diff --git a/lib/ExecutionEngine/Interpreter/Execution.cpp b/lib/ExecutionEngine/Interpreter/Execution.cpp
index 7dfeae0ab2e..bb3f64e626f 100644
--- a/lib/ExecutionEngine/Interpreter/Execution.cpp
+++ b/lib/ExecutionEngine/Interpreter/Execution.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 using namespace llvm;
 
 STATISTIC(NumDynamicInsts, "Number of dynamic instructions executed");
-static Interpreter *TheEE = 0;
 
 static cl::opt<bool> PrintVolatile("interpreter-print-volatile", cl::Hidden,
           cl::desc("make the interpreter print every volatile load and store"));
@@ -51,10 +50,6 @@ static void SetValue(Value *V, GenericValue Val, ExecutionContext &SF) {
   SF.Values[V] = Val;
 }
 
-void Interpreter::initializeExecutionEngine() {
-  TheEE = this;
-}
-
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 //                    Binary Instruction Implementations
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -815,7 +810,7 @@ GenericValue Interpreter::executeGEPOperation(Value *Ptr, gep_type_iterator I,
 
 void Interpreter::visitGetElementPtrInst(GetElementPtrInst &I) {
   ExecutionContext &SF = ECStack.back();
-  SetValue(&I, TheEE->executeGEPOperation(I.getPointerOperand(),
+  SetValue(&I, executeGEPOperation(I.getPointerOperand(),
                                    gep_type_begin(I), gep_type_end(I), SF), SF);
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/ExecutionEngine/Interpreter/Interpreter.h b/lib/ExecutionEngine/Interpreter/Interpreter.h
index 8a285ecb82c..6b13c90f667 100644
--- a/lib/ExecutionEngine/Interpreter/Interpreter.h
+++ b/lib/ExecutionEngine/Interpreter/Interpreter.h
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ private:  // Helper functions
 
   void *getPointerToFunction(Function *F) { return (void*)F; }
 
-  void initializeExecutionEngine();
+  void initializeExecutionEngine() { }
   void initializeExternalFunctions();
   GenericValue getConstantExprValue(ConstantExpr *CE, ExecutionContext &SF);
   GenericValue getOperandValue(Value *V, ExecutionContext &SF);