diff --git a/INSTALL.rst b/INSTALL.rst
index e61af93..2588b99 100644
--- a/INSTALL.rst
+++ b/INSTALL.rst
@@ -42,20 +42,10 @@ Depending on which version of MySQL you have, you may have the option
 of using three different client libraries. To select the client library,
 edit the [options] section of site.cfg:
 
-    embedded
-        use embedded server library (libmysqld) if True; otherwise use
-	one of the client libraries (default).
-
-    threadsafe
-        thread-safe client library (libmysqlclient_r) if True (default);
-	otherwise use non-thread-safe (libmysqlclient). You should
-	always use the thread-safe library if you have the option;
-	otherwise you *may* have problems.
-
     static
         if True, try to link against a static library; otherwise link
-	against dynamic libraries (default). You may need static linking
-	to use the embedded server.
+        against dynamic libraries (default). You may need static linking
+        to use the embedded server.
         This option doesn't work for MySQL>5.6 since libmysqlclient
         requires libstdc++. If you want to use, add `-lstdc++` to
         mysql_config manually.
@@ -130,7 +120,7 @@ Debian GNU/Linux
 
 Packaged as `python-mysqldb`_::
 
-	# apt-get install python-mysqldb
+    # apt-get install python-mysqldb
 
 Or use Synaptic.
 
@@ -148,9 +138,9 @@ Gentoo Linux
 
 Packaged as `mysql-python`_. ::
 
-      # emerge sync
-      # emerge mysql-python
-      # emerge zmysqlda # if you use Zope
+    # emerge sync
+    # emerge mysql-python
+    # emerge zmysqlda # if you use Zope
 
 .. _`mysql-python`: https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/search?q=mysql-python
 
@@ -169,4 +159,3 @@ GPL or the original license based on Python 1.5.2's license.
 
 
 :Author: Andy Dustman <andy@dustman.net>
-:Revision: $Id$
diff --git a/_mysql.c b/_mysql.c
index 3ee26c8..430b149 100644
--- a/_mysql.c
+++ b/_mysql.c
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ typedef struct {
 
 extern PyTypeObject _mysql_ResultObject_Type;
 
-static int _mysql_server_init_done = 0;
-#define check_server_init(x) if (!_mysql_server_init_done) { if (mysql_server_init(0, NULL, NULL)) { _mysql_Exception(NULL); return x; } else { _mysql_server_init_done = 1;} }
 
 /* According to https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysql-options.html
    The MYSQL_OPT_READ_TIMEOUT appear in the version 5.1.12 */
@@ -107,14 +105,6 @@ _mysql_Exception(_mysql_ConnectionObject *c)
 	int merr;
 
