diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 637b5d5..75685d5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
         - JOB="C++ (Std Thread) and Plugin"
         - SCRIPT="cmake.sh"
         - BUILD_LIBS="CPP TESTING TUTORIALS"
-        - BUILD_ARG="-DWITH_PLUGIN=ON -DWITH_STDTHREADS=ON -DWITH_PYTHON=OFF -DWITH_C_GLIB=OFF -DWITH_JAVA=OFF -DWITH_HASKELL=OFF"
+        - BUILD_ARG="-DWITH_PLUGIN=ON -DWITH_PYTHON=OFF -DWITH_C_GLIB=OFF -DWITH_JAVA=OFF -DWITH_HASKELL=OFF"
         - BUILD_ENV="-e CC=clang -e CXX=clang++"
 
     # ------------------------- phase: dist -------------------------
diff --git a/build/appveyor/CYGW-appveyor-build.bat b/build/appveyor/CYGW-appveyor-build.bat
index c226222..6d57ca3 100644
--- a/build/appveyor/CYGW-appveyor-build.bat
+++ b/build/appveyor/CYGW-appveyor-build.bat
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@
   -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=11 ^
   -DWITH_PYTHON=OFF ^
   -DWITH_SHARED_LIB=OFF ^
-  -DWITH_STATIC_LIB=ON ^
-  -DWITH_STDTHREADS=ON
+  -DWITH_STATIC_LIB=ON
 
 @ECHO ON
 %BASH% -lc "mkdir -p %BUILDDIR% && cd %BUILDDIR% && cmake.exe %SRCDIR% %CMAKEARGS% && cmake --build . --config %CONFIGURATION% --target install" || EXIT /B
diff --git a/build/cmake/DefineOptions.cmake b/build/cmake/DefineOptions.cmake
index 207b770..9d95b7c 100644
--- a/build/cmake/DefineOptions.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/DefineOptions.cmake
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@
     find_package(OpenSSL QUIET)
     CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(WITH_OPENSSL "Build with OpenSSL support" ON
                            "OPENSSL_FOUND" OFF)
-    # if disabled, builds with posix thread class - deprecated and will be removed...
-    option(WITH_STDTHREADS "Build with C++ std::thread support" ON)
 endif()
 CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(BUILD_CPP "Build C++ library" ON
                        "BUILD_LIBRARIES;WITH_CPP" OFF)
@@ -182,7 +180,6 @@
 message(STATUS "  Build shared libraries:                     ${WITH_SHARED_LIB}")
 message(STATUS "  Build static libraries:                     ${WITH_STATIC_LIB}")
 message(STATUS "  Build with Boost static link library:       ${WITH_BOOST_STATIC}")
-message(STATUS "  Build with C++ std::thread support:         ${WITH_STDTHREADS}")
 message(STATUS "  Build with libevent support:                ${WITH_LIBEVENT}")
 message(STATUS "  Build with OpenSSL support:                 ${WITH_OPENSSL}")
 message(STATUS "  Build with Qt4 support:                     ${WITH_QT4}")
diff --git a/build/cmake/DefinePlatformSpecifc.cmake b/build/cmake/DefinePlatformSpecifc.cmake
index 3f112b6..9d7c903 100644
--- a/build/cmake/DefinePlatformSpecifc.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/DefinePlatformSpecifc.cmake
@@ -89,11 +89,6 @@
 add_definitions("-D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS")
 add_definitions("-D__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS")
 
-# WITH_*THREADS selects which threading library to use
-if(WITH_STDTHREADS)
-  add_definitions("-DUSE_STD_THREAD=1")
-endif()
-
 # C++ Language Level
 set(CXX_LANGUAGE_LEVEL "C++${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD}")
 if (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED)
diff --git a/build/cmake/config.h.in b/build/cmake/config.h.in
index 5f0ae46..a3d6642 100644
--- a/build/cmake/config.h.in
+++ b/build/cmake/config.h.in
@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@
    see: aclocal/ac_prog_bison.m4 */
 #cmakedefine BISON_USE_PARSER_H_EXTENSION 1
 
-/* replaces POSIX pthread by std::thread */
-#cmakedefine USE_STD_THREAD 1
-
 /* Define to 1 if strerror_r returns char *. */
 #cmakedefine STRERROR_R_CHAR_P 1
 
diff --git a/contrib/transport-sample/ThriftCommon.h b/contrib/transport-sample/ThriftCommon.h
index e16d87d..078ad44 100644
--- a/contrib/transport-sample/ThriftCommon.h
+++ b/contrib/transport-sample/ThriftCommon.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 // Required Includes
 //'server' side #includes
 #include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadManager.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h>
+#include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.h>
 #include <thrift/server/TThreadPoolServer.h>
 #include <thrift/server/TSimpleServer.h>
 //'client' side #includes
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 		else
 		{	//Multi-threaded server
 			boost::shared_ptr<ThreadManager> threadManager = ThreadManager::newSimpleThreadManager(NumThreads);
-			boost::shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory> threadFactory = boost::shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory>(new PlatformThreadFactory());
+			boost::shared_ptr<ThreadFactory> threadFactory = boost::shared_ptr<ThreadFactory>(new ThreadFactory());
 			threadManager->threadFactory(threadFactory);
 			threadManager->start();
 			server.reset(new TThreadPoolServer(processor, transport, tfactory, pfactory, threadManager));
diff --git a/lib/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 9e36665..e12c08c 100755
--- a/lib/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -105,32 +105,19 @@
     list(APPEND SYSLIBS "${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}")
 endif()
 
-# WITH_*THREADS selects which threading library to use
-if(UNIX AND NOT WITH_STDTHREADS)
+if(UNIX)
     if(ANDROID)
         set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -pthread")
     else()
         list(APPEND SYSLIBS pthread)
     endif()
-    set( thriftcpp_threads_SOURCES
-        src/thrift/concurrency/PosixThreadFactory.cpp
-        src/thrift/concurrency/Mutex.cpp
-        src/thrift/concurrency/Monitor.cpp
-    )
-else()
-    if(UNIX)
-        if(ANDROID)
-            set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -pthread")
-        else()
-            list(APPEND SYSLIBS pthread)
-        endif()
-    endif()
-    set( thriftcpp_threads_SOURCES
-        src/thrift/concurrency/StdThreadFactory.cpp
-        src/thrift/concurrency/StdMutex.cpp
-        src/thrift/concurrency/StdMonitor.cpp
-    )
 endif()
+set( thriftcpp_threads_SOURCES
+    src/thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.cpp
+    src/thrift/concurrency/Thread.cpp
+    src/thrift/concurrency/Monitor.cpp
+    src/thrift/concurrency/Mutex.cpp
+)
 
 # Thrift non blocking server
 set( thriftcppnb_SOURCES
diff --git a/lib/cpp/Makefile.am b/lib/cpp/Makefile.am
index 85bb9ab..19bedd7 100755
--- a/lib/cpp/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/cpp/Makefile.am
@@ -107,8 +107,9 @@
                        src/thrift/server/TThreadedServer.cpp
 
 libthrift_la_SOURCES += src/thrift/concurrency/Mutex.cpp \
-                        src/thrift/concurrency/Monitor.cpp \
-                        src/thrift/concurrency/PosixThreadFactory.cpp
+						src/thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.cpp \
+						src/thrift/concurrency/Thread.cpp \
+                        src/thrift/concurrency/Monitor.cpp
 
 libthriftnb_la_SOURCES = src/thrift/server/TNonblockingServer.cpp \
                          src/thrift/async/TEvhttpServer.cpp \
@@ -166,12 +167,7 @@
                          src/thrift/concurrency/Exception.h \
                          src/thrift/concurrency/Mutex.h \
                          src/thrift/concurrency/Monitor.h \
-                         src/thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h \
-                         src/thrift/concurrency/PosixThreadFactory.h \
-                         src/thrift/concurrency/StdMonitor.cpp \
-                         src/thrift/concurrency/StdMutex.cpp \
-                         src/thrift/concurrency/StdThreadFactory.cpp \
-                         src/thrift/concurrency/StdThreadFactory.h \
+                         src/thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.h \
                          src/thrift/concurrency/Thread.h \
                          src/thrift/concurrency/ThreadManager.h \
                          src/thrift/concurrency/TimerManager.h \
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/Monitor.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/Monitor.cpp
index 9570cc6..7b3b209 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/Monitor.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/Monitor.cpp
@@ -23,43 +23,36 @@
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Exception.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Util.h>
 #include <thrift/transport/PlatformSocket.h>
-#include <memory>
-
 #include <assert.h>
 
-#include <iostream>
-
-#include <pthread.h>
+#include <condition_variable>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <thread>
+#include <mutex>
 
 namespace apache {
 namespace thrift {
-
-using std::unique_ptr;
-using std::shared_ptr;
-
 namespace concurrency {
 
 /**
- * Monitor implementation using the POSIX pthread library
+ * Monitor implementation using the std thread library
  *
  * @version $Id:$
  */
 class Monitor::Impl {
 
 public:
-  Impl() : ownedMutex_(new Mutex()), mutex_(NULL), condInitialized_(false) {
-    init(ownedMutex_.get());
+  Impl() : ownedMutex_(new Mutex()), conditionVariable_(), mutex_(NULL) { init(ownedMutex_.get()); }
+
+  Impl(Mutex* mutex) : ownedMutex_(), conditionVariable_(), mutex_(NULL) { init(mutex); }
+
+  Impl(Monitor* monitor) : ownedMutex_(), conditionVariable_(), mutex_(NULL) {
+    init(&(monitor->mutex()));
   }
 
-  Impl(Mutex* mutex) : mutex_(NULL), condInitialized_(false) { init(mutex); }
-
-  Impl(Monitor* monitor) : mutex_(NULL), condInitialized_(false) { init(&(monitor->mutex())); }
-
-  ~Impl() { cleanup(); }
-
   Mutex& mutex() { return *mutex_; }
-  void lock() { mutex().lock(); }
-  void unlock() { mutex().unlock(); }
+  void lock() { mutex_->lock(); }
+  void unlock() { mutex_->unlock(); }
 
   /**
    * Exception-throwing version of waitForTimeRelative(), called simply
@@ -68,15 +61,12 @@
    * If the condition occurs,  this function returns cleanly; on timeout or
    * error an exception is thrown.
    */
-  void wait(int64_t timeout_ms) const {
+  void wait(int64_t timeout_ms) {
     int result = waitForTimeRelative(timeout_ms);
     if (result == THRIFT_ETIMEDOUT) {
-      // pthread_cond_timedwait has been observed to return early on
-      // various platforms, so comment out this assert.
-      // assert(Util::currentTime() >= (now + timeout));
       throw TimedOutException();
     } else if (result != 0) {
-      throw TException("pthread_cond_wait() or pthread_cond_timedwait() failed");
+      throw TException("Monitor::wait() failed");
     }
   }
 
@@ -86,88 +76,86 @@
    *
    * Returns 0 if condition occurs, THRIFT_ETIMEDOUT on timeout, or an error code.
    */
-  int waitForTimeRelative(int64_t timeout_ms) const {
+  int waitForTimeRelative(int64_t timeout_ms) {
     if (timeout_ms == 0LL) {
       return waitForever();
     }
 
-    struct THRIFT_TIMESPEC abstime;
-    Util::toTimespec(abstime, Util::currentTime() + timeout_ms);
-    return waitForTime(&abstime);
+    assert(mutex_);
+    std::timed_mutex* mutexImpl = static_cast<std::timed_mutex*>(mutex_->getUnderlyingImpl());
+    assert(mutexImpl);
+
+    std::unique_lock<std::timed_mutex> lock(*mutexImpl, std::adopt_lock);
+    bool timedout = (conditionVariable_.wait_for(lock, std::chrono::milliseconds(timeout_ms))
+                     == std::cv_status::timeout);
+    lock.release();
+    return (timedout ? THRIFT_ETIMEDOUT : 0);
   }
 
