_REENTRANT
   leave_blocking_section();
-#endif /* GETHOSTBYNAME_IS_REENTRANT */
-#endif /* HAS_GETHOSTBYNAME_R == 5 */
+#endif
+#endif
 
   if (hp == (struct hostent *) NULL) return 0;
 
@@ -777,40 +778,6 @@ static value addr_list_of_job(void)
   CAMLreturn(v_addr_list);
 }
 
-#if (!(HAS_GETHOSTBYNAME_R || GETHOSTBYNAME_IS_REENTRANT) && !defined(HAS_SIGWAIT))
-
-value ml_ip_job_start(value job_v)
-{
-  CAMLparam1(job_v);
-
-  char *hostname = String_val(Field(job_v,0));
-  if(ml_gethostbyname(hostname)){
-    Store_field(job_v, 1, addr_list_of_job())
-    Store_field(job_v, 2, Val_false);
-  } else {
-    Store_field(job_v, 2, Val_true);
-  }
-  CAMLreturn(Val_unit);
-}
-
-value ml_ip_job_done(value job_v)
-{
-  return Val_true;
-}
-
-
-value ml_has_pthread(value unit)
-{ 
-  return Val_false; 
-}
-
-#else  /* (!(HAS_GETHOSTBYNAME_R || GETHOSTBYNAME_IS_REENTRANT) && !defined(HAS_SIGWAIT)) */
-
-#include <string.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <sys/time.h>
-
 static int thread_started = 0;
 static int volatile ip_job_done = 1;
 #define JOB_HOSTNAME_SIZE 256
@@ -917,13 +884,6 @@ value ml_ip_job_start(value job_v)
   return Val_unit;
 }
 
-value ml_has_pthread(value unit)
-{
-  return Val_true; 
-}
-
-#endif  /* (!(HAS_GETHOSTBYNAME_R || GETHOSTBYNAME_IS_REENTRANT) && !defined(HAS_SIGWAIT)) */
-
 /*******************************************************************
 
 
diff --git a/src/utils/net/basicSocket.ml b/src/utils/net/basicSocket.ml
index f346618b..991085ef 100644
--- a/src/utils/net/basicSocket.ml
+++ b/src/utils/net/basicSocket.ml
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ external get_fd_num : Unix.file_descr -> int = "ml_get_fd_num" "noalloc"
 
 external select: t list -> float -> unit = "ml_select"
 external use_poll : bool -> unit = "ml_use_poll"
-external has_threads : unit -> bool = "ml_has_pthread"
 
 external setsock_iptos_throughput: Unix.file_descr -> int = "ml_setsock_iptos_throughput"
 
@@ -135,7 +134,6 @@ let loop_delay = ref 0.005
 let socket_keepalive = ref false
 let verbose_bandwidth = ref 0
 let bandwidth_second_timers = ref []
-let use_threads = ref true
 
 
 (*************************************************************************)
diff --git a/src/utils/net/basicSocket.mli b/src/utils/net/basicSocket.mli
index 6fb91e7a..a3c2b80b 100644
--- a/src/utils/net/basicSocket.mli
+++ b/src/utils/net/basicSocket.mli
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ val string_of_date : int -> string
 val date_of_int : int -> float
 val normalize_time : int -> int
   
-val use_threads : bool ref
-external has_threads : unit -> bool = "ml_has_pthread"
 val get_rtimeout : t -> float * float
 val int64_time : unit -> int64
 val current_time : unit -> float
diff --git a/src/utils/net/ip.ml b/src/utils/net/ip.ml
index 30d758af..75528649 100644
--- a/src/utils/net/ip.ml
+++ b/src/utils/net/ip.ml
@@ -329,8 +329,6 @@ let _ =
             exn_log "ip_fifo immediate" f ip
           with Not_found ->
 (*                  lprintf "resolving name...\n"; *)
-            if !BasicSocket.use_threads && 
-              BasicSocket.has_threads () then
                 let job = {
                   handler = exn_log "ip_fifo handler" f;
                   err_handler = exn_log "ip_fifo err_handler" ferr;
@@ -340,11 +338,6 @@ let _ =
                 } in
                 current_job := Some job;
                 job_start job
-            else begin
-(*                      lprintf "from_name ...\n"; *)
-              exn_log "ip_fifo no threads" f (from_name name)
-                
-            end
           )
       | Some job ->
           if job_done job then begin