diff --git a/glslang/Include/InitializeGlobals.h b/glslang/Include/InitializeGlobals.h
index 95d0a40e..b7fdd7aa 100644
--- a/glslang/Include/InitializeGlobals.h
+++ b/glslang/Include/InitializeGlobals.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 namespace glslang {
 
-bool InitializePoolIndex();
+inline bool InitializePoolIndex() { return true; } // DEPRECATED: No need to call
 
 } // end namespace glslang
 
diff --git a/glslang/MachineIndependent/PoolAlloc.cpp b/glslang/MachineIndependent/PoolAlloc.cpp
index 84c40f4e..c269d7d8 100644
--- a/glslang/MachineIndependent/PoolAlloc.cpp
+++ b/glslang/MachineIndependent/PoolAlloc.cpp
@@ -35,34 +35,28 @@
 #include "../Include/Common.h"
 #include "../Include/PoolAlloc.h"
 
-#include "../Include/InitializeGlobals.h"
-#include "../OSDependent/osinclude.h"
-
 namespace glslang {
 
-// Process-wide TLS index
-OS_TLSIndex PoolIndex;
+namespace {
+thread_local TPoolAllocator* threadPoolAllocator = nullptr;
+
+TPoolAllocator* GetDefaultThreadPoolAllocator()
+{
+    thread_local TPoolAllocator defaultAllocator;
+    return &defaultAllocator;
+}
+} // anonymous namespace
 
 // Return the thread-specific current pool.
 TPoolAllocator& GetThreadPoolAllocator()
 {
-    return *static_cast<TPoolAllocator*>(OS_GetTLSValue(PoolIndex));
+    return *(threadPoolAllocator ? threadPoolAllocator : GetDefaultThreadPoolAllocator());
 }
 
 // Set the thread-specific current pool.
 void SetThreadPoolAllocator(TPoolAllocator* poolAllocator)
 {
-    OS_SetTLSValue(PoolIndex, poolAllocator);
-}
-
-// Process-wide set up of the TLS pool storage.
-bool InitializePoolIndex()
-{
-    // Allocate a TLS index.
-    if ((PoolIndex = OS_AllocTLSIndex()) == OS_INVALID_TLS_INDEX)
-        return false;
-
-    return true;
+    threadPoolAllocator = poolAllocator;
 }
 
 //