   /**
    * Waits until the absolute time specified using struct THRIFT_TIMESPEC.
    * Returns 0 if condition occurs, THRIFT_ETIMEDOUT on timeout, or an error code.
    */
-  int waitForTime(const THRIFT_TIMESPEC* abstime) const {
-    assert(mutex_);
-    pthread_mutex_t* mutexImpl = reinterpret_cast<pthread_mutex_t*>(mutex_->getUnderlyingImpl());
-    assert(mutexImpl);
-
-    // XXX Need to assert that caller owns mutex
-    return pthread_cond_timedwait(&pthread_cond_, mutexImpl, abstime);
-  }
-
-  int waitForTime(const struct timeval* abstime) const {
-    struct THRIFT_TIMESPEC temp;
-    temp.tv_sec = abstime->tv_sec;
-    temp.tv_nsec = abstime->tv_usec * 1000;
+  int waitForTime(const THRIFT_TIMESPEC* abstime) {
+    struct timeval temp;
+    temp.tv_sec = static_cast<long>(abstime->tv_sec);
+    temp.tv_usec = static_cast<long>(abstime->tv_nsec) / 1000;
     return waitForTime(&temp);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Waits until the absolute time specified using struct timeval.
+   * Returns 0 if condition occurs, THRIFT_ETIMEDOUT on timeout, or an error code.
+   */
+  int waitForTime(const struct timeval* abstime) {
+    assert(mutex_);
+    std::timed_mutex* mutexImpl = static_cast<std::timed_mutex*>(mutex_->getUnderlyingImpl());
+    assert(mutexImpl);
+
+    struct timeval currenttime;
+    Util::toTimeval(currenttime, Util::currentTime());
+
+    long tv_sec = static_cast<long>(abstime->tv_sec - currenttime.tv_sec);
+    long tv_usec = static_cast<long>(abstime->tv_usec - currenttime.tv_usec);
+    if (tv_sec < 0)
+      tv_sec = 0;
+    if (tv_usec < 0)
+      tv_usec = 0;
+
+    std::unique_lock<std::timed_mutex> lock(*mutexImpl, std::adopt_lock);
+    bool timedout = (conditionVariable_.wait_for(lock,
+                                                 std::chrono::seconds(tv_sec)
+                                                 + std::chrono::microseconds(tv_usec))
+                     == std::cv_status::timeout);
+    lock.release();
+    return (timedout ? THRIFT_ETIMEDOUT : 0);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Waits forever until the condition occurs.
    * Returns 0 if condition occurs, or an error code otherwise.
    */
-  int waitForever() const {
+  int waitForever() {
     assert(mutex_);
-    pthread_mutex_t* mutexImpl = reinterpret_cast<pthread_mutex_t*>(mutex_->getUnderlyingImpl());
+    std::timed_mutex* mutexImpl = static_cast<std::timed_mutex*>(mutex_->getUnderlyingImpl());
     assert(mutexImpl);
-    return pthread_cond_wait(&pthread_cond_, mutexImpl);
+
+    std::unique_lock<std::timed_mutex> lock(*mutexImpl, std::adopt_lock);
+    conditionVariable_.wait(lock);
+    lock.release();
+    return 0;
   }
 
-  void notify() {
-    // XXX Need to assert that caller owns mutex
-    int iret = pthread_cond_signal(&pthread_cond_);
-    THRIFT_UNUSED_VARIABLE(iret);
-    assert(iret == 0);
-  }
+  void notify() { conditionVariable_.notify_one(); }
 
-  void notifyAll() {
-    // XXX Need to assert that caller owns mutex
-    int iret = pthread_cond_broadcast(&pthread_cond_);
-    THRIFT_UNUSED_VARIABLE(iret);
-    assert(iret == 0);
-  }
+  void notifyAll() { conditionVariable_.notify_all(); }
 
 private:
-  void init(Mutex* mutex) {
-    mutex_ = mutex;
+  void init(Mutex* mutex) { mutex_ = mutex; }
 
-    if (pthread_cond_init(&pthread_cond_, NULL) == 0) {
-      condInitialized_ = true;
-    }
-
-    if (!condInitialized_) {
-      cleanup();
-      throw SystemResourceException();
-    }
-  }
-
-  void cleanup() {
-    if (condInitialized_) {
-      condInitialized_ = false;
-      int iret = pthread_cond_destroy(&pthread_cond_);
-      THRIFT_UNUSED_VARIABLE(iret);
-      assert(iret == 0);
-    }
-  }
-
-  unique_ptr<Mutex> ownedMutex_;
+  const std::unique_ptr<Mutex> ownedMutex_;
+  std::condition_variable_any conditionVariable_;
   Mutex* mutex_;
-
-  mutable pthread_cond_t pthread_cond_;
-  mutable bool condInitialized_;
 };
 
 Monitor::Monitor() : impl_(new Monitor::Impl()) {
@@ -182,43 +170,43 @@
 }
 
 Mutex& Monitor::mutex() const {
-  return impl_->mutex();
+  return const_cast<Monitor::Impl*>(impl_)->mutex();
 }
 
 void Monitor::lock() const {
-  impl_->lock();
+  const_cast<Monitor::Impl*>(impl_)->lock();
 }
 
 void Monitor::unlock() const {
-  impl_->unlock();
+  const_cast<Monitor::Impl*>(impl_)->unlock();
 }
 
 void Monitor::wait(int64_t timeout) const {
-  impl_->wait(timeout);
+  const_cast<Monitor::Impl*>(impl_)->wait(timeout);
 }
 
 int Monitor::waitForTime(const THRIFT_TIMESPEC* abstime) const {
-  return impl_->waitForTime(abstime);
+  return const_cast<Monitor::Impl*>(impl_)->waitForTime(abstime);
 }
 
 int Monitor::waitForTime(const timeval* abstime) const {
-  return impl_->waitForTime(abstime);
+  return const_cast<Monitor::Impl*>(impl_)->waitForTime(abstime);
 }
 
 int Monitor::waitForTimeRelative(int64_t timeout_ms) const {
-  return impl_->waitForTimeRelative(timeout_ms);
+  return const_cast<Monitor::Impl*>(impl_)->waitForTimeRelative(timeout_ms);
 }
 
 int Monitor::waitForever() const {
-  return impl_->waitForever();
+  return const_cast<Monitor::Impl*>(impl_)->waitForever();
 }
 
 void Monitor::notify() const {
-  impl_->notify();
+  const_cast<Monitor::Impl*>(impl_)->notify();
 }
 
 void Monitor::notifyAll() const {
-  impl_->notifyAll();
+  const_cast<Monitor::Impl*>(impl_)->notifyAll();
 }
 }
 }
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/Mutex.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/Mutex.cpp
index a526461..7580283 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/Mutex.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/Mutex.cpp
@@ -17,202 +17,29 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-// needed to test for pthread implementation capabilities:
-#define __USE_GNU
-
-#include <thrift/thrift-config.h>
-
-#include <thrift/Thrift.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/Exception.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Mutex.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/Util.h>
 
-#include <assert.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-#include <boost/format.hpp>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <mutex>
 
 namespace apache {
 namespace thrift {
 namespace concurrency {
 
-// Enable this to turn on mutex contention profiling support
-// #define THRIFT_PTHREAD_MUTEX_CONTENTION_PROFILING
-
-#ifdef THRIFT_PTHREAD_MUTEX_CONTENTION_PROFILING
-
-static int32_t mutexProfilingCounter = 0;
-static int32_t mutexProfilingSampleRate = 0;
-static MutexWaitCallback mutexProfilingCallback = 0;
-
-void enableMutexProfiling(int32_t profilingSampleRate, MutexWaitCallback callback) {
-  mutexProfilingSampleRate = profilingSampleRate;
-  mutexProfilingCallback = callback;
-}
-
-#define PROFILE_MUTEX_START_LOCK() int64_t _lock_startTime = maybeGetProfilingStartTime();
-
-#define PROFILE_MUTEX_NOT_LOCKED()                                                                 \
-  do {                                                                                             \
-    if (_lock_startTime > 0) {                                                                     \
-      int64_t endTime = Util::currentTimeUsec();                                                   \
-      (*mutexProfilingCallback)(this, endTime - _lock_startTime);                                  \
-    }                                                                                              \
-  } while (0)
-
-#define PROFILE_MUTEX_LOCKED()                                                                     \
-  do {                                                                                             \
-    profileTime_ = _lock_startTime;                                                                \
-    if (profileTime_ > 0) {                                                                        \
-      profileTime_ = Util::currentTimeUsec() - profileTime_;                                       \
-    }                                                                                              \
-  } while (0)
-
-#define PROFILE_MUTEX_START_UNLOCK()                                                               \
-  int64_t _temp_profileTime = profileTime_;                                                        \
-  profileTime_ = 0;
-
-#define PROFILE_MUTEX_UNLOCKED()                                                                   \
-  do {                                                                                             \
-    if (_temp_profileTime > 0) {                                                                   \
-      (*mutexProfilingCallback)(this, _temp_profileTime);                                          \
-    }                                                                                              \
-  } while (0)
-
-static inline int64_t maybeGetProfilingStartTime() {
-  if (mutexProfilingSampleRate && mutexProfilingCallback) {
-    // This block is unsynchronized, but should produce a reasonable sampling
-    // rate on most architectures.  The main race conditions are the gap
-    // between the decrement and the test, the non-atomicity of decrement, and
-    // potential caching of different values at different CPUs.
-    //
-    // - if two decrements race, the likeliest result is that the counter
-    //      decrements slowly (perhaps much more slowly) than intended.
-    //
-    // - many threads could potentially decrement before resetting the counter
-    //      to its large value, causing each additional incoming thread to
-    //      profile every call.  This situation is unlikely to persist for long
-    //      as the critical gap is quite short, but profiling could be bursty.
-    sig_atomic_t localValue = --mutexProfilingCounter;
-    if (localValue <= 0) {
-      mutexProfilingCounter = mutexProfilingSampleRate;
-      return Util::currentTimeUsec();
-    }
-  }
-
-  return 0;
-}
-
-#else
-#define PROFILE_MUTEX_START_LOCK()
-#define PROFILE_MUTEX_NOT_LOCKED()
-#define PROFILE_MUTEX_LOCKED()
-#define PROFILE_MUTEX_START_UNLOCK()
-#define PROFILE_MUTEX_UNLOCKED()
-#endif // THRIFT_PTHREAD_MUTEX_CONTENTION_PROFILING
-
-#define EINTR_LOOP(_CALL)          int ret; do { ret = _CALL; } while (ret == EINTR)
-#define ABORT_ONFAIL(_CALL)      { EINTR_LOOP(_CALL); if (ret) { abort(); } }
-#define THROW_SRE(_CALLSTR, RET) { throw SystemResourceException(boost::str(boost::format("%1% returned %2% (%3%)") % _CALLSTR % RET % ::strerror(RET))); }
-#define THROW_SRE_ONFAIL(_CALL)  { EINTR_LOOP(_CALL); if (ret) { THROW_SRE(#_CALL, ret); } }
-#define THROW_SRE_TRYFAIL(_CALL) { EINTR_LOOP(_CALL); if (ret == 0) { return true; } else if (ret == EBUSY) { return false; } THROW_SRE(#_CALL, ret); }
-
 /**
- * Implementation of Mutex class using POSIX mutex
+ * Implementation of Mutex class using C++11 std::timed_mutex
  *
- * Throws apache::thrift::concurrency::SystemResourceException on error.
+ * Methods throw std::system_error on error.
  *
  * @version $Id:$
  */
-class Mutex::impl {
-public:
-  impl(Initializer init) : initialized_(false) {
-#ifdef THRIFT_PTHREAD_MUTEX_CONTENTION_PROFILING
-    profileTime_ = 0;
-#endif
-    init(&pthread_mutex_);
-    initialized_ = true;
-  }
+class Mutex::impl : public std::timed_mutex {};
 
-  ~impl() {
-    if (initialized_) {
-      initialized_ = false;
-      ABORT_ONFAIL(pthread_mutex_destroy(&pthread_mutex_));
-    }
-  }
-
-  void lock() const {
-    PROFILE_MUTEX_START_LOCK();
-    THROW_SRE_ONFAIL(pthread_mutex_lock(&pthread_mutex_));
-    PROFILE_MUTEX_LOCKED();
-  }
-
-  bool trylock() const {
-    THROW_SRE_TRYFAIL(pthread_mutex_trylock(&pthread_mutex_));
-  }
-
-  bool timedlock(int64_t milliseconds) const {
-#if defined(_POSIX_TIMEOUTS) && _POSIX_TIMEOUTS >= 200112L
-    PROFILE_MUTEX_START_LOCK();
-
-    struct THRIFT_TIMESPEC ts;
-    Util::toTimespec(ts, milliseconds + Util::currentTime());
-    EINTR_LOOP(pthread_mutex_timedlock(&pthread_mutex_, &ts));
-    if (ret == 0) {
-      PROFILE_MUTEX_LOCKED();
-      return true;
-    } else if (ret == ETIMEDOUT) {
-      PROFILE_MUTEX_NOT_LOCKED();
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    THROW_SRE("pthread_mutex_timedlock(&pthread_mutex_, &ts)", ret);
-#else
-    /* Otherwise follow solution used by Mono for Android */
-    struct THRIFT_TIMESPEC sleepytime, now, to;
-
-    /* This is just to avoid a completely busy wait */
-    sleepytime.tv_sec = 0;
-    sleepytime.tv_nsec = 10000000L; /* 10ms */
-
-    Util::toTimespec(to, milliseconds + Util::currentTime());
-
-    while ((trylock()) == false) {
-      Util::toTimespec(now, Util::currentTime());
-      if (now.tv_sec >= to.tv_sec && now.tv_nsec >= to.tv_nsec) {
-        return false;
-      }
-      nanosleep(&sleepytime, NULL);
-    }
-
-    return true;
-#endif
-  }
-
-  void unlock() const {
-    PROFILE_MUTEX_START_UNLOCK();
-    THROW_SRE_ONFAIL(pthread_mutex_unlock(&pthread_mutex_));
-    PROFILE_MUTEX_UNLOCKED();
-  }
-
-  void* getUnderlyingImpl() const { return (void*)&pthread_mutex_; }
-
-private:
-  mutable pthread_mutex_t pthread_mutex_;
-  mutable bool initialized_;
-#ifdef THRIFT_PTHREAD_MUTEX_CONTENTION_PROFILING
-  mutable int64_t profileTime_;
-#endif
-};
-
-Mutex::Mutex(Initializer init) : impl_(new Mutex::impl(init)) {
+Mutex::Mutex() : impl_(new Mutex::impl()) {
 }
 
 void* Mutex::getUnderlyingImpl() const {
-  return impl_->getUnderlyingImpl();
+  return impl_.get();
 }
 
