diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 51048c6b51..b163629a52 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-07-18  Larry Campbell <lcampbel@akamai.com>
+
+	* Source/NSThread.m: Send notification about becoming multithreaded
+	when the new thread is registered from outside our API.
+
 2016-07-18  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* Source/NSOperation.m: avoid sorting the queue ... keep the array of
diff --git a/Source/NSAutoreleasePool.m b/Source/NSAutoreleasePool.m
index ba32d4b972..781cb6c3e2 100644
--- a/Source/NSAutoreleasePool.m
+++ b/Source/NSAutoreleasePool.m
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #define	EXPOSE_NSAutoreleasePool_IVARS	1
 #define	EXPOSE_NSThread_IVARS	1
 #import "Foundation/NSAutoreleasePool.h"
-#import "Foundation/NSGarbageCollector.h"
 #import "Foundation/NSException.h"
 #import "Foundation/NSThread.h"
 
diff --git a/Source/NSConcreteHashTable.m b/Source/NSConcreteHashTable.m
index c2b6fbff96..046ca7c11e 100644
--- a/Source/NSConcreteHashTable.m
+++ b/Source/NSConcreteHashTable.m
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #import "Foundation/NSDictionary.h"
 #import "Foundation/NSEnumerator.h"
 #import "Foundation/NSException.h"
-#import "Foundation/NSGarbageCollector.h"
 #import "Foundation/NSHashTable.h"
 
 #import "NSConcretePointerFunctions.h"
diff --git a/Source/NSConcreteMapTable.m b/Source/NSConcreteMapTable.m
index 3dfc3f01a0..0f1ab194e9 100644
--- a/Source/NSConcreteMapTable.m
+++ b/Source/NSConcreteMapTable.m
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #import "Foundation/NSDictionary.h"
 #import "Foundation/NSEnumerator.h"
 #import "Foundation/NSException.h"
-#import "Foundation/NSGarbageCollector.h"
 #import "Foundation/NSMapTable.h"
 
 #import "NSConcretePointerFunctions.h"
diff --git a/Source/NSGarbageCollector.m b/Source/NSGarbageCollector.m
index 1520a08a70..cc3b9656c7 100644
--- a/Source/NSGarbageCollector.m
+++ b/Source/NSGarbageCollector.m
@@ -26,14 +26,11 @@
 #import "common.h"
 #import	"Foundation/NSGarbageCollector.h"
 
-static NSGarbageCollector	*collector = nil;
-static unsigned			disabled = 0;
-
 @implementation	NSGarbageCollector
 
 + (id) defaultCollector
 {
-  return collector;
+  return nil;
 }
 
 - (void) collectIfNeeded
@@ -68,12 +65,8 @@ - (void) enableCollectorForPointer: (void *)ptr
 
 - (id) init
 {
-  if (self != collector)
-    {
-      [self dealloc];
-      self = nil;
-    }
-  return self;
+  [self dealloc];
+  return nil;
 }
 
 - (BOOL) isCollecting
@@ -83,11 +76,7 @@ - (BOOL) isCollecting
 
 - (BOOL) isEnabled
 {
-  if (disabled)
-    {
-      return NO;
-    }
-  return YES;
+  return NO;
 }
 
 - (NSZone*) zone
diff --git a/Source/NSThread.m b/Source/NSThread.m
index f682686679..9f9ac49c2b 100644
--- a/Source/NSThread.m
+++ b/Source/NSThread.m
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@
 #import "Foundation/NSConnection.h"
 #import "Foundation/NSInvocation.h"
 #import "Foundation/NSUserDefaults.h"
-#import "Foundation/NSGarbageCollector.h"
 #import "Foundation/NSValue.h"
 
 #import "GSPrivate.h"
@@ -734,7 +733,6 @@ @implementation NSThread
 static void
 setThreadForCurrentThread(NSThread *t)
 {
-  [[NSGarbageCollector defaultCollector] disableCollectorForPointer: t];
   pthread_setspecific(thread_object_key, t);
   gnustep_base_thread_callback();
 }
@@ -764,7 +762,6 @@ @implementation NSThread
       [(GSRunLoopThreadInfo*)thread->_runLoopInfo invalidate];
       RELEASE(thread);
 
-      [[NSGarbageCollector defaultCollector] enableCollectorForPointer: thread];
       pthread_setspecific(thread_object_key, nil);
     }
 }
@@ -784,9 +781,12 @@ + (BOOL) _createThreadForCurrentPthread
     {
       t = [self new];
       t->_active = YES;
-      [[NSGarbageCollector defaultCollector] disableCollectorForPointer: t];
       pthread_setspecific(thread_object_key, t);
       GS_CONSUMED(t);
+      if (defaultThread != nil && t != defaultThread)
+        {
+          gnustep_base_thread_callback();
+        }
       return YES;
     }
   return NO;