diff --git a/nailgun-server/src/main/java/com/martiansoftware/nailgun/NGServer.java b/nailgun-server/src/main/java/com/martiansoftware/nailgun/NGServer.java
index d4ed379f..0e69d3f8 100644
--- a/nailgun-server/src/main/java/com/martiansoftware/nailgun/NGServer.java
+++ b/nailgun-server/src/main/java/com/martiansoftware/nailgun/NGServer.java
@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@
  */
 public class NGServer implements Runnable {
 
-    /**
-     * Default size for thread pool
-     */
-    public static final int DEFAULT_SESSIONPOOLSIZE = 10;
-    
     /**
      * The address on which to listen, or null to listen on all local addresses
      */
@@ -129,11 +124,10 @@ public class NGServer implements Runnable {
      * @param addr the address at which to listen, or
      * <code>null</code> to bind to all local addresses
      * @param port the port on which to listen.
-     * @param sessionPoolSize the max number of idle sessions allowed by the
      * pool
      */
-    public NGServer(InetAddress addr, int port, int sessionPoolSize, int timeoutMillis) {
-        init(addr, port, sessionPoolSize, timeoutMillis);
+    public NGServer(InetAddress addr, int port, int timeoutMillis) {
+        init(addr, port, timeoutMillis);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -148,7 +142,7 @@ public NGServer(InetAddress addr, int port, int sessionPoolSize, int timeoutMill
      * @param port the port on which to listen.
      */
     public NGServer(InetAddress addr, int port) {
-        init(addr, port, DEFAULT_SESSIONPOOLSIZE, NGConstants.HEARTBEAT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS);
+        init(addr, port, NGConstants.HEARTBEAT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -159,7 +153,7 @@ public NGServer(InetAddress addr, int port) {
      * <code>NGServer</code> and start it.
      */
     public NGServer() {
-        init(null, NGConstants.DEFAULT_PORT, DEFAULT_SESSIONPOOLSIZE, NGConstants.HEARTBEAT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS);
+        init(null, NGConstants.DEFAULT_PORT, NGConstants.HEARTBEAT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -167,10 +161,9 @@ public NGServer() {
      *
      * @param addr the InetAddress to bind to
      * @param port the port on which to listen
-     * @param sessionPoolSize the max number of idle sessions allowed by the
      * pool
      */
-    private void init(InetAddress addr, int port, int sessionPoolSize, int timeoutMillis) {
+    private void init(InetAddress addr, int port, int timeoutMillis) {
         this.addr = addr;
         this.port = port;
 
@@ -178,7 +171,7 @@ private void init(InetAddress addr, int port, int sessionPoolSize, int timeoutMi
         allNailStats = new java.util.HashMap();
         // allow a maximum of 10 idle threads.  probably too high a number
         // and definitely should be configurable in the future
-        sessionPool = new NGSessionPool(this, sessionPoolSize);
+        sessionPool = new NGSessionPool(this);
         this.heartbeatTimeoutMillis = timeoutMillis;
     }
 
@@ -325,8 +318,6 @@ public void shutdown(boolean exitVM) {
         } catch (Throwable toDiscard) {
         }
 
-        sessionPool.shutdown();
-
         Class[] argTypes = new Class[1];
         argTypes[0] = NGServer.class;
         Object[] argValues = new Object[1];
@@ -495,7 +486,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws NumberFormatException, UnknownHost
             }
         }
 
-        NGServer server = new NGServer(serverAddress, port, DEFAULT_SESSIONPOOLSIZE, timeoutMillis);
+        NGServer server = new NGServer(serverAddress, port, timeoutMillis);
         Thread t = new Thread(server);
         t.setName("NGServer(" + serverAddress + ", " + port + ")");
         t.start();
diff --git a/nailgun-server/src/main/java/com/martiansoftware/nailgun/NGSessionPool.java b/nailgun-server/src/main/java/com/martiansoftware/nailgun/NGSessionPool.java
index 96120709..29adf477 100644
--- a/nailgun-server/src/main/java/com/martiansoftware/nailgun/NGSessionPool.java
+++ b/nailgun-server/src/main/java/com/martiansoftware/nailgun/NGSessionPool.java
@@ -19,41 +19,17 @@
 package com.martiansoftware.nailgun;
 
 /**
- * Provides NGSession pooling functionality.  One parameter, "maxIdle",
- * governs its behavior by setting the maximum number of idle NGSession
- * threads it will allow.  It creates a pool of size maxIdle - 1, because
- * one NGSession is kept "on deck" by the NGServer in order to eke out
- * a little extra responsiveness.
+ * Provides NGSession creation functionality.
  * 
  * @author <a href="http://www.martiansoftware.com/contact.html">Marty Lamb</a>
  */
 class NGSessionPool {
 
-	/**
-	 * number of sessions to store in the pool
-	 */
-	int poolSize = 0;
-
-	/**
-	 * the pool itself
-	 */
-	NGSession[] pool = null;
-	
-	/**
-	 * The number of sessions currently in the pool
-	 */
-	int poolEntries = 0;
-
 	/**
 	 * reference to server we're working for
 	 */
 	NGServer server = null;
 	
-	/**
-	 * have we been shut down?
-	 */
-	boolean done = false;
-	
 	/**
 	 * synchronization object
 	 */
@@ -63,14 +39,9 @@ class NGSessionPool {
 	 * Creates a new NGSessionRunner operating for the specified server, with
 	 * the specified number of threads
 	 * @param server the server to work for
-	 * @param poolsize the maximum number of idle threads to allow
 	 */
-	NGSessionPool(NGServer server, int poolsize) {
+	NGSessionPool(NGServer server) {
 		this.server = server;
-		this.poolSize = Math.min(0, poolsize);
-	
-		pool = new NGSession[poolSize];
-		poolEntries = 0;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -80,13 +51,8 @@ class NGSessionPool {
 	NGSession take() {
 		NGSession result;
 		synchronized(lock) {
-			if (poolEntries == 0) {
-				result = new NGSession(this, server);
-				result.start();
-			} else {
-				--poolEntries;
-				result = pool[poolEntries];
-			}
+			result = new NGSession(this, server);
+			result.start();
 		}
 		return (result);
 	}
@@ -97,28 +63,7 @@ NGSession take() {
 	 * @param session the NGSession to return to the pool
 	 */
 	void give(NGSession session) {
-            boolean shutdown = false;
-            synchronized(lock) {
-		if (done || poolEntries == poolSize) {
-                    shutdown = true;
-                } else {
-                    pool[poolEntries] = session;
-                    ++poolEntries;
-		}
-            }
-            if (shutdown) session.shutdown();
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Shuts down the pool.  Running nails are allowed to finish.
-	 */
-	void shutdown() {
-		done = true;
-		synchronized(lock) {
-			while (poolEntries > 0) {
-				take().shutdown();
-			}
-		}
+		session.shutdown();
 	}
 
 }