 void Mutex::lock() const {
@@ -220,161 +47,17 @@
 }
 
 bool Mutex::trylock() const {
-  return impl_->trylock();
+  return impl_->try_lock();
 }
 
 bool Mutex::timedlock(int64_t ms) const {
-  return impl_->timedlock(ms);
+  return impl_->try_lock_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(ms));
 }
 
 void Mutex::unlock() const {
   impl_->unlock();
 }
 
-void Mutex::DEFAULT_INITIALIZER(void* arg) {
-  pthread_mutex_t* pthread_mutex = (pthread_mutex_t*)arg;
-  THROW_SRE_ONFAIL(pthread_mutex_init(pthread_mutex, NULL));
-}
-
-#if defined(PTHREAD_ADAPTIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP) || defined(PTHREAD_ERRORCHECK_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP) || defined(PTHREAD_RECURSIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP)
-static void init_with_kind(pthread_mutex_t* mutex, int kind) {
-  pthread_mutexattr_t mutexattr;
-  THROW_SRE_ONFAIL(pthread_mutexattr_init(&mutexattr));
-  THROW_SRE_ONFAIL(pthread_mutexattr_settype(&mutexattr, kind));
-  THROW_SRE_ONFAIL(pthread_mutex_init(mutex, &mutexattr));
-  THROW_SRE_ONFAIL(pthread_mutexattr_destroy(&mutexattr));
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifdef PTHREAD_ADAPTIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP
-void Mutex::ADAPTIVE_INITIALIZER(void* arg) {
-  // From mysql source: mysys/my_thr_init.c
-  // Set mutex type to "fast" a.k.a "adaptive"
-  //
-  // In this case the thread may steal the mutex from some other thread
-  // that is waiting for the same mutex. This will save us some
-  // context switches but may cause a thread to 'starve forever' while
-  // waiting for the mutex (not likely if the code within the mutex is
-  // short).
-  init_with_kind((pthread_mutex_t*)arg, PTHREAD_MUTEX_ADAPTIVE_NP);
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifdef PTHREAD_ERRORCHECK_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP
-void Mutex::ERRORCHECK_INITIALIZER(void* arg) {
-  init_with_kind((pthread_mutex_t*)arg, PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK);
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifdef PTHREAD_RECURSIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP
-void Mutex::RECURSIVE_INITIALIZER(void* arg) {
-  init_with_kind((pthread_mutex_t*)arg, PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE_NP);
-}
-#endif
-
-/**
- * Implementation of ReadWriteMutex class using POSIX rw lock
- *
- * @version $Id:$
- */
-class ReadWriteMutex::impl {
-public:
-  impl() : initialized_(false) {
-#ifdef THRIFT_PTHREAD_MUTEX_CONTENTION_PROFILING
-    profileTime_ = 0;
-#endif
-    THROW_SRE_ONFAIL(pthread_rwlock_init(&rw_lock_, NULL));
-    initialized_ = true;
-  }
-
-  ~impl() {
-    if (initialized_) {
-      initialized_ = false;
-      ABORT_ONFAIL(pthread_rwlock_destroy(&rw_lock_));
-    }
-  }
-
-  void acquireRead() const {
-    PROFILE_MUTEX_START_LOCK();
-    THROW_SRE_ONFAIL(pthread_rwlock_rdlock(&rw_lock_));
-    PROFILE_MUTEX_NOT_LOCKED(); // not exclusive, so use not-locked path
-  }
-
-  void acquireWrite() const {
-    PROFILE_MUTEX_START_LOCK();
-    THROW_SRE_ONFAIL(pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&rw_lock_));
-    PROFILE_MUTEX_LOCKED();
-  }
-
-  bool attemptRead() const { THROW_SRE_TRYFAIL(pthread_rwlock_tryrdlock(&rw_lock_)); }
-
-  bool attemptWrite() const { THROW_SRE_TRYFAIL(pthread_rwlock_trywrlock(&rw_lock_)); }
-
-  void release() const {
-    PROFILE_MUTEX_START_UNLOCK();
-    THROW_SRE_ONFAIL(pthread_rwlock_unlock(&rw_lock_));
-    PROFILE_MUTEX_UNLOCKED();
-  }
-
-private:
-  mutable pthread_rwlock_t rw_lock_;
-  mutable bool initialized_;
-#ifdef THRIFT_PTHREAD_MUTEX_CONTENTION_PROFILING
-  mutable int64_t profileTime_;
-#endif
-};
-
-ReadWriteMutex::ReadWriteMutex() : impl_(new ReadWriteMutex::impl()) {
-}
-
-void ReadWriteMutex::acquireRead() const {
-  impl_->acquireRead();
-}
-
-void ReadWriteMutex::acquireWrite() const {
-  impl_->acquireWrite();
-}
-
-bool ReadWriteMutex::attemptRead() const {
-  return impl_->attemptRead();
-}
-
-bool ReadWriteMutex::attemptWrite() const {
-  return impl_->attemptWrite();
-}
-
-void ReadWriteMutex::release() const {
-  impl_->release();
-}
-
-NoStarveReadWriteMutex::NoStarveReadWriteMutex() : writerWaiting_(false) {
-}
-
-void NoStarveReadWriteMutex::acquireRead() const {
-  if (writerWaiting_) {
-    // writer is waiting, block on the writer's mutex until he's done with it
-    mutex_.lock();
-    mutex_.unlock();
-  }
-
-  ReadWriteMutex::acquireRead();
-}
-
-void NoStarveReadWriteMutex::acquireWrite() const {
-  // if we can acquire the rwlock the easy way, we're done
-  if (attemptWrite()) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // failed to get the rwlock, do it the hard way:
-  // locking the mutex and setting writerWaiting will cause all new readers to
-  // block on the mutex rather than on the rwlock.
-  mutex_.lock();
-  writerWaiting_ = true;
-  ReadWriteMutex::acquireWrite();
-  writerWaiting_ = false;
-  mutex_.unlock();
-}
 }
 }
 } // apache::thrift::concurrency
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/Mutex.h b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/Mutex.h
index a1f5396..123ae78 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/Mutex.h
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/Mutex.h
@@ -28,31 +28,6 @@
 namespace thrift {
 namespace concurrency {
 
-#ifndef THRIFT_NO_CONTENTION_PROFILING
-
-/**
- * Determines if the Thrift Mutex and ReadWriteMutex classes will attempt to
- * profile their blocking acquire methods. If this value is set to non-zero,
- * Thrift will attempt to invoke the callback once every profilingSampleRate
- * times.  However, as the sampling is not synchronized the rate is not
- * guranateed, and could be subject to big bursts and swings.  Please ensure
- * your sampling callback is as performant as your application requires.
- *
- * The callback will get called with the wait time taken to lock the mutex in
- * usec and a (void*) that uniquely identifies the Mutex (or ReadWriteMutex)
- * being locked.
- *
- * The enableMutexProfiling() function is unsynchronized; calling this function
- * while profiling is already enabled may result in race conditions.  On
- * architectures where a pointer assignment is atomic, this is safe but there
- * is no guarantee threads will agree on a single callback within any
- * particular time period.
- */
-typedef void (*MutexWaitCallback)(const void* id, int64_t waitTimeMicros);
-void enableMutexProfiling(int32_t profilingSampleRate, MutexWaitCallback callback);
-
-#endif
-
 /**
  * NOTE: All mutex implementations throw an exception on failure.  See each
  *       specific implementation to understand the exception type(s) used.
@@ -65,9 +40,7 @@
  */
 class Mutex {
 public:
-  typedef void (*Initializer)(void*);
-
-  Mutex(Initializer init = DEFAULT_INITIALIZER);
+  Mutex();
   virtual ~Mutex() {}
 
   virtual void lock() const;
@@ -77,57 +50,11 @@
 
   void* getUnderlyingImpl() const;
 
-  // If you attempt to use one of these and it fails to link, it means
-  // your version of pthreads does not support it - try another one.
-  static void ADAPTIVE_INITIALIZER(void*);
-  static void DEFAULT_INITIALIZER(void*);
-  static void ERRORCHECK_INITIALIZER(void*);
-  static void RECURSIVE_INITIALIZER(void*);
-
 private:
   class impl;
   std::shared_ptr<impl> impl_;
 };
 
-class ReadWriteMutex {
-public:
-  ReadWriteMutex();
-  virtual ~ReadWriteMutex() {}
-
-  // these get the lock and block until it is done successfully
-  virtual void acquireRead() const;
-  virtual void acquireWrite() const;
-
-  // these attempt to get the lock, returning false immediately if they fail
-  virtual bool attemptRead() const;
-  virtual bool attemptWrite() const;
-
-  // this releases both read and write locks
-  virtual void release() const;
-
-private:
-  class impl;
-  std::shared_ptr<impl> impl_;
-};
-
-/**
- * A ReadWriteMutex that guarantees writers will not be starved by readers:
- * When a writer attempts to acquire the mutex, all new readers will be
- * blocked from acquiring the mutex until the writer has acquired and
- * released it. In some operating systems, this may already be guaranteed
- * by a regular ReadWriteMutex.
- */
-class NoStarveReadWriteMutex : public ReadWriteMutex {
-public:
-  NoStarveReadWriteMutex();
-
-  virtual void acquireRead() const;
-  virtual void acquireWrite() const;
-
-private:
-  Mutex mutex_;
-  mutable volatile bool writerWaiting_;
-};
 
 class Guard : boost::noncopyable {
 public:
@@ -156,32 +83,6 @@
   const Mutex* mutex_;
 };
 