 	if (!(t = PyTuple_New(2))) return NULL;
-	if (!_mysql_server_init_done) {
-		e = _mysql_InternalError;
-		PyTuple_SET_ITEM(t, 0, PyInt_FromLong(-1L));
-		PyTuple_SET_ITEM(t, 1, PyString_FromString("server not initialized"));
-		PyErr_SetObject(e, t);
-		Py_DECREF(t);
-		return NULL;
-	}
 	if (!(c->open)) {
 		/* GH-270: When connection is closed, accessing the c->connection
 		 * object may cause SEGV.
@@ -219,124 +209,6 @@ _mysql_Exception(_mysql_ConnectionObject *c)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static char _mysql_server_init__doc__[] =
-"Initialize embedded server. If this client is not linked against\n\
-the embedded server library, this function does nothing.\n\
-\n\
-args -- sequence of command-line arguments\n\
-groups -- sequence of groups to use in defaults files\n\
-";
-
-static PyObject *_mysql_server_init(
-	PyObject *self,
-	PyObject *args,
-	PyObject *kwargs) {
-	static char *kwlist[] = {"args", "groups", NULL};
-	char **cmd_args_c=NULL, **groups_c=NULL, *s;
-	int cmd_argc=0, i, groupc;
-	PyObject *cmd_args=NULL, *groups=NULL, *ret=NULL, *item;
-
-	if (_mysql_server_init_done) {
-		PyErr_SetString(_mysql_ProgrammingError,
-				"already initialized");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "|OO", kwlist,
-					 &cmd_args, &groups))
-		return NULL;
-
-	if (cmd_args) {
-		if (!PySequence_Check(cmd_args)) {
-			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
-					"args must be a sequence");
-			goto finish;
-		}
-		cmd_argc = PySequence_Size(cmd_args);
-		if (cmd_argc == -1) {
-			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
-					"args could not be sized");
-			goto finish;
-		}
-		cmd_args_c = (char **) PyMem_Malloc(cmd_argc*sizeof(char *));
-		for (i=0; i< cmd_argc; i++) {
-			item = PySequence_GetItem(cmd_args, i);
-#ifdef IS_PY3K
-			s = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(item);
-#else
-			s = PyString_AsString(item);
-#endif
-
-			Py_DECREF(item);
-			if (!s) {
-				PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
-						"args must contain strings");
-				goto finish;
-			}
-			cmd_args_c[i] = s;
-		}
-	}
-	if (groups) {
-		if (!PySequence_Check(groups)) {
-			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
-					"groups must be a sequence");
-			goto finish;
-		}
-		groupc = PySequence_Size(groups);
-		if (groupc == -1) {
-			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
-					"groups could not be sized");
-			goto finish;
-		}
-		groups_c = (char **) PyMem_Malloc((1+groupc)*sizeof(char *));
-		for (i=0; i< groupc; i++) {
-			item = PySequence_GetItem(groups, i);
-#ifdef IS_PY3K
-			s = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(item);
-#else
-			s = PyString_AsString(item);
-#endif
-			Py_DECREF(item);
-			if (!s) {
-				PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
-						"groups must contain strings");
-				goto finish;
-			}
-			groups_c[i] = s;
-		}
-		groups_c[groupc] = (char *)NULL;
-	}
-	/* even though this may block, don't give up the interpreter lock
-	   so that the server can't be initialized multiple times. */
-	if (mysql_server_init(cmd_argc, cmd_args_c, groups_c)) {
-		_mysql_Exception(NULL);
-		goto finish;
-	}
-	ret = Py_None;
-	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
-	_mysql_server_init_done = 1;
-  finish:
-	PyMem_Free(groups_c);
-	PyMem_Free(cmd_args_c);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static char _mysql_server_end__doc__[] =
-"Shut down embedded server. If not using an embedded server, this\n\
-does nothing.";
-
-static PyObject *_mysql_server_end(
-	PyObject *self,
-	PyObject *args) {
-	if (_mysql_server_init_done) {
-		mysql_server_end();
-		_mysql_server_init_done = 0;
-		Py_INCREF(Py_None);
-		return Py_None;
-	}
-	return _mysql_Exception(NULL);
-}
-
 static char _mysql_thread_safe__doc__[] =
 "Indicates whether the client is compiled as thread-safe.";
 
@@ -344,10 +216,7 @@ static PyObject *_mysql_thread_safe(
 	PyObject *self,
 	PyObject *noargs)
 {
-	PyObject *flag;
-	check_server_init(NULL);
-	if (!(flag=PyInt_FromLong((long)mysql_thread_safe()))) return NULL;
-	return flag;
+	return PyInt_FromLong((long)mysql_thread_safe());
 }
 
 static char _mysql_ResultObject__doc__[] =
@@ -530,7 +399,6 @@ _mysql_ConnectionObject_Initialize(
 
 	self->converter = NULL;
 	self->open = 0;
-	check_server_init(-1);
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs,
 #ifdef HAVE_MYSQL_OPT_TIMEOUTS
@@ -1029,7 +897,6 @@ _mysql_escape_string(
 	str = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize((char *) NULL, size*2+1);
 	if (!str) return PyErr_NoMemory();
 	out = PyBytes_AS_STRING(str);
-	check_server_init(NULL);
 
 	if (self && PyModule_Check((PyObject*)self))
 		self = NULL;
@@ -1090,7 +957,6 @@ _mysql_string_literal(
 		return PyErr_NoMemory();
 	}
 	out = PyBytes_AS_STRING(str);
-	check_server_init(NULL);
 	if (self && self->open) {
 #if MYSQL_VERSION_ID >= 50707 && !defined(MARIADB_BASE_VERSION) && !defined(MARIADB_VERSION_ID)
 		len = mysql_real_escape_string_quote(&(self->connection), out+1, in, size, '\'');
@@ -1715,7 +1581,6 @@ _mysql_get_client_info(
 	PyObject *self,
 	PyObject *noargs)
 {
-	check_server_init(NULL);
 	return PyString_FromString(mysql_get_client_info());
 }
 
@@ -2785,18 +2650,6 @@ _mysql_methods[] = {
 		METH_NOARGS,
 		_mysql_thread_safe__doc__
 	},
-	{
-		"server_init",
-		(PyCFunction)_mysql_server_init,
-		METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
-		_mysql_server_init__doc__
-	},
-	{
-		"server_end",
-		(PyCFunction)_mysql_server_end,
-		METH_VARARGS,
-		_mysql_server_end__doc__
-	},
 	{NULL, NULL} /* sentinel */
 };
 
diff --git a/doc/FAQ.rst b/doc/FAQ.rst
index 59c6b93..21e00b9 100644
--- a/doc/FAQ.rst
+++ b/doc/FAQ.rst
@@ -9,13 +9,6 @@
 Build Errors
 ------------
 
