diff --git a/moses2/System.cpp b/moses2/System.cpp
index 6aef1ce86..fefb61ba4 100644
--- a/moses2/System.cpp
+++ b/moses2/System.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ namespace Moses2
 
 thread_local MemPool System::m_managerPool;
 thread_local MemPool System::m_systemPool;
+thread_local Recycler<HypothesisBase*> System::m_hypoRecycler;
 
 System::System(const Parameter &paramsArg) :
   params(paramsArg), featureFunctions(*this)
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ FactorCollection &System::GetVocab() const
 
 Recycler<HypothesisBase*> &System::GetHypoRecycler() const
 {
-  return GetThreadSpecificObj(m_hypoRecycler);
+  return m_hypoRecycler;
 }
 
 Batch &System::GetBatch(MemPool &pool) const
diff --git a/moses2/System.h b/moses2/System.h
index ea356b706..732b2ed4d 100644
--- a/moses2/System.h
+++ b/moses2/System.h
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ protected:
   //mutable boost::thread_specific_ptr<MemPool> m_systemPool;
   thread_local static MemPool m_managerPool;
   thread_local static MemPool m_systemPool;
-
-  mutable boost::thread_specific_ptr<Recycler<HypothesisBase*> > m_hypoRecycler;
+  thread_local static Recycler<HypothesisBase*> m_hypoRecycler;
 
   //thread_local static MemPool d;
 
diff --git a/moses2/legacy/Util2.h b/moses2/legacy/Util2.h
index fe84cb039..3a5ad4719 100644
--- a/moses2/legacy/Util2.h
+++ b/moses2/legacy/Util2.h
@@ -311,20 +311,6 @@ void Swap(T &a, T &b)
   b = c;
 }
 
-template<typename T>
-T &GetThreadSpecificObj(boost::thread_specific_ptr<T> &coll)
-{
-  T *obj;
-  obj = coll.get();
-  if (obj == NULL) {
-    obj = new T;
-    coll.reset(obj);
-  }
-  assert(obj);
-  return *obj;
-
-}
-
 // grab the underlying contain of priority queue
 template<class T, class S, class C>
 S& Container(std::priority_queue<T, S, C>& q)