-// Can be used as second argument to RWGuard to make code more readable
-// as to whether we're doing acquireRead() or acquireWrite().
-enum RWGuardType { RW_READ = 0, RW_WRITE = 1 };
-
-class RWGuard : boost::noncopyable {
-public:
-  RWGuard(const ReadWriteMutex& value, bool write = false) : rw_mutex_(value) {
-    if (write) {
-      rw_mutex_.acquireWrite();
-    } else {
-      rw_mutex_.acquireRead();
-    }
-  }
-
-  RWGuard(const ReadWriteMutex& value, RWGuardType type) : rw_mutex_(value) {
-    if (type == RW_WRITE) {
-      rw_mutex_.acquireWrite();
-    } else {
-      rw_mutex_.acquireRead();
-    }
-  }
-  ~RWGuard() { rw_mutex_.release(); }
-
-private:
-  const ReadWriteMutex& rw_mutex_;
-};
 }
 }
 } // apache::thrift::concurrency
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/PosixThreadFactory.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/PosixThreadFactory.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c59269..0000000
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/PosixThreadFactory.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,335 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-#include <thrift/thrift-config.h>
-
-#include <thrift/concurrency/Exception.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/Monitor.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/PosixThreadFactory.h>
-
-#if GOOGLE_PERFTOOLS_REGISTER_THREAD
-#include <google/profiler.h>
-#endif
-
-#include <assert.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
-
-#include <iostream>
-
-#include <memory>
-
-namespace apache {
-namespace thrift {
-namespace concurrency {
-
-/**
- * The POSIX thread class.
- *
- * @version $Id:$
- */
-class PthreadThread : public Thread {
-public:
-  enum STATE { uninitialized, starting, started, stopping, stopped };
-
-  static const int MB = 1024 * 1024;
-
-  static void* threadMain(void* arg);
-
-private:
-  pthread_t pthread_;
-  Monitor monitor_;		// guard to protect state_ and also notification
-  STATE state_;         // to protect proper thread start behavior
-  int policy_;
-  int priority_;
-  int stackSize_;
-  std::weak_ptr<PthreadThread> self_;
-  bool detached_;
-
-public:
-  PthreadThread(int policy,
-                int priority,
-                int stackSize,
-                bool detached,
-                std::shared_ptr<Runnable> runnable)
-    :
-
-#ifndef _WIN32
-      pthread_(0),
-#endif // _WIN32
-      state_(uninitialized),
-      policy_(policy),
-      priority_(priority),
-      stackSize_(stackSize),
-      detached_(detached) {
-
-    this->Thread::runnable(runnable);
-  }
-
-  ~PthreadThread() {
-    /* Nothing references this thread, if is is not detached, do a join
-       now, otherwise the thread-id and, possibly, other resources will
-       be leaked. */
-    if (!detached_) {
-      try {
-        join();
-      } catch (...) {
-        // We're really hosed.
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  STATE getState() const
-  {
-    Synchronized sync(monitor_);
-    return state_;
-  }
-
-  void setState(STATE newState)
-  {
-    Synchronized sync(monitor_);
-    state_ = newState;
-
-    // unblock start() with the knowledge that the thread has actually
-    // started running, which avoids a race in detached threads.
-    if (newState == started) {
-	  monitor_.notify();
-    }
-  }
-
-  void start() {
-    if (getState() != uninitialized) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    pthread_attr_t thread_attr;
-    if (pthread_attr_init(&thread_attr) != 0) {
-      throw SystemResourceException("pthread_attr_init failed");
-    }
-
-    if (pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&thread_attr,
-                                    detached_ ? PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED : PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE)
-        != 0) {
-      throw SystemResourceException("pthread_attr_setdetachstate failed");
-    }
-
-    // Set thread stack size
-    if (pthread_attr_setstacksize(&thread_attr, MB * stackSize_) != 0) {
-      throw SystemResourceException("pthread_attr_setstacksize failed");
-    }
-
-// Set thread policy
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    // WIN32 Pthread implementation doesn't seem to support sheduling policies other then
-    // PosixThreadFactory::OTHER - runtime error
-    policy_ = PosixThreadFactory::OTHER;
-#endif
-
-#if _POSIX_THREAD_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING > 0
-    if (pthread_attr_setschedpolicy(&thread_attr, policy_) != 0) {
-      throw SystemResourceException("pthread_attr_setschedpolicy failed");
-    }
-#endif
-
-    struct sched_param sched_param;
-    sched_param.sched_priority = priority_;
-
-    // Set thread priority
-    if (pthread_attr_setschedparam(&thread_attr, &sched_param) != 0) {
-      throw SystemResourceException("pthread_attr_setschedparam failed");
-    }
-
-    // Create reference
-    std::shared_ptr<PthreadThread>* selfRef = new std::shared_ptr<PthreadThread>();
-    *selfRef = self_.lock();
-
-    setState(starting);
-
-	Synchronized sync(monitor_);
-	
-    if (pthread_create(&pthread_, &thread_attr, threadMain, (void*)selfRef) != 0) {
-      throw SystemResourceException("pthread_create failed");
-    }
-    
-    // The caller may not choose to guarantee the scope of the Runnable
-    // being used in the thread, so we must actually wait until the thread
-    // starts before we return.  If we do not wait, it would be possible
-    // for the caller to start destructing the Runnable and the Thread,
-    // and we would end up in a race.  This was identified with valgrind.
-    monitor_.wait();
-  }
-
-  void join() {
-    if (!detached_ && getState() != uninitialized) {
-      void* ignore;
-      /* XXX
-         If join fails it is most likely due to the fact
-         that the last reference was the thread itself and cannot
-         join.  This results in leaked threads and will eventually
-         cause the process to run out of thread resources.
-         We're beyond the point of throwing an exception.  Not clear how
-         best to handle this. */
-      int res = pthread_join(pthread_, &ignore);
-      detached_ = (res == 0);
-      if (res != 0) {
-        GlobalOutput.printf("PthreadThread::join(): fail with code %d", res);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  Thread::id_t getId() {
-
-#ifndef _WIN32
-    return (Thread::id_t)pthread_;
-#else
-    return (Thread::id_t)pthread_.p;
-#endif // _WIN32
-  }
-
-  std::shared_ptr<Runnable> runnable() const { return Thread::runnable(); }
-
-  void runnable(std::shared_ptr<Runnable> value) { Thread::runnable(value); }
-
-  void weakRef(std::shared_ptr<PthreadThread> self) {
-    assert(self.get() == this);
-    self_ = std::weak_ptr<PthreadThread>(self);
-  }
-};
-
-void* PthreadThread::threadMain(void* arg) {
-  std::shared_ptr<PthreadThread> thread = *(std::shared_ptr<PthreadThread>*)arg;
-  delete reinterpret_cast<std::shared_ptr<PthreadThread>*>(arg);
-
-#if GOOGLE_PERFTOOLS_REGISTER_THREAD
-  ProfilerRegisterThread();
-#endif
-
-  thread->setState(started);
-
-  thread->runnable()->run();
-
-  STATE _s = thread->getState();
-  if (_s != stopping && _s != stopped) {
-    thread->setState(stopping);
-  }
-
-  return (void*)0;
-}
-
-/**
- * Converts generic posix thread schedule policy enums into pthread
- * API values.
- */
-static int toPthreadPolicy(PosixThreadFactory::POLICY policy) {
-  switch (policy) {
-  case PosixThreadFactory::OTHER:
-    return SCHED_OTHER;
-  case PosixThreadFactory::FIFO:
-    return SCHED_FIFO;
-  case PosixThreadFactory::ROUND_ROBIN:
-    return SCHED_RR;
-  }
-  return SCHED_OTHER;
-}
-
-/**
- * Converts relative thread priorities to absolute value based on posix
- * thread scheduler policy
- *
- *  The idea is simply to divide up the priority range for the given policy
- * into the correpsonding relative priority level (lowest..highest) and
- * then pro-rate accordingly.
- */
-static int toPthreadPriority(PosixThreadFactory::POLICY policy, PosixThreadFactory::PRIORITY priority) {
-  int pthread_policy = toPthreadPolicy(policy);
-  int min_priority = 0;
-  int max_priority = 0;
-#ifdef HAVE_SCHED_GET_PRIORITY_MIN
-  min_priority = sched_get_priority_min(pthread_policy);
-#endif
-#ifdef HAVE_SCHED_GET_PRIORITY_MAX
-  max_priority = sched_get_priority_max(pthread_policy);
-#endif
-  int quanta = (PosixThreadFactory::HIGHEST - PosixThreadFactory::LOWEST) + 1;
-  float stepsperquanta = (float)(max_priority - min_priority) / quanta;
-
-  if (priority <= PosixThreadFactory::HIGHEST) {
-    return (int)(min_priority + stepsperquanta * priority);
-  } else {
-    // should never get here for priority increments.
-    assert(false);
-    return (int)(min_priority + stepsperquanta * PosixThreadFactory::NORMAL);
-  }
-}
-
-PosixThreadFactory::PosixThreadFactory(POLICY policy,
-                                       PRIORITY priority,
-                                       int stackSize,
-                                       bool detached)
-  : ThreadFactory(detached),
-    policy_(policy),
-    priority_(priority),
-    stackSize_(stackSize) {
-}
-
-PosixThreadFactory::PosixThreadFactory(bool detached)
-  : ThreadFactory(detached),
-    policy_(ROUND_ROBIN),
-    priority_(NORMAL),
-    stackSize_(1) {
-}
-
-std::shared_ptr<Thread> PosixThreadFactory::newThread(std::shared_ptr<Runnable> runnable) const {
-  std::shared_ptr<PthreadThread> result
-      = std::shared_ptr<PthreadThread>(new PthreadThread(toPthreadPolicy(policy_),
-                                                    toPthreadPriority(policy_, priority_),
-                                                    stackSize_,
-                                                    isDetached(),
-                                                    runnable));
-  result->weakRef(result);
-  runnable->thread(result);
-  return result;
-}
-
-int PosixThreadFactory::getStackSize() const {
-  return stackSize_;
-}
-
-void PosixThreadFactory::setStackSize(int value) {
-  stackSize_ = value;
-}
-
-PosixThreadFactory::PRIORITY PosixThreadFactory::getPriority() const {
-  return priority_;
-}
-
-void PosixThreadFactory::setPriority(PRIORITY value) {
-  priority_ = value;
-}
-
-Thread::id_t PosixThreadFactory::getCurrentThreadId() const {
-#ifndef _WIN32
-  return (Thread::id_t)pthread_self();
-#else
-  return (Thread::id_t)pthread_self().p;
-#endif // _WIN32
-}
-
-}
-}
-} // apache::thrift::concurrency
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/PosixThreadFactory.h b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/PosixThreadFactory.h
deleted file mode 100644
index cb3b17c..0000000
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/PosixThreadFactory.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,129 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-#ifndef _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_POSIXTHREADFACTORY_H_
-#define _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_POSIXTHREADFACTORY_H_ 1
-
-#include <thrift/concurrency/Thread.h>
-
-#include <memory>
-
-namespace apache {
-namespace thrift {
-namespace concurrency {
-
-/**
- * A thread factory to create posix threads
- *
- * @version $Id:$
- */
-class PosixThreadFactory : public ThreadFactory {
-
-public:
-  /**
-   * POSIX Thread scheduler policies
-   */
-  enum POLICY { OTHER, FIFO, ROUND_ROBIN };
-
-  /**
-   * POSIX Thread scheduler relative priorities,
-   *
-   * Absolute priority is determined by scheduler policy and OS. This
-   * enumeration specifies relative priorities such that one can specify a
-   * priority within a giving scheduler policy without knowing the absolute
-   * value of the priority.
-   */
-  enum PRIORITY {
-    LOWEST = 0,
-    LOWER = 1,
-    LOW = 2,
-    NORMAL = 3,
-    HIGH = 4,
-    HIGHER = 5,
-    HIGHEST = 6,
-    INCREMENT = 7,
-    DECREMENT = 8
-  };
-
-  /**
-   * Posix thread (pthread) factory.  All threads created by a factory are reference-counted
-   * via std::shared_ptr.  The factory guarantees that threads and the Runnable tasks 
-   * they host will be properly cleaned up once the last strong reference to both is
-   * given up.
-   *
-   * Threads are created with the specified policy, priority, stack-size and detachable-mode
-   * detached means the thread is free-running and will release all system resources the
-   * when it completes.  A detachable thread is not joinable.  The join method
-   * of a detachable thread will return immediately with no error.
-   *
-   * By default threads are not joinable.
-   */
-  PosixThreadFactory(POLICY policy = ROUND_ROBIN,
-                     PRIORITY priority = NORMAL,
-                     int stackSize = 1,
-                     bool detached = true);
-
-  /**
-   * Provide a constructor compatible with the other factories
-   * The default policy is POLICY::ROUND_ROBIN.
-   * The default priority is PRIORITY::NORMAL.
-   * The default stackSize is 1.
-   */
-  PosixThreadFactory(bool detached);
-
-  // From ThreadFactory;
-  std::shared_ptr<Thread> newThread(std::shared_ptr<Runnable> runnable) const;
-
-  // From ThreadFactory;
-  Thread::id_t getCurrentThreadId() const;
-
-  /**
-   * Gets stack size for newly created threads
-   *
-   * @return int size in megabytes
-   */
-  virtual int getStackSize() const;
-
-  /**
-   * Sets stack size for newly created threads
-   *
-   * @param value size in megabytes
-   */
-  virtual void setStackSize(int value);
-
-  /**
-   * Gets priority relative to current policy
-   */
-  virtual PRIORITY getPriority() const;
-
-  /**
-   * Sets priority relative to current policy
-   */
-  virtual void setPriority(PRIORITY priority);
-
-private:
-  POLICY policy_;
-  PRIORITY priority_;
-  int stackSize_;
-};
-}
-}
-} // apache::thrift::concurrency
-
-#endif // #ifndef _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_POSIXTHREADFACTORY_H_
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/StdMonitor.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/StdMonitor.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b3b209..0000000
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/StdMonitor.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,213 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-#include <thrift/thrift-config.h>
-
-#include <thrift/concurrency/Monitor.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/Exception.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/Util.h>
-#include <thrift/transport/PlatformSocket.h>
-#include <assert.h>
-
-#include <condition_variable>
-#include <chrono>
-#include <thread>
-#include <mutex>
-
-namespace apache {
-namespace thrift {
-namespace concurrency {
-
-/**
- * Monitor implementation using the std thread library
- *
- * @version $Id:$
- */
-class Monitor::Impl {
-
-public:
-  Impl() : ownedMutex_(new Mutex()), conditionVariable_(), mutex_(NULL) { init(ownedMutex_.get()); }
-
-  Impl(Mutex* mutex) : ownedMutex_(), conditionVariable_(), mutex_(NULL) { init(mutex); }
-
-  Impl(Monitor* monitor) : ownedMutex_(), conditionVariable_(), mutex_(NULL) {
-    init(&(monitor->mutex()));
-  }
-
-  Mutex& mutex() { return *mutex_; }
-  void lock() { mutex_->lock(); }
-  void unlock() { mutex_->unlock(); }
-
-  /**
-   * Exception-throwing version of waitForTimeRelative(), called simply
-   * wait(int64) for historical reasons.  Timeout is in milliseconds.
-   *
-   * If the condition occurs,  this function returns cleanly; on timeout or
-   * error an exception is thrown.
-   */
-  void wait(int64_t timeout_ms) {
-    int result = waitForTimeRelative(timeout_ms);
-    if (result == THRIFT_ETIMEDOUT) {
-      throw TimedOutException();
-    } else if (result != 0) {
-      throw TException("Monitor::wait() failed");
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Waits until the specified timeout in milliseconds for the condition to
-   * occur, or waits forever if timeout_ms == 0.
-   *
-   * Returns 0 if condition occurs, THRIFT_ETIMEDOUT on timeout, or an error code.
-   */
-  int waitForTimeRelative(int64_t timeout_ms) {
-    if (timeout_ms == 0LL) {
-      return waitForever();
-    }
-
-    assert(mutex_);
-    std::timed_mutex* mutexImpl = static_cast<std::timed_mutex*>(mutex_->getUnderlyingImpl());
-    assert(mutexImpl);
-
-    std::unique_lock<std::timed_mutex> lock(*mutexImpl, std::adopt_lock);
-    bool timedout = (conditionVariable_.wait_for(lock, std::chrono::milliseconds(timeout_ms))
-                     == std::cv_status::timeout);
-    lock.release();
-    return (timedout ? THRIFT_ETIMEDOUT : 0);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Waits until the absolute time specified using struct THRIFT_TIMESPEC.
-   * Returns 0 if condition occurs, THRIFT_ETIMEDOUT on timeout, or an error code.
-   */
-  int waitForTime(const THRIFT_TIMESPEC* abstime) {
-    struct timeval temp;
-    temp.tv_sec = static_cast<long>(abstime->tv_sec);
-    temp.tv_usec = static_cast<long>(abstime->tv_nsec) / 1000;
-    return waitForTime(&temp);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Waits until the absolute time specified using struct timeval.
-   * Returns 0 if condition occurs, THRIFT_ETIMEDOUT on timeout, or an error code.
-   */
-  int waitForTime(const struct timeval* abstime) {
-    assert(mutex_);
-    std::timed_mutex* mutexImpl = static_cast<std::timed_mutex*>(mutex_->getUnderlyingImpl());
-    assert(mutexImpl);
-
-    struct timeval currenttime;
-    Util::toTimeval(currenttime, Util::currentTime());
-
-    long tv_sec = static_cast<long>(abstime->tv_sec - currenttime.tv_sec);
-    long tv_usec = static_cast<long>(abstime->tv_usec - currenttime.tv_usec);
-    if (tv_sec < 0)
-      tv_sec = 0;
-    if (tv_usec < 0)
-      tv_usec = 0;
-
-    std::unique_lock<std::timed_mutex> lock(*mutexImpl, std::adopt_lock);
-    bool timedout = (conditionVariable_.wait_for(lock,
-                                                 std::chrono::seconds(tv_sec)
-                                                 + std::chrono::microseconds(tv_usec))
-                     == std::cv_status::timeout);
-    lock.release();
-    return (timedout ? THRIFT_ETIMEDOUT : 0);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Waits forever until the condition occurs.
-   * Returns 0 if condition occurs, or an error code otherwise.
-   */
-  int waitForever() {
-    assert(mutex_);
-    std::timed_mutex* mutexImpl = static_cast<std::timed_mutex*>(mutex_->getUnderlyingImpl());
-    assert(mutexImpl);
-
-    std::unique_lock<std::timed_mutex> lock(*mutexImpl, std::adopt_lock);
-    conditionVariable_.wait(lock);
-    lock.release();
-    return 0;
-  }
-
-  void notify() { conditionVariable_.notify_one(); }
-
-  void notifyAll() { conditionVariable_.notify_all(); }
-
-private:
-  void init(Mutex* mutex) { mutex_ = mutex; }
-
-  const std::unique_ptr<Mutex> ownedMutex_;
-  std::condition_variable_any conditionVariable_;
-  Mutex* mutex_;
-};
-
-Monitor::Monitor() : impl_(new Monitor::Impl()) {
-}
-Monitor::Monitor(Mutex* mutex) : impl_(new Monitor::Impl(mutex)) {
-}
-Monitor::Monitor(Monitor* monitor) : impl_(new Monitor::Impl(monitor)) {
-}
-
-Monitor::~Monitor() {
-  delete impl_;
-}
-
-Mutex& Monitor::mutex() const {
-  return const_cast<Monitor::Impl*>(impl_)->mutex();
-}
-
-void Monitor::lock() const {
-  const_cast<Monitor::Impl*>(impl_)->lock();
-}
-
-void Monitor::unlock() const {
-  const_cast<Monitor::Impl*>(impl_)->unlock();
-}
-
-void Monitor::wait(int64_t timeout) const {
-  const_cast<Monitor::Impl*>(impl_)->wait(timeout);
-}
-
-int Monitor::waitForTime(const THRIFT_TIMESPEC* abstime) const {
-  return const_cast<Monitor::Impl*>(impl_)->waitForTime(abstime);
-}
-
-int Monitor::waitForTime(const timeval* abstime) const {
-  return const_cast<Monitor::Impl*>(impl_)->waitForTime(abstime);
-}
-
-int Monitor::waitForTimeRelative(int64_t timeout_ms) const {
-  return const_cast<Monitor::Impl*>(impl_)->waitForTimeRelative(timeout_ms);
-}
-
-int Monitor::waitForever() const {
-  return const_cast<Monitor::Impl*>(impl_)->waitForever();
-}
-
-void Monitor::notify() const {
-  const_cast<Monitor::Impl*>(impl_)->notify();
-}
-
-void Monitor::notifyAll() const {
-  const_cast<Monitor::Impl*>(impl_)->notifyAll();
-}
-}
-}
-} // apache::thrift::concurrency
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/StdMutex.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/StdMutex.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index e0f79fa..0000000
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/StdMutex.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-#include <thrift/thrift-config.h>
-
-#include <thrift/concurrency/Mutex.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/Util.h>
-
-#include <cassert>
-#include <chrono>
-#include <mutex>
-
-namespace apache {
-namespace thrift {
-namespace concurrency {
-
-/**
- * Implementation of Mutex class using C++11 std::timed_mutex
- *
- * Methods throw std::system_error on error.
- *
- * @version $Id:$
- */
-class Mutex::impl : public std::timed_mutex {};
-
-Mutex::Mutex(Initializer init) : impl_(new Mutex::impl()) {
-  ((void)init);
-}
-
-void* Mutex::getUnderlyingImpl() const {
-  return impl_.get();
-}
-
-void Mutex::lock() const {
-  impl_->lock();
-}
-
-bool Mutex::trylock() const {
-  return impl_->try_lock();
-}
-
-bool Mutex::timedlock(int64_t ms) const {
-  return impl_->try_lock_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(ms));
-}
-
-void Mutex::unlock() const {
-  impl_->unlock();
-}
-
-void Mutex::DEFAULT_INITIALIZER(void* arg) {
-  ((void)arg);
-}
-}
-}
-} // apache::thrift::concurrency
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/StdThreadFactory.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/StdThreadFactory.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index c885f3a..0000000
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/StdThreadFactory.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,153 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-#include <thrift/thrift-config.h>
-
-#if USE_STD_THREAD
-
-#include <thrift/concurrency/Exception.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/Monitor.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/StdThreadFactory.h>
-#include <memory>
-
-#include <cassert>
-#include <thread>
-
-namespace apache {
-namespace thrift {
-namespace concurrency {
-
-/**
- * The C++11 thread class.
- *
- * Note that we use boost shared_ptr rather than std shared_ptrs here
- * because the Thread/Runnable classes use those and we don't want to
- * mix them.
- *
- * @version $Id:$
- */
-class StdThread : public Thread, public std::enable_shared_from_this<StdThread> {
-public:
-  enum STATE { uninitialized, starting, started, stopping, stopped };
-
-  static void threadMain(std::shared_ptr<StdThread> thread);
-
-private:
-  std::unique_ptr<std::thread> thread_;
-  Monitor monitor_;
-  STATE state_;
-  bool detached_;
-
-public:
-  StdThread(bool detached, std::shared_ptr<Runnable> runnable)
-    : state_(uninitialized), detached_(detached) {
-    this->Thread::runnable(runnable);
-  }
-
-  ~StdThread() {
-    if (!detached_ && thread_->joinable()) {
-      try {
-        join();
-      } catch (...) {
-        // We're really hosed.
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  STATE getState() const
-  {
-    Synchronized sync(monitor_);
-    return state_;
-  }
-
-  void setState(STATE newState)
-  {
-    Synchronized sync(monitor_);
-    state_ = newState;
-
-    // unblock start() with the knowledge that the thread has actually
-    // started running, which avoids a race in detached threads.
-    if (newState == started) {
-	  monitor_.notify();
-    }
-  }
-
-  void start() {
-    if (getState() != uninitialized) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    std::shared_ptr<StdThread> selfRef = shared_from_this();
-    setState(starting);
-
-    Synchronized sync(monitor_);
-    thread_ = std::unique_ptr<std::thread>(new std::thread(threadMain, selfRef));
-
-    if (detached_)
-      thread_->detach();
-    
-    // Wait for the thread to start and get far enough to grab everything
-    // that it needs from the calling context, thus absolving the caller
-    // from being required to hold on to runnable indefinitely.
-    monitor_.wait();
-  }
-
-  void join() {
-    if (!detached_ && state_ != uninitialized) {
-      thread_->join();
-    }
-  }
-
-  Thread::id_t getId() { return thread_.get() ? thread_->get_id() : std::thread::id(); }
-
-  std::shared_ptr<Runnable> runnable() const { return Thread::runnable(); }
-
-  void runnable(std::shared_ptr<Runnable> value) { Thread::runnable(value); }
-};
-
-void StdThread::threadMain(std::shared_ptr<StdThread> thread) {
-#if GOOGLE_PERFTOOLS_REGISTER_THREAD
-  ProfilerRegisterThread();
-#endif
-
-  thread->setState(started);
-  thread->runnable()->run();
-
-  if (thread->getState() != stopping && thread->getState() != stopped) {
-    thread->setState(stopping);
-  }
-}
-
-StdThreadFactory::StdThreadFactory(bool detached) : ThreadFactory(detached) {
-}
-
-std::shared_ptr<Thread> StdThreadFactory::newThread(std::shared_ptr<Runnable> runnable) const {
-  std::shared_ptr<StdThread> result = std::shared_ptr<StdThread>(new StdThread(isDetached(), runnable));
-  runnable->thread(result);
-  return result;
-}
-
-Thread::id_t StdThreadFactory::getCurrentThreadId() const {
-  return std::this_thread::get_id();
-}
-}
-}
-} // apache::thrift::concurrency
-
-#endif // USE_STD_THREAD
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/StdThreadFactory.h b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/StdThreadFactory.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e74046b..0000000
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/StdThreadFactory.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-#ifndef _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_STDTHREADFACTORY_H_
-#define _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_STDTHREADFACTORY_H_ 1
-
-#include <thrift/concurrency/Thread.h>
-
-#include <memory>
-
-namespace apache {
-namespace thrift {
-namespace concurrency {
-
-/**
- * A thread factory to create std::threads.
- *
- * @version $Id:$
- */
-class StdThreadFactory : public ThreadFactory {
-
-public:
-  /**
-   * Std thread factory.  All threads created by a factory are reference-counted
-   * via std::shared_ptr.  The factory guarantees that threads and the Runnable tasks
-   * they host will be properly cleaned up once the last strong reference
-   * to both is given up.
-   *
-   * By default threads are not joinable.
-   */
-
-  StdThreadFactory(bool detached = true);
-
-  // From ThreadFactory;
-  std::shared_ptr<Thread> newThread(std::shared_ptr<Runnable> runnable) const;
-
-  // From ThreadFactory;
-  Thread::id_t getCurrentThreadId() const;
-};
-
-}
-}
-} // apache::thrift::concurrency
-
-#endif // #ifndef _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_STDTHREADFACTORY_H_
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/Thread.cpp
similarity index 61%
copy from lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h
copy to lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/Thread.cpp
index 99b4403..a2bb127 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/Thread.cpp
@@ -17,32 +17,21 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-#ifndef _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_PLATFORMTHREADFACTORY_H_
-#define _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_PLATFORMTHREADFACTORY_H_ 1
-
-// clang-format off
-#include <thrift/thrift-config.h>
-#if USE_STD_THREAD
-#  include <thrift/concurrency/StdThreadFactory.h>
-#else
-#  include <thrift/concurrency/PosixThreadFactory.h>
-#endif
-// clang-format on
+#include <thrift/concurrency/Thread.h>
 
