@@ -1468,36 +1468,21 @@
 /*
  * Hot-restart support
  */
 /* Initiate a hot-restart */
 static void appfs_hot_restart(void) {
+	APPFS_DEBUG("Asked to initiate hot restart");
+
 	appfs_tcl_ResetInterps();
 	appfs_get_path_info_cache_flush(-1, -1);
 
 	return;
 }
 
-/*
- * Terminate a thread and release resources
- */
-static void appfs_thread_exit(void) {
-	Tcl_Interp *interp;
-
-	pthread_exit(NULL);
-
-	interp = pthread_getspecific(interpKey);
-	if (interp != NULL) {
-		Tcl_DeleteInterp(interp);
-	}
-
-	return;
-}
-
 /*
  * Signal handler
  *         SIGHUP initiates a hot restart
- *         SIGUSR1 terminates the current thread
  */
 static void appfs_signal_handler(int sig) {
 	/* Do not handle signals until FUSE has been started */
 	if (!appfs_fuse_started) {
 		return;
@@ -1506,15 +1491,10 @@
 	/* Request to perform a "hot" restart */
 	if (sig == SIGHUP) {
 		appfs_hot_restart();
 	}
 
-	/* Request to terminate the current request/thread */
-	if (sig == SIGUSR1) {
-		appfs_thread_exit();
-	}
-
 	return;
 }
 
 /*
  * FUSE operations structure
@@ -1660,11 +1640,11 @@
 
 	/*
 	 * Add FUSE arguments which we always supply
 	 */
 	fuse_opt_parse(&args, NULL, NULL, appfs_fuse_opt_cb);
-	fuse_opt_add_arg(&args, "-odefault_permissions,fsname=appfs,subtype=appfsd,use_ino,kernel_cache,entry_timeout=0,attr_timeout=0,intr,big_writes,hard_remove");
+	fuse_opt_add_arg(&args, "-odefault_permissions,fsname=appfs,subtype=appfsd,use_ino,kernel_cache,entry_timeout=0,attr_timeout=0,big_writes,hard_remove");
 
 	if (getuid() == 0) {
 		fuse_opt_parse(&args, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 		fuse_opt_add_arg(&args, "-oallow_other");
 	}