diff --git a/pyls/_utils.py b/pyls/_utils.py
index 81414312..fb353c3c 100644
--- a/pyls/_utils.py
+++ b/pyls/_utils.py
@@ -89,33 +89,6 @@ def _merge_dicts_(a, b):
     return dict(_merge_dicts_(dict_a, dict_b))
 
 
-def race_hooks(hook_caller, pool, **kwargs):
-    """Given a pluggy hook spec, execute impls in parallel returning the first non-None result.
-
-    Note this does not support a lot of pluggy functionality, e.g. hook wrappers.
-    """
-    impls = hook_caller._nonwrappers + hook_caller._wrappers
-    log.debug("Racing hook impls for hook %s: %s", hook_caller, impls)
-
-    if not impls:
-        return None
-
-    def _apply(impl):
-        try:
-            return impl, impl.function(**kwargs)
-        except Exception:
-            log.exception("Failed to run hook %s", impl.plugin_name)
-            raise
-
-    # imap unordered gives us an iterator over the items in the order they finish.
-    # We have to be careful to set chunksize to 1 to ensure hooks each get their own thread.
-    # Unfortunately, there's no way to interrupt these threads, so we just have to leave them be.
-    for impl, result in pool.imap_unordered(_apply, impls, chunksize=1):
-        if result is not None:
-            log.debug("Hook from plugin %s returned: %s", impl.plugin_name, result)
-            return result
-
-
 def format_docstring(contents):
     """Python doc strings come in a number of formats, but LSP wants markdown.
 
diff --git a/pyls/plugins/completion/__init__.py b/pyls/plugins/completion/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b1fce092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyls/plugins/completion/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from pyls import hookimpl
+from .jedi_completion import pyls_jedi_completions
+from .rope_completion import pyls_rope_completions
+
+
+@hookimpl
+def pyls_settings():
+    return {'plugins': {'completion': {'provider': 'jedi'}}}
+
+
+@hookimpl
+def pyls_completions(config, document, position):
+    provider = config.plugin_settings('completion').get('provider', 'jedi')
+    if provider == 'jedi':
+        return pyls_jedi_completions(document, position)
+    elif provider == 'rope':
+        return pyls_rope_completions(document, position)
+    return []
diff --git a/pyls/plugins/jedi_completion.py b/pyls/plugins/completion/jedi_completion.py
similarity index 97%
rename from pyls/plugins/jedi_completion.py
rename to pyls/plugins/completion/jedi_completion.py
index e70cb5d4..882b18fa 100644
--- a/pyls/plugins/jedi_completion.py
+++ b/pyls/plugins/completion/jedi_completion.py
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 # Copyright 2017 Palantir Technologies, Inc.
 import logging
 from pyls.lsp import CompletionItemKind
-from pyls import hookimpl, _utils
+from pyls import _utils
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-@hookimpl
-def pyls_completions(document, position):
+def pyls_jedi_completions(document, position):
     log.debug('Launching Jedi')
     definitions = document.jedi_script(position).completions()
     definitions = [{
diff --git a/pyls/plugins/rope_completion.py b/pyls/plugins/completion/rope_completion.py
similarity index 97%
rename from pyls/plugins/rope_completion.py
rename to pyls/plugins/completion/rope_completion.py
index e3b17dcf..b9d234c4 100644
--- a/pyls/plugins/rope_completion.py
+++ b/pyls/plugins/completion/rope_completion.py
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@
 import logging
 from rope.contrib.codeassist import code_assist, sorted_proposals
 
-from pyls import hookimpl, lsp
+from pyls import lsp
 
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-@hookimpl
-def pyls_completions(document, position):
+def pyls_rope_completions(document, position):
     log.debug('Launching Rope')
 
     # Rope is a bit rubbish at completing module imports, so we'll return None
diff --git a/pyls/python_ls.py b/pyls/python_ls.py
index 8bceb6e5..45f26a23 100644
--- a/pyls/python_ls.py
+++ b/pyls/python_ls.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright 2017 Palantir Technologies, Inc.
 import logging
-from multiprocessing import dummy as multiprocessing
 from . import lsp, _utils
 from .config import config
 from .language_server import LanguageServer
@@ -8,7 +7,6 @@
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-PLUGGY_RACE_POOL_SIZE = 5
 LINT_DEBOUNCE_S = 0.5  # 500 ms
 