 namespace apache {
 namespace thrift {
 namespace concurrency {
 
-// clang-format off
-#if USE_STD_THREAD
-  typedef StdThreadFactory PlatformThreadFactory;
-#else
-  typedef PosixThreadFactory PlatformThreadFactory;
-#endif
-// clang-format on
+void Thread::threadMain(std::shared_ptr<Thread> thread) {
+  thread->setState(started);
+  thread->runnable()->run();
+
+  if (thread->getState() != stopping && thread->getState() != stopped) {
+    thread->setState(stopping);
+  }
+}
 
 }
 }
 } // apache::thrift::concurrency
-
-#endif // #ifndef _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_PLATFORMTHREADFACTORY_H_
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/Thread.h b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/Thread.h
index b2ea4e2..729d11a 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/Thread.h
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/Thread.h
@@ -22,16 +22,10 @@
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <memory>
+#include <thread>
 
 #include <thrift/thrift-config.h>
-
-#if USE_STD_THREAD
-#include <thread>
-#else
-#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H
-#include <pthread.h>
-#endif
-#endif
+#include <thrift/concurrency/Monitor.h>
 
 namespace apache {
 namespace thrift {
@@ -75,94 +69,106 @@
  *
  * @see apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory)
  */
-class Thread {
+class Thread final : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Thread> {
 
 public:
-#if USE_STD_THREAD
   typedef std::thread::id id_t;
 
+  enum STATE { uninitialized, starting, started, stopping, stopped };
+
+  static void threadMain(std::shared_ptr<Thread> thread);
+
   static inline bool is_current(id_t t) { return t == std::this_thread::get_id(); }
   static inline id_t get_current() { return std::this_thread::get_id(); }
-#else
-  typedef pthread_t id_t;
 
-  static inline bool is_current(id_t t) { return pthread_equal(pthread_self(), t); }
-  static inline id_t get_current() { return pthread_self(); }
-#endif
+  Thread(bool detached, std::shared_ptr<Runnable> runnable)
+    : state_(uninitialized), detached_(detached) {
+    this->_runnable = runnable;
+  }
 
-  virtual ~Thread(){};
+  ~Thread() {
+    if (!detached_ && thread_->joinable()) {
+      try {
+        join();
+      } catch (...) {
+        // We're really hosed.
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  STATE getState() const
+  {
+    Synchronized sync(monitor_);
+    return state_;
+  }
+
+  void setState(STATE newState)
+  {
+    Synchronized sync(monitor_);
+    state_ = newState;
+
+    // unblock start() with the knowledge that the thread has actually
+    // started running, which avoids a race in detached threads.
+    if (newState == started) {
+	  monitor_.notify();
+    }
+  }
 
