diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 124d807d8..d81a26e1b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -102,12 +102,6 @@ if (NOT LIBXML2_FOUND)
     MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find a usable libxml2 development environment!")
 endif()
 
-INCLUDE (FindJeMalloc.cmake)
-if (NOT JEMALLOC_FOUND)
-    message(NOTICE "jemalloc not found! Compiling with standard malloc")
-    SET(JEMALLOC_LIBRARIES "")
-endif()
-
 FIND_PROGRAM(AWK_EXECUTABLE awk DOC "path to the awk executable")
 if(NOT AWK_EXECUTABLE)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "awk not found!")
@@ -139,7 +133,7 @@ SET (ENGINE_LOCALDIR   "${INSTALL_ENGINE}/local")
 SET (ENGINE_MYSQLDIR   "${INSTALL_ENGINE}/mysql")
 SET (ENGINE_TOOLSDIR   "${INSTALL_ENGINE}/tools")
 
-SET (ENGINE_COMMON_LIBS     messageqcpp loggingcpp configcpp idbboot ${Boost_LIBRARIES} xml2 pthread rt ${JEMALLOC_LIBRARIES})
+SET (ENGINE_COMMON_LIBS     messageqcpp loggingcpp configcpp idbboot ${Boost_LIBRARIES} xml2 pthread rt)
 SET (ENGINE_OAM_LIBS        oamcpp alarmmanager)
 SET (ENGINE_BRM_LIBS        brm idbdatafile cacheutils rwlock ${ENGINE_OAM_LIBS} ${ENGINE_COMMON_LIBS})
 SET (ENGINE_EXEC_LIBS       joblist execplan windowfunction joiner rowgroup funcexp udfsdk dataconvert common compress mysqlcl_idb querystats querytele thrift threadpool ${ENGINE_BRM_LIBS})
diff --git a/FindJeMalloc.cmake b/FindJeMalloc.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index c97bb1b9f..000000000
--- a/FindJeMalloc.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-# - Try to find jemalloc headers and libraries.
-#
-# Usage of this module as follows:
-#
-#     find_package(JeMalloc)
-#
-# Variables used by this module, they can change the default behaviour and need
-# to be set before calling find_package:
-#
-#  JEMALLOC_ROOT_DIR Set this variable to the root installation of
-#                    jemalloc if the module has problems finding
-#                    the proper installation path.
-#
-# Variables defined by this module:
-#
-#  JEMALLOC_FOUND             System has jemalloc libs/headers
-#  JEMALLOC_LIBRARIES         The jemalloc library/libraries
-#  JEMALLOC_INCLUDE_DIR       The location of jemalloc headers
-
-find_path(JEMALLOC_ROOT_DIR
-    NAMES include/jemalloc/jemalloc.h
-)
-
-find_library(JEMALLOC_LIBRARIES
-    NAMES jemalloc
-    HINTS ${JEMALLOC_ROOT_DIR}/lib
-)
-
-find_path(JEMALLOC_INCLUDE_DIR
-    NAMES jemalloc/jemalloc.h
-    HINTS ${JEMALLOC_ROOT_DIR}/include
-)
-
-include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-find_package_handle_standard_args(JeMalloc DEFAULT_MSG
-    JEMALLOC_LIBRARIES
-    JEMALLOC_INCLUDE_DIR
-)
-
-mark_as_advanced(
-    JEMALLOC_ROOT_DIR
-    JEMALLOC_LIBRARIES
-    JEMALLOC_INCLUDE_DIR
-)
diff --git a/build/infinidb.spec.in b/build/infinidb.spec.in
index 2531044a0..20a44e834 100644
--- a/build/infinidb.spec.in
+++ b/build/infinidb.spec.in
@@ -336,7 +336,6 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT $RPM_BUILD_DIR/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}
 /usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/libmysqlcl_idb.so.1.0.0
 /usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/libquerystats.so.1.0.0
 /usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/libwriteengineredistribute.so.1.0.0
-/usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/libjemalloc.so.3.3.0
 /usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/libidbdatafile.so.1.0.0
 /usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/hdfs-20.so
 /usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/hdfs-12.so
diff --git a/build/infinidb.spec.in.4.5 b/build/infinidb.spec.in.4.5
index b8145d580..966f2a73a 100755
--- a/build/infinidb.spec.in.4.5
+++ b/build/infinidb.spec.in.4.5
@@ -338,7 +338,6 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT $RPM_BUILD_DIR/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}
 /usr/local/Calpont/lib/libmysqlcl_idb.so.1.0.0
 /usr/local/Calpont/lib/libquerystats.so.1.0.0
 /usr/local/Calpont/lib/libwriteengineredistribute.so.1.0.0
-/usr/local/Calpont/lib/libjemalloc.so.3.3.0
 /usr/local/Calpont/lib/libidbdatafile.so.1.0.0
 /usr/local/Calpont/lib/hdfs-20.so
 /usr/local/Calpont/lib/hdfs-12.so