diff --git a/orte/mca/plm/base/plm_base_launch_support.c b/orte/mca/plm/base/plm_base_launch_support.c
index 4b57b3bd58..017e5c9a30 100644
--- a/orte/mca/plm/base/plm_base_launch_support.c
+++ b/orte/mca/plm/base/plm_base_launch_support.c
@@ -728,7 +728,9 @@ void orte_plm_base_daemon_callback(int status, orte_process_name_t* sender,
         }
         daemon->state = ORTE_PROC_STATE_RUNNING;
         daemon->rml_uri = rml_uri;
-        
+        /* record that this daemon is alive */
+        daemon->alive = true;
+
         /* unpack the node name */
         idx = 1;
         if (ORTE_SUCCESS != (rc = opal_dss.unpack(buffer, &nodename, &idx, OPAL_STRING))) {
@@ -1258,13 +1260,6 @@ int orte_plm_base_orted_append_basic_args(int *argc, char ***argv,
         }
     }
 
-    if (NULL != orte_selected_oob_component) {
-        /* ensure we all use the same OOB component */
-        opal_argv_append(argc, argv, "-mca");
-        opal_argv_append(argc, argv, "oob");
-        opal_argv_append(argc, argv, orte_selected_oob_component);
-    }
-
     /* pass along any cmd line MCA params provided to mpirun,
      * being sure to "purge" any that would cause problems
      * on backend nodes and ignoring all duplicates
diff --git a/orte/runtime/orte_globals.c b/orte/runtime/orte_globals.c
index cc53926d3d..4163087c3b 100644
--- a/orte/runtime/orte_globals.c
+++ b/orte/runtime/orte_globals.c
@@ -202,8 +202,6 @@ opal_byte_object_t orte_pidmap;
 /* user debugger */
 char *orte_base_user_debugger = NULL;
 
-char *orte_selected_oob_component = NULL;
-
 int orte_debug_output = -1;
 bool orte_debug_daemons_flag = false;
 bool orte_xml_output = false;
diff --git a/orte/runtime/orte_globals.h b/orte/runtime/orte_globals.h
index 43dd63718c..0c31fb3f47 100644
--- a/orte/runtime/orte_globals.h
+++ b/orte/runtime/orte_globals.h
@@ -730,9 +730,6 @@ ORTE_DECLSPEC extern bool orte_map_stddiag_to_stderr;
 /* maximum size of virtual machine - used to subdivide allocation */
 ORTE_DECLSPEC extern int orte_max_vm_size;
 
-/* record the selected oob component */
-ORTE_DECLSPEC extern char *orte_selected_oob_component;
-
 /* global nidmap/pidmap for daemons to give to apps */
 ORTE_DECLSPEC extern opal_byte_object_t orte_nidmap;
 ORTE_DECLSPEC extern opal_byte_object_t orte_pidmap;