   /**
    * Starts the thread. Does platform specific thread creation and
    * configuration then invokes the run method of the Runnable object bound
    * to this thread.
    */
-  virtual void start() = 0;
+  void start() {
+    if (getState() != uninitialized) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    std::shared_ptr<Thread> selfRef = shared_from_this();
+    setState(starting);
+
+    Synchronized sync(monitor_);
+    thread_ = std::unique_ptr<std::thread>(new std::thread(threadMain, selfRef));
+
+    if (detached_)
+      thread_->detach();
+    
+    // Wait for the thread to start and get far enough to grab everything
+    // that it needs from the calling context, thus absolving the caller
+    // from being required to hold on to runnable indefinitely.
+    monitor_.wait();
+  }
 
   /**
    * Join this thread. If this thread is joinable, the calling thread blocks
    * until this thread completes.  If the target thread is not joinable, then
    * nothing happens.
    */
-  virtual void join() = 0;
+  void join() {
+    if (!detached_ && state_ != uninitialized) {
+      thread_->join();
+    }
+  }
 
   /**
    * Gets the thread's platform-specific ID
    */
-  virtual id_t getId() = 0;
+  Thread::id_t getId() { return thread_.get() ? thread_->get_id() : std::thread::id(); }
 
   /**
    * Gets the runnable object this thread is hosting
    */
-  virtual std::shared_ptr<Runnable> runnable() const { return _runnable; }
-
-protected:
-  virtual void runnable(std::shared_ptr<Runnable> value) { _runnable = value; }
+  std::shared_ptr<Runnable> runnable() const { return _runnable; }
 
 private:
   std::shared_ptr<Runnable> _runnable;
-};
-
-/**
- * Factory to create platform-specific thread object and bind them to Runnable
- * object for execution
- */
-class ThreadFactory {
-protected:
-  ThreadFactory(bool detached) : detached_(detached) { }
-
-public:
-  virtual ~ThreadFactory() { }
-
-  /**
-   * Gets current detached mode
-   */
-  bool isDetached() const { return detached_; }
-
-  /**
-   * Sets the detached disposition of newly created threads.
-   */
-  void setDetached(bool detached) { detached_ = detached; }
-
-  /**
-   * Create a new thread.
-   */
-  virtual std::shared_ptr<Thread> newThread(std::shared_ptr<Runnable> runnable) const = 0;
-
-  /**
-   * Gets the current thread id or unknown_thread_id if the current thread is not a thrift thread
-   */
-  virtual Thread::id_t getCurrentThreadId() const = 0;
-
-  /**
-   * For code readability define the unknown/undefined thread id
-   */
-  static const Thread::id_t unknown_thread_id;
-
-private:
+  std::unique_ptr<std::thread> thread_;
+  Monitor monitor_;
+  STATE state_;
   bool detached_;
 };
 
+
 }
 }
 } // apache::thrift::concurrency
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.cpp
similarity index 64%
rename from lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h
rename to lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.cpp
index 99b4403..941b993 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.cpp
@@ -17,32 +17,24 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-#ifndef _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_PLATFORMTHREADFACTORY_H_
-#define _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_PLATFORMTHREADFACTORY_H_ 1
-
-// clang-format off
 #include <thrift/thrift-config.h>
-#if USE_STD_THREAD
-#  include <thrift/concurrency/StdThreadFactory.h>
-#else
-#  include <thrift/concurrency/PosixThreadFactory.h>
-#endif
-// clang-format on
+
+#include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.h>
+#include <memory>
 
 namespace apache {
 namespace thrift {
 namespace concurrency {
 
-// clang-format off
-#if USE_STD_THREAD
-  typedef StdThreadFactory PlatformThreadFactory;
-#else
-  typedef PosixThreadFactory PlatformThreadFactory;
-#endif
-// clang-format on
+std::shared_ptr<Thread> ThreadFactory::newThread(std::shared_ptr<Runnable> runnable) const {
+  std::shared_ptr<Thread> result = std::shared_ptr<Thread>(new Thread(isDetached(), runnable));
+  runnable->thread(result);
+  return result;
+}
 
+Thread::id_t ThreadFactory::getCurrentThreadId() const {
+  return std::this_thread::get_id();
+}
 }
 }
 } // apache::thrift::concurrency
-
-#endif // #ifndef _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_PLATFORMTHREADFACTORY_H_
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.h b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f317afc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.h
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_THREADFACTORY_H_
+#define _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_THREADFACTORY_H_ 1
+
+#include <thrift/concurrency/Thread.h>
+
+#include <memory>
+namespace apache {
+namespace thrift {
+namespace concurrency {
+
+/**
+ * Factory to create thread object and bind them to Runnable
+ * object for execution
+ */
+class ThreadFactory final {
+public:
+  /**
+   * All threads created by a factory are reference-counted
+   * via std::shared_ptr.  The factory guarantees that threads and the Runnable tasks
+   * they host will be properly cleaned up once the last strong reference
+   * to both is given up.
+   *
+   * By default threads are not joinable.
+   */
+  ThreadFactory(bool detached = true) : detached_(detached) { }
+
+  ~ThreadFactory() = default;
+
+  /**
+   * Gets current detached mode
+   */
+  bool isDetached() const { return detached_; }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the detached disposition of newly created threads.
+   */
+  void setDetached(bool detached) { detached_ = detached; }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a new thread.
+   */
+  std::shared_ptr<Thread> newThread(std::shared_ptr<Runnable> runnable) const;
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the current thread id or unknown_thread_id if the current thread is not a thrift thread
+   */
+  Thread::id_t getCurrentThreadId() const;
+
+  /**
+   * For code readability define the unknown/undefined thread id
+   */
+  static const Thread::id_t unknown_thread_id;
+
+private:
+  bool detached_;
+};
+
+}
+}
+} // apache::thrift::concurrency
+
+#endif // #ifndef _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_THREADFACTORY_H_
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/ThreadManager.h b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/ThreadManager.h
index 470fc0a..4b4b3d4 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/ThreadManager.h
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/ThreadManager.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include <memory>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/Thread.h>
+#include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.h>
 
 namespace apache {
 namespace thrift {
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/TimerManager.h b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/TimerManager.h
index ba79226..4d73b00 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/TimerManager.h
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/TimerManager.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Exception.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Monitor.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/Thread.h>
+#include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.h>
 
 #include <memory>
 #include <map>
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/server/TNonblockingServer.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/server/TNonblockingServer.cpp
index f16fce7..31ff2a9 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/server/TNonblockingServer.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/server/TNonblockingServer.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include <thrift/server/TNonblockingServer.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Exception.h>
 #include <thrift/transport/TSocket.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h>
+#include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.h>
 #include <thrift/transport/PlatformSocket.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -1118,12 +1118,7 @@
 
   // Launch all the secondary IO threads in separate threads
   if (ioThreads_.size() > 1) {
-    ioThreadFactory_.reset(new PlatformThreadFactory(
-#if !USE_STD_THREAD
-        PlatformThreadFactory::OTHER,  // scheduler
-        PlatformThreadFactory::NORMAL, // priority
-        1,                             // stack size (MB)
-#endif
+    ioThreadFactory_.reset(new ThreadFactory(
         false // detached
         ));
 
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/server/TNonblockingServer.h b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/server/TNonblockingServer.h
index e79c24f..2c2389c 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/server/TNonblockingServer.h
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/server/TNonblockingServer.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadManager.h>
 #include <climits>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Thread.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h>
+#include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Mutex.h>
 #include <stack>
 #include <vector>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 using apache::thrift::protocol::TProtocol;
 using apache::thrift::concurrency::Runnable;
 using apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadManager;
-using apache::thrift::concurrency::PlatformThreadFactory;
+using apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory;
 using apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory;
 using apache::thrift::concurrency::Thread;
 using apache::thrift::concurrency::Mutex;
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
   bool threadPoolProcessing_;
 
   // Factory to create the IO threads
-  std::shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory> ioThreadFactory_;
+  std::shared_ptr<ThreadFactory> ioThreadFactory_;
 
   // Vector of IOThread objects that will handle our IO
   std::vector<std::shared_ptr<TNonblockingIOThread> > ioThreads_;
@@ -386,9 +386,7 @@
 
   /**
    * Sets the number of IO threads used by this server. Can only be used before
-   * the call to serve() and has no effect afterwards.  We always use a
-   * PosixThreadFactory for the IO worker threads, because they must joinable
-   * for clean shutdown.
+   * the call to serve() and has no effect afterwards.
    */
   void setNumIOThreads(size_t numThreads) {
     numIOThreads_ = numThreads;
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/server/TThreadedServer.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/server/TThreadedServer.cpp
index 2264df7..ed2d80d 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/server/TThreadedServer.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/server/TThreadedServer.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <string>
 #include <memory>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h>
+#include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.h>
 #include <thrift/server/TThreadedServer.h>
 
 namespace apache {
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/server/TThreadedServer.h b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/server/TThreadedServer.h
index c5ccd03..9fc9d11 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/server/TThreadedServer.h
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/server/TThreadedServer.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <map>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Monitor.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h>
+#include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Thread.h>
 #include <thrift/server/TServerFramework.h>
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
       const std::shared_ptr<apache::thrift::protocol::TProtocolFactory>& protocolFactory,
       const std::shared_ptr<apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory>& threadFactory
       = std::shared_ptr<apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory>(
-          new apache::thrift::concurrency::PlatformThreadFactory(false)));
+          new apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory(false)));
 
   TThreadedServer(
       const std::shared_ptr<apache::thrift::TProcessor>& processor,
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
       const std::shared_ptr<apache::thrift::protocol::TProtocolFactory>& protocolFactory,
       const std::shared_ptr<apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory>& threadFactory
       = std::shared_ptr<apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory>(
-          new apache::thrift::concurrency::PlatformThreadFactory(false)));
+          new apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory(false)));
 
   TThreadedServer(
       const std::shared_ptr<apache::thrift::TProcessorFactory>& processorFactory,
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
       const std::shared_ptr<apache::thrift::protocol::TProtocolFactory>& outputProtocolFactory,
       const std::shared_ptr<apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory>& threadFactory
       = std::shared_ptr<apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory>(
-          new apache::thrift::concurrency::PlatformThreadFactory(false)));
+          new apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory(false)));
 
   TThreadedServer(
       const std::shared_ptr<apache::thrift::TProcessor>& processor,
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
       const std::shared_ptr<apache::thrift::protocol::TProtocolFactory>& outputProtocolFactory,
       const std::shared_ptr<apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory>& threadFactory
       = std::shared_ptr<apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory>(
-          new apache::thrift::concurrency::PlatformThreadFactory(false)));
+          new apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory(false)));
 
   virtual ~TThreadedServer();
 
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TFileTransport.h b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TFileTransport.h
index 6cc7bd2..ece271a 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TFileTransport.h
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TFileTransport.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Mutex.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Monitor.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h>
+#include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Thread.h>
 
 namespace apache {
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@
   static const uint32_t DEFAULT_WRITER_THREAD_SLEEP_TIME_US = 60 * 1000 * 1000;
 
   // writer thread
-  apache::thrift::concurrency::PlatformThreadFactory threadFactory_;
+  apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory threadFactory_;
   std::shared_ptr<apache::thrift::concurrency::Thread> writerThread_;
 
   // buffers to hold data before it is flushed. Each element of the buffer stores a msg that
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/windows/config.h b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/windows/config.h
index a5f4457..14a3f4f 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/windows/config.h
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/windows/config.h
@@ -28,11 +28,6 @@
 #error "This is a Windows header only"
 #endif
 
-// use std::thread in MSVC11 (2012) or newer and in MinGW
-#if (_MSC_VER >= 1700) || defined(__MINGW32__)
-#define USE_STD_THREAD 1
-#endif
-
 // Something that defines PRId64 is required to build
 #define HAVE_INTTYPES_H 1
 
diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/cpp/test/CMakeLists.txt
index b30ef17..8a8aada 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/cpp/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -84,11 +84,6 @@
     TServerTransportTest.cpp
 )
 
-if(NOT WITH_STDTHREADS AND NOT MSVC AND NOT MINGW)
-    list(APPEND UnitTest_SOURCES concurrency/MutexTest.cpp)
-    list(APPEND UnitTest_SOURCES concurrency/RWMutexStarveTest.cpp)
-endif()
-
 add_executable(UnitTests ${UnitTest_SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(UnitTests testgencpp ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
 LINK_AGAINST_THRIFT_LIBRARY(UnitTests thrift)
diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/Makefile.am b/lib/cpp/test/Makefile.am
index d645a65..5bb9eb7 100755
--- a/lib/cpp/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/cpp/test/Makefile.am
@@ -135,10 +135,6 @@
 	TServerTransportTest.cpp \
 	TTransportCheckThrow.h
 