 
@@ -18,14 +16,10 @@ class PythonLanguageServer(LanguageServer):
     workspace = None
     config = None
 
-    _pool = multiprocessing.Pool(PLUGGY_RACE_POOL_SIZE)
-
-    def _hook_caller(self, hook_name):
-        return self.config.plugin_manager.subset_hook_caller(hook_name, self.config.disabled_plugins)
-
     def _hook(self, hook_name, doc_uri=None, **kwargs):
         doc = self.workspace.get_document(doc_uri) if doc_uri else None
-        return self._hook_caller(hook_name)(config=self.config, workspace=self.workspace, document=doc, **kwargs)
+        hook = self.config.plugin_manager.subset_hook_caller(hook_name, self.config.disabled_plugins)
+        return hook(config=self.config, workspace=self.workspace, document=doc, **kwargs)
 
     def capabilities(self):
         return {
@@ -65,14 +59,10 @@ def code_lens(self, doc_uri):
         return flatten(self._hook('pyls_code_lens', doc_uri))
 
     def completions(self, doc_uri, position):
-        completions = _utils.race_hooks(
-            self._hook_caller('pyls_completions'), self._pool,
-            document=self.workspace.get_document(doc_uri) if doc_uri else None,
-            position=position
-        )
+        completions = self._hook('pyls_completions', doc_uri, position=position)
         return {
             'isIncomplete': False,
-            'items': completions or []
+            'items': flatten(completions)
         }
 
     def definitions(self, doc_uri, position):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 665e3bcc..55a821a6 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@
             'pyls = pyls.__main__:main',
         ],
         'pyls': [
-            'rope_completion = pyls.plugins.rope_completion',
-            'jedi_completion = pyls.plugins.jedi_completion',
+            'completion = pyls.plugins.completion',
             'jedi_definition = pyls.plugins.definition',
             'jedi_hover = pyls.plugins.hover',
             'jedi_references = pyls.plugins.references',
diff --git a/test/plugins/test_completion.py b/test/plugins/test_completion.py
index 7d9b280c..020df482 100644
--- a/test/plugins/test_completion.py
+++ b/test/plugins/test_completion.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 from pyls import uris
 from pyls.workspace import Document, get_preferred_submodules
-from pyls.plugins.jedi_completion import pyls_completions as pyls_jedi_completions
-from pyls.plugins.rope_completion import pyls_completions as pyls_rope_completions
+from pyls.plugins.completion.jedi_completion import pyls_jedi_completions
+from pyls.plugins.completion.rope_completion import pyls_rope_completions
 
 LOCATION = os.path.realpath(
     os.path.join(os.getcwd(), os.path.dirname(__file__))
diff --git a/vscode-client/package.json b/vscode-client/package.json
index a36da57e..587fe760 100644
--- a/vscode-client/package.json
+++ b/vscode-client/package.json
@@ -30,10 +30,16 @@
                     },
                     "uniqueItems": true
                 },
-                "pyls.plugins.jedi_completion.enabled": {
+                "pyls.plugins.completion.enabled": {
                     "type": "boolean",
                     "default": true,
-                    "description": "Enable or disable the plugin."
+                    "description": "Enable or disable completions."
+                },
+                "pyls.plugins.completion.provider": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "default": "jedi",
+                    "enum": ["jedi", "rope"],
+                    "description": "Select a completion provider."
                 },
                 "pyls.plugins.jedi_definition.enabled": {
                     "type": "boolean",
@@ -136,11 +142,6 @@
                     "default": true,
                     "description": "Enable or disable the plugin."
                 },
-                "pyls.plugins.rope_completion.enabled": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "default": true,
-                    "description": "Enable or disable the plugin."
-                },
                 "pyls.plugins.yapf.enabled": {
                     "type": "boolean",
                     "default": true,