diff --git a/ompi/runtime/ompi_mpi_finalize.c b/ompi/runtime/ompi_mpi_finalize.c
index 14159958290..19f75b0e42f 100644
--- a/ompi/runtime/ompi_mpi_finalize.c
+++ b/ompi/runtime/ompi_mpi_finalize.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
  *                         All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2006-2014 Los Alamos National Security, LLC.  All rights
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2015 Los Alamos National Security, LLC.  All rights
  *                         reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2006      University of Houston. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2009      Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
@@ -47,10 +47,7 @@
 #include "opal/sys/atomic.h"
 #include "opal/runtime/opal.h"
 #include "opal/util/show_help.h"
-#include "opal/mca/mpool/base/base.h"
 #include "opal/mca/mpool/base/mpool_base_tree.h"
-#include "opal/mca/rcache/base/base.h"
-#include "opal/mca/allocator/base/base.h"
 #include "opal/mca/pmix/pmix.h"
 #include "opal/util/timings.h"
 
@@ -401,15 +398,6 @@ int ompi_mpi_finalize(void)
     if (OMPI_SUCCESS != (ret = mca_base_framework_close(&ompi_bml_base_framework))) {
         return ret;
     }
-    if (OMPI_SUCCESS != (ret = mca_base_framework_close(&opal_mpool_base_framework))) {
-        return ret;
-    }
-    if (OMPI_SUCCESS != (ret = mca_base_framework_close(&opal_rcache_base_framework))) {
-        return ret;
-    }
-    if (OMPI_SUCCESS != (ret = mca_base_framework_close(&opal_allocator_base_framework))) {
-        return ret;
-    }
 
     /* free proc resources */
     if ( OMPI_SUCCESS != (ret = ompi_proc_finalize())) {
@@ -434,7 +422,7 @@ int ompi_mpi_finalize(void)
         return ret;
     }
 
-    if (OPAL_SUCCESS != (ret = opal_finalize_util())) {
+    if (OPAL_SUCCESS != (ret = opal_finalize ())) {
         return ret;
     }
 
diff --git a/ompi/runtime/ompi_mpi_init.c b/ompi/runtime/ompi_mpi_init.c
index 8c23e17b180..6427dd6f7b7 100644
--- a/ompi/runtime/ompi_mpi_init.c
+++ b/ompi/runtime/ompi_mpi_init.c
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@
 #include "opal/util/show_help.h"
 #include "opal/runtime/opal.h"
 #include "opal/mca/event/event.h"
-#include "opal/mca/allocator/base/base.h"
-#include "opal/mca/rcache/base/base.h"
-#include "opal/mca/rcache/rcache.h"
-#include "opal/mca/mpool/base/base.h"
 #include "opal/mca/pmix/pmix.h"
 #include "opal/util/timings.h"
 
@@ -390,8 +386,8 @@ int ompi_mpi_init(int argc, char **argv, int requested, int *provided)
 
     /* Setup enough to check get/set MCA params */
 
-    if (OPAL_SUCCESS != (ret = opal_init_util(&argc, &argv))) {
-        error = "ompi_mpi_init: opal_init_util failed";
+    if (OPAL_SUCCESS != (ret = opal_init (&argc, &argv))) {
+        error = "ompi_mpi_init: opal_init failed";
         goto error;
     }
 
@@ -556,18 +552,6 @@ int ompi_mpi_init(int argc, char **argv, int requested, int *provided)
 
     /* Open up MPI-related MCA components */
 
-    if (OMPI_SUCCESS != (ret = mca_base_framework_open(&opal_allocator_base_framework, 0))) {
-        error = "mca_allocator_base_open() failed";
-        goto error;
-    }
-    if (OMPI_SUCCESS != (ret = mca_base_framework_open(&opal_rcache_base_framework, 0))) {
-        error = "mca_rcache_base_open() failed";
-        goto error;
-    }
-    if (OMPI_SUCCESS != (ret = mca_base_framework_open(&opal_mpool_base_framework, 0))) {
-        error = "mca_mpool_base_open() failed";
-        goto error;
-    }
     if (OMPI_SUCCESS != (ret = mca_base_framework_open(&ompi_bml_base_framework, 0))) {
         error = "mca_bml_base_open() failed";
         goto error;
@@ -601,13 +585,6 @@ int ompi_mpi_init(int argc, char **argv, int requested, int *provided)
 
     /* Select which MPI components to use */
 
-    if (OMPI_SUCCESS !=
-        (ret = mca_mpool_base_init(OPAL_ENABLE_PROGRESS_THREADS,
-                                   ompi_mpi_thread_multiple))) {
-        error = "mca_mpool_base_init() failed";
-        goto error;
-    }
-
     if (OMPI_SUCCESS !=
         (ret = mca_pml_base_select(OPAL_ENABLE_PROGRESS_THREADS,
                                    ompi_mpi_thread_multiple))) {
diff --git a/opal/mca/mpool/base/Makefile.am b/opal/mca/mpool/base/Makefile.am
index 4ab8570d94a..d571ae08a6d 100644
--- a/opal/mca/mpool/base/Makefile.am
+++ b/opal/mca/mpool/base/Makefile.am
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
 #                         All rights reserved.
 # Copyright (c) 2007      Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2015      Los Alamos National Security, LLC. All rights
+#                         reserved.
 # $COPYRIGHT$
 #
 # Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -23,7 +25,6 @@ headers += \
 	base/mpool_base_tree.h
 libmca_mpool_la_SOURCES += \
         base/mpool_base_frame.c \
-        base/mpool_base_init.c \
         base/mpool_base_lookup.c \
         base/mpool_base_alloc.c \
         base/mpool_base_mem_cb.c \
diff --git a/opal/mca/mpool/base/base.h b/opal/mca/mpool/base/base.h
index 355a64dfd15..7deb81aef64 100644
--- a/opal/mca/mpool/base/base.h
+++ b/opal/mca/mpool/base/base.h
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ OPAL_DECLSPEC OBJ_CLASS_DECLARATION(mca_mpool_base_selected_module_t);
  * Global functions for MCA: overall mpool open and close
  */
 