-UnitTests_SOURCES += \
-  concurrency/MutexTest.cpp \
-  concurrency/RWMutexStarveTest.cpp
-
 UnitTests_LDADD = \
   libtestgencpp.la \
   $(BOOST_TEST_LDADD) \
diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/TNonblockingSSLServerTest.cpp b/lib/cpp/test/TNonblockingSSLServerTest.cpp
index 330380b..2111de8 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/test/TNonblockingSSLServerTest.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/test/TNonblockingSSLServerTest.cpp
@@ -218,12 +218,7 @@
     runner->userEventBase = userEventBase_;
 
     std::unique_ptr<apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory> threadFactory(
-        new apache::thrift::concurrency::PlatformThreadFactory(
-#if !USE_STD_THREAD
-            concurrency::PlatformThreadFactory::OTHER, concurrency::PlatformThreadFactory::NORMAL,
-            1,
-#endif
-            false));
+        new apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory(false));
     thread = threadFactory->newThread(runner);
     thread->start();
     runner->readyBarrier();
diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/TNonblockingServerTest.cpp b/lib/cpp/test/TNonblockingServerTest.cpp
index f0bb283..f2f5922 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/test/TNonblockingServerTest.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/test/TNonblockingServerTest.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 using apache::thrift::concurrency::Guard;
 using apache::thrift::concurrency::Monitor;
 using apache::thrift::concurrency::Mutex;
-using apache::thrift::concurrency::PlatformThreadFactory;
+using apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory;
 using apache::thrift::concurrency::Runnable;
 using apache::thrift::concurrency::Thread;
 using apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory;
@@ -147,12 +147,7 @@
     runner->userEventBase = userEventBase_;
 
     shared_ptr<ThreadFactory> threadFactory(
-        new PlatformThreadFactory(
-#if !USE_STD_THREAD
-            PlatformThreadFactory::OTHER, PlatformThreadFactory::NORMAL,
-            1,
-#endif
-            false));
+        new ThreadFactory(false));
     thread = threadFactory->newThread(runner);
     thread->start();
     runner->readyBarrier();
diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/TServerIntegrationTest.cpp b/lib/cpp/test/TServerIntegrationTest.cpp
index 7976c8b..a7680d8 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/test/TServerIntegrationTest.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/test/TServerIntegrationTest.cpp
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
                         TServerIntegrationProcessorFactoryTestFixture<TThreadPoolServer>) {
   pServer->getThreadManager()->threadFactory(
       shared_ptr<apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory>(
-          new apache::thrift::concurrency::PlatformThreadFactory));
+          new apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory));
   pServer->getThreadManager()->start();
 
   // thread factory has 4 threads as a default
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
                         TServerIntegrationProcessorTestFixture<TThreadPoolServer>) {
   pServer->getThreadManager()->threadFactory(
       shared_ptr<apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory>(
-          new apache::thrift::concurrency::PlatformThreadFactory));
+          new apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory));
   pServer->getThreadManager()->start();
 
   // thread factory has 4 threads as a default
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@
                         TServerIntegrationProcessorTestFixture<TThreadPoolServer>) {
   pServer->getThreadManager()->threadFactory(
       shared_ptr<apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory>(
-          new apache::thrift::concurrency::PlatformThreadFactory));
+          new apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory));
   pServer->getThreadManager()->start();
   pServer->setConcurrentClientLimit(4);
 
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@
                         TServerIntegrationProcessorTestFixture<TThreadPoolServer>) {
   pServer->getThreadManager()->threadFactory(
       shared_ptr<apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory>(
-          new apache::thrift::concurrency::PlatformThreadFactory));
+          new apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory));
   pServer->getThreadManager()->start();
 
   stress(10, boost::posix_time::seconds(3));
diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/TransportTest.cpp b/lib/cpp/test/TransportTest.cpp
index ce19544..3872071 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/test/TransportTest.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/test/TransportTest.cpp
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@
     apache::thrift::transport::TWinsockSingleton::create();
 #endif
 
-    apache::thrift::concurrency::PlatformThreadFactory factory;
+    apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory factory;
     factory.setDetached(false);
 
     alarmThread_ = factory.newThread(
diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/concurrency/MutexTest.cpp b/lib/cpp/test/concurrency/MutexTest.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 781ec1a..0000000
--- a/lib/cpp/test/concurrency/MutexTest.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,123 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-// This is linked into the UnitTests test executable
-
-#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
-
-#include "thrift/concurrency/Exception.h"
-#include "thrift/concurrency/Mutex.h"
-
-using boost::unit_test::test_suite;
-using boost::unit_test::framework::master_test_suite;
-
-using namespace apache::thrift::concurrency;
-
-struct LFAT
-{
-  LFAT()
-    : uut(Mutex::ERRORCHECK_INITIALIZER)
-  {
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(0, pthread_mutex_init(&mx, 0));
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(0, pthread_cond_init(&cv, 0));
-  }
-
-  Mutex uut;
-  pthread_mutex_t mx;
-  pthread_cond_t cv;
-};
-
-// Helper for testing mutex behavior when locked by another thread
-void * lockFromAnotherThread(void *ptr)
-{
-  struct LFAT *lfat = (LFAT *)ptr;
-  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL   (0, pthread_mutex_lock(&lfat->mx));           // synchronize with testing thread
-  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW( lfat->uut.lock());
-  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL   (0, pthread_cond_signal(&lfat->cv));          // tell testing thread we have locked the mutex
-  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL   (0, pthread_cond_wait(&lfat->cv, &lfat->mx)); // wait for testing thread to signal condition variable telling us to unlock
-  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW( lfat->uut.unlock());
-  return ptr;                                                       // testing thread should join to ensure completeness
-}
-
-BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(MutexTest)
-
-BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(happy_path)
-{
-  Mutex uut(Mutex::ERRORCHECK_INITIALIZER);                         // needed to test unlocking twice without undefined behavior
-
-  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW( uut.lock());
-  BOOST_CHECK_THROW   ( uut.lock(), SystemResourceException);       // EDEADLK (this thread owns it)
-  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW( uut.unlock());
-}
-
-BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(recursive_happy_path)
-{
-  Mutex uut(Mutex::RECURSIVE_INITIALIZER);
-
-  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW( uut.lock());
-  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW( uut.lock());
-  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW( uut.unlock());
-  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW( uut.lock());
-  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW( uut.lock());
-  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW( uut.unlock());
-  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW( uut.lock());
-  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW( uut.unlock());
-  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW( uut.unlock());
-  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW( uut.unlock());
-}
-
-BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(trylock)
-{
-  Mutex uut(Mutex::ADAPTIVE_INITIALIZER);   // just using another initializer for coverage
-
-  BOOST_CHECK         ( uut.trylock());
-  BOOST_CHECK         (!uut.trylock());
-  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW( uut.unlock());
-}
-
-BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(timedlock)
-{
-  pthread_t th;
-  struct LFAT lfat;
-
-  BOOST_CHECK         ( lfat.uut.timedlock(100));
-  BOOST_CHECK_THROW   ( lfat.uut.timedlock(100),
-                        SystemResourceException);                   // EDEADLK (current thread owns mutex - logic error)
-  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW( lfat.uut.unlock());
-
-  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL   (0, pthread_mutex_lock(&lfat.mx));            // synchronize with helper thread
-  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL   (0, pthread_create(&th, NULL,
-                            lockFromAnotherThread, &lfat));         // create helper thread
-  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL   (0, pthread_cond_wait(&lfat.cv, &lfat.mx));   // wait for helper thread to lock mutex
-
-  BOOST_CHECK         (!lfat.uut.timedlock(100));                   // false: another thread owns the lock
-
-  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL   (0, pthread_cond_signal(&lfat.cv));           // tell helper thread we are done
-  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL   (0, pthread_mutex_unlock(&lfat.mx));          // let helper thread clean up
-  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL   (0, pthread_join(th, 0));                     // wait for testing thread to unlock and be done
-}
-
-BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(underlying)
-{
-  Mutex uut;
-
-  BOOST_CHECK         ( uut.getUnderlyingImpl());
-}
-
-BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/concurrency/RWMutexStarveTest.cpp b/lib/cpp/test/concurrency/RWMutexStarveTest.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 985a230..0000000
--- a/lib/cpp/test/concurrency/RWMutexStarveTest.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,157 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-// This is linked into the UnitTests test executable
-
-#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
-
-#include "thrift/concurrency/Mutex.h"
-#include "thrift/concurrency/PosixThreadFactory.h"
-#include <memory>
-
-using std::shared_ptr;
-using boost::unit_test::test_suite;
-using boost::unit_test::framework::master_test_suite;
-
-using namespace apache::thrift::concurrency;
-
-class Locker : public Runnable {
-protected:
-  Locker(shared_ptr<ReadWriteMutex> rwlock, bool writer)
-    : rwlock_(rwlock), writer_(writer), started_(false), gotLock_(false), signaled_(false) {}
-
-public:
-  virtual void run() {
-    started_ = true;
-    if (writer_) {
-      rwlock_->acquireWrite();
-    } else {
-      rwlock_->acquireRead();
-    }
-    gotLock_ = true;
-    while (!signaled_) {
-      usleep(5000);
-    }
-    rwlock_->release();
-  }
-
-  bool started() const { return started_; }
-  bool gotLock() const { return gotLock_; }
-  void signal() { signaled_ = true; }
-
-protected:
-  shared_ptr<ReadWriteMutex> rwlock_;
-  bool writer_;
-  volatile bool started_;
-  volatile bool gotLock_;
-  volatile bool signaled_;
-};
-
-class Reader : public Locker {
-public:
-  Reader(shared_ptr<ReadWriteMutex> rwlock) : Locker(rwlock, false) {}
-};
-
-class Writer : public Locker {
-public:
-  Writer(shared_ptr<ReadWriteMutex> rwlock) : Locker(rwlock, true) {}
-};
-
-void test_starve(PosixThreadFactory::POLICY policy) {
-  // the man pages for pthread_wrlock_rdlock suggest that any OS guarantee about
-  // writer starvation may be influenced by the scheduling policy, so let's try
-  // all 3 policies to see if any of them work.
-  PosixThreadFactory factory(policy);
-  factory.setDetached(false);
-
-  shared_ptr<ReadWriteMutex> rwlock(new NoStarveReadWriteMutex());
-
-  shared_ptr<Reader> reader1(new Reader(rwlock));
-  shared_ptr<Reader> reader2(new Reader(rwlock));
-  shared_ptr<Writer> writer(new Writer(rwlock));
-
-  shared_ptr<Thread> treader1 = factory.newThread(reader1);
-  shared_ptr<Thread> treader2 = factory.newThread(reader2);
-  shared_ptr<Thread> twriter = factory.newThread(writer);
-
-  // launch a reader and make sure he has the lock
-  treader1->start();
-  while (!reader1->gotLock()) {
-    usleep(2000);
-  }
-
-  // launch a writer and make sure he's blocked on the lock
-  twriter->start();
-  while (!writer->started()) {
-    usleep(2000);
-  }
-  // tricky part... we can never be 100% sure that the writer is actually
-  // blocked on the lock, but we can pretty reasonably sure because we know
-  // he just executed the line immediately before getting the lock, and
-  // we'll wait a full second for him to get on it.
-  sleep(1);
-
-  // launch a second reader... if the RWMutex guarantees that writers won't
-  // starve, this reader should not be able to acquire the lock until the writer
-  // has acquired and released it.
-  treader2->start();
-  while (!reader2->started()) {
-    usleep(2000);
-  }
-  // again... can't be 100% sure the reader is waiting on (or has) the lock
-  // but we can be close.
-  sleep(1);
-
-  // tell reader 1 to let go of the lock
-  reader1->signal();
-
-  // wait for someone to get the lock
-  while (!reader2->gotLock() && !writer->gotLock()) {
-    usleep(2000);
-  }
-
-  // the test succeeded if the WRITER got the lock.
-  bool success = writer->gotLock();
-
-  // tell everyone we're done and wait for them to finish
-  reader2->signal();
-  writer->signal();
-  treader1->join();
-  treader2->join();
-  twriter->join();
-
-  // make sure it worked.
-  BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE(success, "writer is starving");
-}
-
-BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(RWMutexStarveTest)
-
-BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_starve_other) {
-  test_starve(PosixThreadFactory::OTHER);
-}
-
-BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_starve_rr) {
-  test_starve(PosixThreadFactory::ROUND_ROBIN);
-}
-
-BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_starve_fifo) {
-  test_starve(PosixThreadFactory::FIFO);
-}
-
-BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/concurrency/ThreadFactoryTests.h b/lib/cpp/test/concurrency/ThreadFactoryTests.h
index ba98502..8ab754c 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/test/concurrency/ThreadFactoryTests.h
+++ b/lib/cpp/test/concurrency/ThreadFactoryTests.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <thrift/thrift-config.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Thread.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h>
+#include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Monitor.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Mutex.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Util.h>
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 
   bool reapNThreads(int loop = 1, int count = 10) {
 
-    PlatformThreadFactory threadFactory = PlatformThreadFactory();
+    ThreadFactory threadFactory = ThreadFactory();
     shared_ptr<Monitor> monitor(new Monitor);
 
     for (int lix = 0; lix < loop; lix++) {
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
     shared_ptr<SynchStartTask> task
         = shared_ptr<SynchStartTask>(new SynchStartTask(monitor, state));
 
-    PlatformThreadFactory threadFactory = PlatformThreadFactory();
+    ThreadFactory threadFactory = ThreadFactory();
 
     shared_ptr<Thread> thread = threadFactory.newThread(task);
 
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
     Monitor& _mon;
   };
 