-  ld: fatal: library -lmysqlclient_r: not found
-
-mysqlclient_r is the thread-safe library. It's not available on
-all platforms, or all installations, apparently. You'll need to
-reconfigure site.cfg (in MySQLdb-1.2.1 and newer) to have
-threadsafe = False.
-
   mysql.h: No such file or directory
 
 This almost always mean you don't have development packages
diff --git a/doc/user_guide.rst b/doc/user_guide.rst
index 82efe69..d686b78 100644
--- a/doc/user_guide.rst
+++ b/doc/user_guide.rst
@@ -680,33 +680,6 @@ SSDictCursor
     Like ``SSCursor`` except it returns rows as dictionaries.
 
 
-Embedded Server
----------------
-
-Instead of connecting to a stand-alone server over the network,
-the embedded server support lets you run a full server right in
-your Python code or application server.
-
-If you have built MySQLdb with embedded server support, there
-are two additional functions you will need to make use of:
-
-  server_init(args, groups)
-    Initialize embedded server. If this client is not linked against
-    the embedded server library, this function does nothing.
-
-    args
-	sequence of command-line arguments
-    groups
-	sequence of groups to use in defaults files
-
-  server_end()
-    Shut down embedded server. If not using an embedded server, this
-    does nothing.
-
-See the MySQL documentation for more information on the embedded
-server.
-
-
 
 :Title: MySQLdb: a Python interface for MySQL
 :Author: Andy Dustman
diff --git a/setup_posix.py b/setup_posix.py
index aa4b260..7b86ec7 100644
--- a/setup_posix.py
+++ b/setup_posix.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import os, sys
 try:
     from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
 except ImportError:
-    # Probably running Python 3.x
     from configparser import ConfigParser as SafeConfigParser
 
 # This dequote() business is required for some older versions
@@ -15,27 +14,29 @@ def dequote(s):
         s = s[1:-1]
     return s
 
+_mysql_config_path = "mysql_config"
+
 def mysql_config(what):
     from os import popen
 
-    f = popen("%s --%s" % (mysql_config.path, what))
+    f = popen("%s --%s" % (_mysql_config_path, what))
     data = f.read().strip().split()
     ret = f.close()
     if ret:
         if ret/256:
             data = []
         if ret/256 > 1:
-            raise EnvironmentError("%s not found" % (mysql_config.path,))
+            raise EnvironmentError("%s not found" % (_mysql_config_path,))
     return data
-mysql_config.path = "mysql_config"
 
 def get_config():
     from setup_common import get_metadata_and_options, enabled, create_release_file
+    global _mysql_config_path
 
     metadata, options = get_metadata_and_options()
 
     if 'mysql_config' in options:
-        mysql_config.path = options['mysql_config']
+        _mysql_config_path = options['mysql_config']
 
     extra_objects = []
     static = enabled(options, 'static')
@@ -47,15 +48,7 @@ def get_config():
         static = True
         sys.argv.remove('--static')
 
-    if enabled(options, 'embedded'):
-        libs = mysql_config("libmysqld-libs")
-    elif enabled(options, 'threadsafe'):
-        libs = mysql_config("libs_r")
-        if not libs:
-            libs = mysql_config("libs")
-    else:
-        libs = mysql_config("libs")
-
+    libs = mysql_config("libs")
     library_dirs = [dequote(i[2:]) for i in libs if i.startswith('-L')]
     libraries = [dequote(i[2:]) for i in libs if i.startswith('-l')]
     extra_link_args = [x for x in libs if not x.startswith(('-l', '-L'))]
@@ -92,8 +85,6 @@ def get_config():
             libraries.remove(client)
 
     name = "mysqlclient"
-    if enabled(options, 'embedded'):
-        name = name + "-embedded"
     metadata['name'] = name
 
     define_macros = [
diff --git a/site.cfg b/site.cfg
index 8e2ab99..6b4596a 100644
--- a/site.cfg
+++ b/site.cfg
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 [options]
-# embedded: link against the embedded server library
-# threadsafe: use the threadsafe client
-# static: link against a static library (probably required for embedded)
-
-embedded = False
-threadsafe = True
+# static: link against a static library
 static = False
 
 # The path to mysql_config.