--- a/src/event/ngx_event_posted.c
+++ b/src/event/ngx_event_posted.c
@@ -10,23 +10,18 @@
 #include <ngx_event.h>
 
 
-ngx_thread_volatile ngx_event_t  *ngx_posted_accept_events;
-ngx_thread_volatile ngx_event_t  *ngx_posted_events;
-
-#if (NGX_THREADS)
-ngx_mutex_t                      *ngx_posted_events_mutex;
-#endif
+ngx_event_t  *ngx_posted_accept_events;
+ngx_event_t  *ngx_posted_events;
 
 
 void
-ngx_event_process_posted(ngx_cycle_t *cycle,
-    ngx_thread_volatile ngx_event_t **posted)
+ngx_event_process_posted(ngx_cycle_t *cycle, ngx_event_t **posted)
 {
     ngx_event_t  *ev;
 
     for ( ;; ) {
 
-        ev = (ngx_event_t *) *posted;
+        ev = *posted;
 
         ngx_log_debug1(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_EVENT, cycle->log, 0,
                       "posted event %p", ev);
@@ -40,134 +35,3 @@ ngx_event_process_posted(ngx_cycle_t *cy
         ev->handler(ev);
     }
 }
-
-
-#if (NGX_THREADS) && !(NGX_WIN32)
-
-void
-ngx_wakeup_worker_thread(ngx_cycle_t *cycle)
-{
-    ngx_int_t     i;
-#if 0
-    ngx_uint_t    busy;
-    ngx_event_t  *ev;
-
-    busy = 1;
-
-    if (ngx_mutex_lock(ngx_posted_events_mutex) == NGX_ERROR) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    for (ev = (ngx_event_t *) ngx_posted_events; ev; ev = ev->next) {
-        if (*(ev->lock) == 0) {
-            busy = 0;
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    ngx_mutex_unlock(ngx_posted_events_mutex);
-
-    if (busy) {
-        return;
-    }
-#endif
-
-    for (i = 0; i < ngx_threads_n; i++) {
-        if (ngx_threads[i].state == NGX_THREAD_FREE) {
-            ngx_cond_signal(ngx_threads[i].cv);
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-
-ngx_int_t
-ngx_event_thread_process_posted(ngx_cycle_t *cycle)
-{
-    ngx_event_t  *ev;
-
-    for ( ;; ) {
-
-        ev = (ngx_event_t *) ngx_posted_events;
-
-        for ( ;; ) {
-
-            ngx_log_debug1(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_EVENT, cycle->log, 0,
-                          "posted event %p", ev);
-
-            if (ev == NULL) {
-                return NGX_OK;
-            }
-
-            if (ngx_trylock(ev->lock) == 0) {
-
-                ngx_log_debug1(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_EVENT, cycle->log, 0,
-                               "posted event %p is busy", ev);
-
-                ev = ev->next;
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            if (ev->lock != ev->own_lock) {
-                if (*(ev->own_lock)) {
-                    ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, cycle->log, 0,
-                             "the own lock of the posted event %p is busy", ev);
-                    ngx_unlock(ev->lock);
-                    ev = ev->next;
-                    continue;
-                }
-                *(ev->own_lock) = 1;
-            }
-
-            ngx_delete_posted_event(ev);
-
-            ev->locked = 1;
-
-            ev->ready |= ev->posted_ready;
-            ev->timedout |= ev->posted_timedout;
-            ev->pending_eof |= ev->posted_eof;
-#if (NGX_HAVE_KQUEUE)
-            ev->kq_errno |= ev->posted_errno;
-#endif
-            if (ev->posted_available) {
-                ev->available = ev->posted_available;
-            }
-
-            ev->posted_ready = 0;
-            ev->posted_timedout = 0;
-            ev->posted_eof = 0;
-#if (NGX_HAVE_KQUEUE)
-            ev->posted_errno = 0;
-#endif
-            ev->posted_available = 0;
-
-            ngx_mutex_unlock(ngx_posted_events_mutex);
-
-            ev->handler(ev);
-
-            ngx_mutex_lock(ngx_posted_events_mutex);
-
-            if (ev->locked) {
-                ngx_unlock(ev->lock);
-
-                if (ev->lock != ev->own_lock) {
-                    ngx_unlock(ev->own_lock);
-                }
-            }
-
-            ngx_log_debug1(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_EVENT, cycle->log, 0,
-                           "posted event %p is done", ev);
-
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#else
-
-void
-ngx_wakeup_worker_thread(ngx_cycle_t *cycle)
-{
-}
-
-#endif