-  void foo(PlatformThreadFactory* tf) { (void)tf; }
+  void foo(ThreadFactory* tf) { (void)tf; }
 
   bool floodNTest(size_t loop = 1, size_t count = 100000) {
 
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
 	
     for (size_t lix = 0; lix < loop; lix++) {
 
-      PlatformThreadFactory threadFactory = PlatformThreadFactory();
+      ThreadFactory threadFactory = ThreadFactory();
       threadFactory.setDetached(true);
 
       for (size_t tix = 0; tix < count; tix++) {
diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/concurrency/ThreadManagerTests.h b/lib/cpp/test/concurrency/ThreadManagerTests.h
index d6c092d..b3a319a 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/test/concurrency/ThreadManagerTests.h
+++ b/lib/cpp/test/concurrency/ThreadManagerTests.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <thrift/thrift-config.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadManager.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h>
+#include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Monitor.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Util.h>
 
@@ -108,12 +108,9 @@
 
     shared_ptr<ThreadManager> threadManager = ThreadManager::newSimpleThreadManager(workerCount);
 
-    shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory> threadFactory
-        = shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory>(new PlatformThreadFactory(false));
+    shared_ptr<ThreadFactory> threadFactory
+        = shared_ptr<ThreadFactory>(new ThreadFactory(false));
 
-#if !USE_STD_THREAD
-    threadFactory->setPriority(PosixThreadFactory::HIGHEST);
-#endif
     threadManager->threadFactory(threadFactory);
 
     threadManager->start();
@@ -257,12 +254,9 @@
       shared_ptr<ThreadManager> threadManager
           = ThreadManager::newSimpleThreadManager(workerCount, pendingTaskMaxCount);
 
-      shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory> threadFactory
-          = shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory>(new PlatformThreadFactory());
+      shared_ptr<ThreadFactory> threadFactory
+          = shared_ptr<ThreadFactory>(new ThreadFactory());
 
-#if !USE_STD_THREAD
-      threadFactory->setPriority(PosixThreadFactory::HIGHEST);
-#endif
       threadManager->threadFactory(threadFactory);
 
       threadManager->start();
@@ -401,54 +395,15 @@
       return false;
     }
 
-#if !USE_STD_THREAD
-    // test once with a detached thread factory and once with a joinable thread factory
-
-    shared_ptr<PosixThreadFactory> threadFactory
-        = shared_ptr<PosixThreadFactory>(new PosixThreadFactory(false));
-
-    std::cout << "\t\t\tapiTest with joinable thread factory" << std::endl;
-    if (!apiTestWithThreadFactory(threadFactory)) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    threadFactory.reset(new PosixThreadFactory(true));
-    std::cout << "\t\t\tapiTest with detached thread factory" << std::endl;
-    return apiTestWithThreadFactory(threadFactory);
-#else
-    return apiTestWithThreadFactory(shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory>(new PlatformThreadFactory()));
-#endif
+    return apiTestWithThreadFactory(shared_ptr<ThreadFactory>(new ThreadFactory()));
 
   }
 
-  bool apiTestWithThreadFactory(shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory> threadFactory)
+  bool apiTestWithThreadFactory(shared_ptr<ThreadFactory> threadFactory)
   {
     shared_ptr<ThreadManager> threadManager = ThreadManager::newSimpleThreadManager(1);
     threadManager->threadFactory(threadFactory);
 
-#if !USE_STD_THREAD
-    threadFactory->setPriority(PosixThreadFactory::HIGHEST);
-
-    // verify we cannot change the thread factory to one with the opposite detached setting
-    shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory> threadFactory2
-        = shared_ptr<PosixThreadFactory>(new PlatformThreadFactory(
-          PosixThreadFactory::ROUND_ROBIN,
-          PosixThreadFactory::NORMAL,
-          1,
-          !threadFactory->isDetached()));
-    try {
-      threadManager->threadFactory(threadFactory2);
-      // if the call succeeded we changed the thread factory to one that had the opposite setting for "isDetached()".
-      // this is bad, because the thread manager checks with the thread factory to see if it should join threads
-      // as they are leaving - so the detached status of new threads cannot change while there are existing threads.
-      std::cerr << "\t\t\tShould not be able to change thread factory detached disposition" << std::endl;
-      return false;
-    }
-    catch (InvalidArgumentException& ex) {
-      /* expected */
-    }
-#endif
-
     std::cout << "\t\t\t\tstarting.. " << std::endl;
 
     threadManager->start();
diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/concurrency/TimerManagerTests.h b/lib/cpp/test/concurrency/TimerManagerTests.h
index 1c52c47..c15b14b 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/test/concurrency/TimerManagerTests.h
+++ b/lib/cpp/test/concurrency/TimerManagerTests.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <thrift/concurrency/TimerManager.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h>
+#include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Monitor.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Util.h>
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 
     {
       TimerManager timerManager;
-      timerManager.threadFactory(shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory>(new PlatformThreadFactory()));
+      timerManager.threadFactory(shared_ptr<ThreadFactory>(new ThreadFactory()));
       timerManager.start();
       if (timerManager.state() != TimerManager::STARTED) {
         std::cerr << "timerManager is not in the STARTED state, but should be" << std::endl;
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
    */
   bool test01(int64_t timeout = 1000LL) {
     TimerManager timerManager;
-    timerManager.threadFactory(shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory>(new PlatformThreadFactory()));
+    timerManager.threadFactory(shared_ptr<ThreadFactory>(new ThreadFactory()));
     timerManager.start();
     assert(timerManager.state() == TimerManager::STARTED);
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
    */
   bool test02(int64_t timeout = 1000LL) {
     TimerManager timerManager;
-    timerManager.threadFactory(shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory>(new PlatformThreadFactory()));
+    timerManager.threadFactory(shared_ptr<ThreadFactory>(new ThreadFactory()));
     timerManager.start();
     assert(timerManager.state() == TimerManager::STARTED);
 
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
    */
   bool test03(int64_t timeout = 1000LL) {
     TimerManager timerManager;
-    timerManager.threadFactory(shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory>(new PlatformThreadFactory()));
+    timerManager.threadFactory(shared_ptr<ThreadFactory>(new ThreadFactory()));
     timerManager.start();
     assert(timerManager.state() == TimerManager::STARTED);
 
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
    */
   bool test04(int64_t timeout = 1000LL) {
     TimerManager timerManager;
-    timerManager.threadFactory(shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory>(new PlatformThreadFactory()));
+    timerManager.threadFactory(shared_ptr<ThreadFactory>(new ThreadFactory()));
     timerManager.start();
     assert(timerManager.state() == TimerManager::STARTED);
 
diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/processor/ProcessorTest.cpp b/lib/cpp/test/processor/ProcessorTest.cpp
index 36ce013..9483a0e 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/test/processor/ProcessorTest.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/test/processor/ProcessorTest.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
 
-#include <thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h>
+#include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Monitor.h>
 #include <thrift/protocol/TBinaryProtocol.h>
 #include <thrift/server/TThreadedServer.h>
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
       const std::shared_ptr<TProtocolFactory>& protocolFactory) {
     std::shared_ptr<TServerSocket> socket(new TServerSocket(port));
 
-    std::shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory> threadFactory(new PlatformThreadFactory);
+    std::shared_ptr<ThreadFactory> threadFactory(new ThreadFactory);
     std::shared_ptr<ThreadManager> threadManager = ThreadManager::newSimpleThreadManager(8);
     threadManager->threadFactory(threadFactory);
     threadManager->start();
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
     }
 
     std::shared_ptr<TNonblockingServerSocket> socket(new TNonblockingServerSocket(port));
-    std::shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory> threadFactory(new PlatformThreadFactory);
+    std::shared_ptr<ThreadFactory> threadFactory(new ThreadFactory);
     std::shared_ptr<ThreadManager> threadManager = ThreadManager::newSimpleThreadManager(8);
     threadManager->threadFactory(threadFactory);
     threadManager->start();
diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/processor/ServerThread.cpp b/lib/cpp/test/processor/ServerThread.cpp
index 4d1ec4c..b050500 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/test/processor/ServerThread.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/test/processor/ServerThread.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 #include "ServerThread.h"
 
-#include <thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h>
+#include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadManager.h>
 #include <thrift/server/TThreadPoolServer.h>
 #include <thrift/transport/TBufferTransports.h>
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   helper_.reset(new Helper(this));
 
   // Start the other thread
-  concurrency::PlatformThreadFactory threadFactory;
+  concurrency::ThreadFactory threadFactory;
   threadFactory.setDetached(false);
   thread_ = threadFactory.newThread(helper_);
 
diff --git a/test/cpp/src/StressTest.cpp b/test/cpp/src/StressTest.cpp
index 585f89a..f4c281c 100644
--- a/test/cpp/src/StressTest.cpp
+++ b/test/cpp/src/StressTest.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadManager.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h>
+#include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Monitor.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Util.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Mutex.h>
@@ -390,8 +390,8 @@
     cerr << usage.str();
   }
 
-  std::shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory> threadFactory
-      = std::shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory>(new PlatformThreadFactory());
+  std::shared_ptr<ThreadFactory> threadFactory
+      = std::shared_ptr<ThreadFactory>(new ThreadFactory());
 
   // Dispatcher
   std::shared_ptr<Server> serviceHandler(new Server());
diff --git a/test/cpp/src/StressTestNonBlocking.cpp b/test/cpp/src/StressTestNonBlocking.cpp
index 1d3ed73..5f0b293 100644
--- a/test/cpp/src/StressTestNonBlocking.cpp
+++ b/test/cpp/src/StressTestNonBlocking.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadManager.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h>
+#include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Monitor.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Util.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Mutex.h>
@@ -343,8 +343,8 @@
     cerr << usage.str();
   }
 
-  std::shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory> threadFactory
-      = std::shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory>(new PlatformThreadFactory());
+  std::shared_ptr<ThreadFactory> threadFactory
+      = std::shared_ptr<ThreadFactory>(new ThreadFactory());
 
   // Dispatcher
   std::shared_ptr<Server> serviceHandler(new Server());
diff --git a/test/cpp/src/TestServer.cpp b/test/cpp/src/TestServer.cpp
index 6222017..4106628 100644
--- a/test/cpp/src/TestServer.cpp
+++ b/test/cpp/src/TestServer.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include <thrift/async/TAsyncBufferProcessor.h>
 #include <thrift/async/TAsyncProtocolProcessor.h>
 #include <thrift/async/TEvhttpServer.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h>
+#include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadManager.h>
 #include <thrift/processor/TMultiplexedProcessor.h>
 #include <thrift/protocol/TBinaryProtocol.h>
@@ -770,8 +770,8 @@
     server.reset(new TSimpleServer(testProcessor, serverSocket, transportFactory, protocolFactory));
   } else if (server_type == "thread-pool") {
 
-    std::shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory> threadFactory
-        = std::shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory>(new PlatformThreadFactory());
+    std::shared_ptr<ThreadFactory> threadFactory
+        = std::shared_ptr<ThreadFactory>(new ThreadFactory());
 
     std::shared_ptr<ThreadManager> threadManager = ThreadManager::newSimpleThreadManager(workers);
     threadManager->threadFactory(threadFactory);
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@
       server->setOutputProtocolFactory(std::shared_ptr<TProtocolFactory>());
     }
     
-    apache::thrift::concurrency::PlatformThreadFactory factory;
+    apache::thrift::concurrency::ThreadFactory factory;
     factory.setDetached(false);
     std::shared_ptr<apache::thrift::concurrency::Runnable> serverThreadRunner(server);
     std::shared_ptr<apache::thrift::concurrency::Thread> thread
diff --git a/test/threads/ThreadsClient.cpp b/test/threads/ThreadsClient.cpp
index 9306a3f..e8bd79e 100644
--- a/test/threads/ThreadsClient.cpp
+++ b/test/threads/ThreadsClient.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include <thrift/transport/TTransportUtils.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Monitor.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadManager.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h>
+#include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.h>
 #if _WIN32
    #include <thrift/windows/TWinsockSingleton.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/test/threads/ThreadsServer.cpp b/test/threads/ThreadsServer.cpp
index a267c3b..3811b60 100644
--- a/test/threads/ThreadsServer.cpp
+++ b/test/threads/ThreadsServer.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include <thrift/transport/TTransportUtils.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Monitor.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadManager.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h>
+#include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.h>
 #if _WIN32
    #include <thrift/windows/TWinsockSingleton.h>
 #endif
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@
   /*
   shared_ptr<ThreadManager> threadManager =
     ThreadManager::newSimpleThreadManager(10);
-  shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory> threadFactory =
-    shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory>(new PlatformThreadFactory());
+  shared_ptr<ThreadFactory> threadFactory =
+    shared_ptr<ThreadFactory>(new ThreadFactory());
   threadManager->threadFactory(threadFactory);
   threadManager->start();
 
diff --git a/tutorial/cpp/CppServer.cpp b/tutorial/cpp/CppServer.cpp
index f7379d5..3b5ce40 100644
--- a/tutorial/cpp/CppServer.cpp
+++ b/tutorial/cpp/CppServer.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadManager.h>
-#include <thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h>
+#include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadFactory.h>
 #include <thrift/protocol/TBinaryProtocol.h>
 #include <thrift/server/TSimpleServer.h>
 #include <thrift/server/TThreadPoolServer.h>
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
   std::shared_ptr<ThreadManager> threadManager =
     ThreadManager::newSimpleThreadManager(workerCount);
   threadManager->threadFactory(
-    std::make_shared<PlatformThreadFactory>());
+    std::make_shared<ThreadFactory>());
   threadManager->start();
 
   // This server allows "workerCount" connection at a time, and reuses threads