diff --git a/ompi/mca/btl/openib/btl_openib_component.c b/ompi/mca/btl/openib/btl_openib_component.c
index d1b211a14a..f7765a4029 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/btl/openib/btl_openib_component.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/btl/openib/btl_openib_component.c
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ const char *ibv_get_sysfs_path(void);
 #include "btl_openib_ip.h"
 #include "ompi/runtime/params.h"
 
-#include "opal/mca/memory/linux/malloc.h"
 /*
  * Local functions
  */
@@ -111,11 +110,6 @@ static int btl_openib_component_progress(void);
  * Local variables
  */
 static mca_btl_openib_device_t *receive_queues_device = NULL;
-static int btl_openib_use_memalign;
-typedef __malloc_ptr_t (*__malloc_hook_fn_t) __MALLOC_PMT ((size_t __size,
-                                        __const __malloc_ptr_t));
-__malloc_hook_fn_t __previous_malloc_hook = NULL;
-static int __btl_openib_malloc_hook_is_set = 0;
 mca_btl_openib_component_t mca_btl_openib_component = {
     {
         /* First, the mca_base_component_t struct containing meta information
@@ -172,39 +166,6 @@ static int btl_openib_component_register(void)
     return OMPI_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-
-/*This is a memory allocator hook. The purpose of this is to make
- * every malloc aligned since this speeds up IB HCA work.
- * There two basic cases here:
- * 1. Memory manager for Open MPI is enabled. Then memalign below will be
- * overridden by __memalign_hook which is set to opal_memory_linux_memalign_hook.
- * Thus, _malloc_hook is going to use opal_memory_linux_memalign_hook.
- * 2. No memory manager support. The memalign below is just regular glibc
- * memalign which will be called through __malloc_hook instead of malloc.
- * */
-static void *btl_openib_malloc_hook(size_t sz,  const __malloc_ptr_t caller)
-{
-    return memalign(btl_openib_use_memalign,sz);
-}
-
-/*Set the malloc hook and save the previous malloc
- *NOTE: no "malloc" calls must be done inside this particular hook,
- *otherwise we end up with infinite recursion. 
- * */
-static void set_openib_malloc_hook()
-{
-    __previous_malloc_hook = __malloc_hook;
-    __malloc_hook = btl_openib_malloc_hook;
-    __btl_openib_malloc_hook_is_set = 1;
-}
-/*Restore the initial malloc hook
- * This will be called only if __malloc_hook has been ever set up previously
- * */
-static void unset_openib_malloc_hook()
-{
-    __malloc_hook = __previous_malloc_hook;
-}
-
 /*
  *  Called by MCA framework to open the component
  */
@@ -218,19 +179,6 @@ static int btl_openib_component_open(void)
     OBJ_CONSTRUCT(lock, opal_mutex_t);
     OBJ_CONSTRUCT(srq_addr_table, opal_hash_table_t);
 #endif
-    mca_base_param_reg_int(&mca_btl_openib_component.super.btl_version,
-            "memalign", "[64 | 32 | 0] - Enable (64bit or 32bit)/Disable(0) memory alignment for all malloc calls if btl openib is used (default 32)",
-            false, false, 32, &btl_openib_use_memalign);
-
-    if (btl_openib_use_memalign == 32 || btl_openib_use_memalign == 64){
-        set_openib_malloc_hook();
-    }
-    else if (btl_openib_use_memalign != 0){
-        BTL_ERROR(("Wrong btl_openib_memalign parameter value: %i. Allowed values: 64, 32, 0. Default value (32) is used.", btl_openib_use_memalign));
-        btl_openib_use_memalign = 32;
-        set_openib_malloc_hook();
-    }
-
     /* initialize state */
     mca_btl_openib_component.ib_num_btls = 0;
     mca_btl_openib_component.openib_btls = NULL;
@@ -291,10 +239,6 @@ static int btl_openib_component_close(void)
     if (NULL != mca_btl_openib_component.default_recv_qps) {
         free(mca_btl_openib_component.default_recv_qps);
     }
-    
-    if (__btl_openib_malloc_hook_is_set){
-        unset_openib_malloc_hook();
-    }
     return rc;
 }