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int mca_mpool_base_init(bool enable_progress_threads, bool enable_mpi_threads);
 OPAL_DECLSPEC mca_mpool_base_component_t* mca_mpool_base_component_lookup(const char* name);
 OPAL_DECLSPEC mca_mpool_base_module_t* mca_mpool_base_module_create(
     const char* name,
diff --git a/opal/mca/mpool/base/mpool_base_alloc.c b/opal/mca/mpool/base/mpool_base_alloc.c
index d72b0b8d98d..7b5bdb09f2a 100644
--- a/opal/mca/mpool/base/mpool_base_alloc.c
+++ b/opal/mca/mpool/base/mpool_base_alloc.c
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ struct opal_info_t {
 };
 typedef struct opal_info_t opal_info_t;
 
+OBJ_CLASS_INSTANCE(mca_mpool_base_selected_module_t, opal_list_item_t, NULL, NULL);
+
 /**
  * Memory Pool Registration
  */
diff --git a/opal/mca/mpool/base/mpool_base_init.c b/opal/mca/mpool/base/mpool_base_init.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 85c01f301a4..00000000000
--- a/opal/mca/mpool/base/mpool_base_init.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Trustees of Indiana University and Indiana
- *                         University Research and Technology
- *                         Corporation.  All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The University of Tennessee and The University
- *                         of Tennessee Research Foundation.  All rights
- *                         reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart,
- *                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
- *                         All rights reserved.
- * $COPYRIGHT$
- *
- * Additional copyrights may follow
- *
- * $HEADER$
- */
-
-#include "opal_config.h"
-
-#include "opal/mca/mca.h"
-#include "opal/mca/base/base.h"
-#include "opal/mca/mpool/base/base.h"
-
-OBJ_CLASS_INSTANCE(mca_mpool_base_selected_module_t, opal_list_item_t, NULL, NULL);
-static bool mca_mpool_enable_progress_threads = true;
-static bool mca_mpool_enable_mpi_thread_multiple = true;
-
-/**
- * Function for weeding out mpool modules that don't want to run.
- *
- * Call the init function on all available components to find out if they
- * want to run.  Select all components that don't fail.  Failing modules
- * will be closed and unloaded.  The selected modules will be returned
- * to the caller in a opal_list_t.
- */
-int mca_mpool_base_init(bool enable_progress_threads, bool enable_mpi_thread_multiple)
-{
-    mca_mpool_enable_progress_threads = enable_progress_threads;
-    mca_mpool_enable_mpi_thread_multiple = enable_mpi_thread_multiple;
-    return OPAL_SUCCESS;
-}
-
diff --git a/opal/runtime/opal_finalize.c b/opal/runtime/opal_finalize.c
index 382deb3c324..5bfbd68cce3 100644
--- a/opal/runtime/opal_finalize.c
+++ b/opal/runtime/opal_finalize.c
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
 #include "opal/runtime/opal_cr.h"
 #include "opal/mca/crs/base/base.h"
 
+#include "opal/frameworks.h"
+
 extern int opal_initialized;
 extern int opal_util_initialized;
 extern bool opal_init_called;
@@ -139,6 +141,10 @@ opal_finalize(void)
     /* close the checkpoint and restart service */
     opal_cr_finalize();
 
+    (void) mca_base_framework_close (&opal_mpool_base_framework);
+    (void) mca_base_framework_close (&opal_rcache_base_framework);
+    (void) mca_base_framework_close (&opal_allocator_base_framework);
+
     /* close the security framework */
     (void) mca_base_framework_close(&opal_sec_base_framework);
 
diff --git a/opal/runtime/opal_init.c b/opal/runtime/opal_init.c
index cea62629119..c0ba59a7ba4 100644
--- a/opal/runtime/opal_init.c
+++ b/opal/runtime/opal_init.c
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
 #include "opal/mca/event/base/base.h"
 #include "opal/mca/backtrace/base/base.h"
 
+#include "opal/frameworks.h"
+
 #include "opal/constants.h"
 #include "opal/util/error.h"
 #include "opal/util/stacktrace.h"
@@ -529,6 +531,19 @@ opal_init(int* pargc, char*** pargv)
         goto return_error;
     }
 
+    if (OPAL_SUCCESS != (ret = mca_base_framework_open(&opal_allocator_base_framework, 0))) {
+        error = "mca_allocator_base_open() failed";
+        goto return_error;
+    }
+    if (OPAL_SUCCESS != (ret = mca_base_framework_open(&opal_rcache_base_framework, 0))) {
+        error = "mca_rcache_base_open() failed";
+        goto return_error;
+    }
+    if (OPAL_SUCCESS != (ret = mca_base_framework_open(&opal_mpool_base_framework, 0))) {
+        error = "mca_mpool_base_open() failed";
+        goto return_error;
+    }
+
     return OPAL_SUCCESS;
 
  return_error: