diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala
index 40f94b4210..34b26629af 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ private[akka] class ActorCell(
   }
 
   @inline
-  final def dispatcher: MessageDispatcher = system.dispatchers.lookup(props.dispatcher)
+  final val dispatcher: MessageDispatcher = system.dispatchers.lookup(props.dispatcher)
 
   /**
    * UntypedActorContext impl
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Dispatchers.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Dispatchers.scala
index 6450d82f19..aa1907b093 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Dispatchers.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Dispatchers.scala
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ class Dispatchers(val settings: ActorSystem.Settings, val prerequisites: Dispatc
 
   /**
    * Returns a dispatcher as specified in configuration, or if not defined it uses
-   * the default dispatcher.
+   * the default dispatcher. Please note that this method _may_ create and return a NEW dispatcher,
+   * _every_ call.
    */
   def lookup(id: String): MessageDispatcher = lookupConfigurator(id).dispatcher()
 
@@ -189,8 +190,7 @@ class BalancingDispatcherConfigurator(config: Config, prerequisites: DispatcherP
         config.getString("id"),
         config.getInt("throughput"),
         Duration(config.getNanoseconds("throughput-deadline-time"), TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS),
-        mailboxType,
-        threadPoolConfig.copy(corePoolSize = 1, maxPoolSize = 1),
+        mailboxType, threadPoolConfig,
         Duration(config.getMilliseconds("shutdown-timeout"), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS))).build
 
   /**
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ class PinnedDispatcherConfigurator(config: Config, prerequisites: DispatcherPrer
   override def dispatcher(): MessageDispatcher = configureThreadPool(config,
     threadPoolConfig ⇒
       new PinnedDispatcher(prerequisites, null, config.getString("name"), config.getString("id"), mailboxType,
-        Duration(config.getMilliseconds("shutdown-timeout"), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS), threadPoolConfig)).build
+        Duration(config.getMilliseconds("shutdown-timeout"), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS),
+        threadPoolConfig)).build
 
 }
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/PinnedDispatcher.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/PinnedDispatcher.scala
index afb6ed55c4..8e8f229c90 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/PinnedDispatcher.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/PinnedDispatcher.scala
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ class PinnedDispatcher(
   _id: String,
   _mailboxType: MailboxType,
   _shutdownTimeout: Duration,
-  _threadPoolConfig: ThreadPoolConfig = ThreadPoolConfig(allowCorePoolTimeout = true, corePoolSize = 1, maxPoolSize = 1))
+  _threadPoolConfig: ThreadPoolConfig = ThreadPoolConfig())
   extends Dispatcher(_prerequisites,
     _name,
     _id,
     Int.MaxValue,
     Duration.Zero,
     _mailboxType,
-    _threadPoolConfig,
+    _threadPoolConfig.copy(allowCorePoolTimeout = true, corePoolSize = 1, maxPoolSize = 1),
     _shutdownTimeout) {
 
   @volatile
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/ThreadPoolBuilder.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/ThreadPoolBuilder.scala
index 220c6e613a..77669cfd1a 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/ThreadPoolBuilder.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/ThreadPoolBuilder.scala
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ object ThreadPoolConfigDispatcherBuilder {
  */
 case class ThreadPoolConfigDispatcherBuilder(dispatcherFactory: (ThreadPoolConfig) ⇒ MessageDispatcher, config: ThreadPoolConfig) extends DispatcherBuilder {
   import ThreadPoolConfig._
-  def build = dispatcherFactory(config)
+  def build: MessageDispatcher = dispatcherFactory(config)
 
   def withNewThreadPoolWithCustomBlockingQueue(newQueueFactory: QueueFactory): ThreadPoolConfigDispatcherBuilder =
     this.copy(config = config.copy(queueFactory = newQueueFactory))
@@ -202,55 +202,4 @@ class SaneRejectedExecutionHandler extends RejectedExecutionHandler {
     if (threadPoolExecutor.isShutdown) throw new RejectedExecutionException("Shutdown")
     else runnable.run()
   }
-}
-
-/**
- * Commented out pending discussion with Doug Lea
- *
- * case class ForkJoinPoolConfig(targetParallelism: Int = Runtime.getRuntime.availableProcessors()) extends ExecutorServiceFactoryProvider {
- * final def createExecutorServiceFactory(name: String): ExecutorServiceFactory = new ExecutorServiceFactory {
- * def createExecutorService: ExecutorService = {
- * new ForkJoinPool(targetParallelism) with ExecutorService {
- * setAsyncMode(true)
- * setMaintainsParallelism(true)
- *
- * override final def execute(r: Runnable) {
- * r match {
- * case fjmbox: FJMailbox ⇒
- * //fjmbox.fjTask.reinitialize()
- * Thread.currentThread match {
- * case fjwt: ForkJoinWorkerThread if fjwt.getPool eq this ⇒
- * fjmbox.fjTask.fork() //We should do fjwt.pushTask(fjmbox.fjTask) but it's package protected
- * case _ ⇒ super.execute[Unit](fjmbox.fjTask)
- * }
- * case _ ⇒
- * super.execute(r)
- * }
- * }
- *
- * import java.util.{ Collection ⇒ JCollection }
- *
- * def invokeAny[T](callables: JCollection[_ <: Callable[T]]) =
- * throw new UnsupportedOperationException("invokeAny. NOT!")
- *
- * def invokeAny[T](callables: JCollection[_ <: Callable[T]], l: Long, timeUnit: TimeUnit) =
- * throw new UnsupportedOperationException("invokeAny. NOT!")
- *
- * def invokeAll[T](callables: JCollection[_ <: Callable[T]], l: Long, timeUnit: TimeUnit) =
- * throw new UnsupportedOperationException("invokeAny. NOT!")
- * }
- * }
- * }
- * }
- *
- * trait FJMailbox { self: Mailbox ⇒
- * final val fjTask = new ForkJoinTask[Unit] with Runnable {
- * private[this] var result: Unit = ()
- * final def getRawResult() = result
- * final def setRawResult(v: Unit) { result = v }
- * final def exec() = { self.run(); true }
- * final def run() { invoke() }
- * }
- * }
- *
- */
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Remote.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Remote.scala
index f76aa8e908..02d6d682b0 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Remote.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Remote.scala
@@ -6,17 +6,11 @@ package akka.remote
 
 import akka.actor._
 import akka.event._
-import akka.actor.Status._
 import akka.util._
 import akka.util.duration._
 import akka.util.Helpers._
-import akka.serialization.Compression.LZF
-import java.net.InetSocketAddress
-import com.eaio.uuid.UUID
-import akka.serialization.{ JavaSerializer, Serialization, Serializer, Compression, SerializationExtension }
-import akka.dispatch.{ Terminate, Dispatchers, Future, PinnedDispatcher, MessageDispatcher }
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS
+import akka.serialization.{ JavaSerializer, Serialization, SerializationExtension }
+import akka.dispatch.MessageDispatcher
 import akka.dispatch.SystemMessage
 import scala.annotation.tailrec
 import akka.remote.RemoteProtocol.{ ActorRefProtocol, AkkaRemoteProtocol, RemoteControlProtocol, RemoteMessageProtocol }