diff --git a/library/bdwgc/src/lib.rs b/library/bdwgc/src/lib.rs
index 19f8b7a775a3e..2ef9f534d1e99 100644
--- a/library/bdwgc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/library/bdwgc/src/lib.rs
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
     pub fn GC_init();
 
+    pub fn GC_set_markers_count(count: usize);
+
     pub fn GC_set_warn_proc(level: *mut u8);
 
     pub fn GC_tls_rootset() -> *mut u8;
diff --git a/library/std/src/gc.rs b/library/std/src/gc.rs
index 4907adccadae0..2e8b81da63bdb 100644
--- a/library/std/src/gc.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/gc.rs
@@ -40,18 +40,15 @@
 use core::{
     alloc::{AllocError, Allocator, GlobalAlloc, Layout},
     any::Any,
-    cell::RefCell,
     cmp::{self, Ordering},
     fmt,
     hash::{Hash, Hasher},
     marker::{FinalizerSafe, PhantomData, Unsize},
-    mem::{transmute, MaybeUninit},
+    mem::MaybeUninit,
     ops::{CoerceUnsized, Deref, DispatchFromDyn, Receiver},
     ptr::{self, drop_in_place, null_mut, NonNull},
 };
 
-use crate::{sync::mpsc, sync::mpsc::Sender, thread};
-
 pub use core::gc::*;
 
 #[cfg(profile_gc)]
@@ -167,6 +164,7 @@ impl GcAllocator {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 pub fn init() {
+    unsafe { bdwgc::GC_set_markers_count(1) }
     unsafe { bdwgc::GC_init() }
 }
 
@@ -377,15 +375,11 @@ impl<T> Gc<T> {
         #[cfg(profile_gc)]
         FINALIZERS_REGISTERED.fetch_add(1, atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
 
-        // This function gets called by Boehm when an object becomes unreachable.
-        unsafe extern "C" fn finalizer<T>(object: *mut u8, _meta: *mut u8) {
+        unsafe extern "C" fn finalizer<T>(obj: *mut u8, _meta: *mut u8) {
             unsafe {
-                let cb = finalizer_callback::<T>;
-                let fo = FinalizableObj {
-                    callback: transmute(cb as unsafe extern "C" fn(*mut T)),
-                    object,
-                };
-                FINALIZER_QUEUE.with(|q| q.borrow().as_ref().unwrap().send(fo).unwrap());
+                drop_in_place(obj as *mut T);
+                #[cfg(profile_gc)]
+                FINALIZERS_COMPLETED.fetch_add(1, atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
             }
         }
 
@@ -399,6 +393,37 @@ impl<T> Gc<T> {
             )
         }
     }
+
+    #[unstable(feature = "gc", issue = "none")]
+    pub fn unregister_finalizer(&mut self) {
+        let ptr = self.ptr.as_ptr() as *mut GcBox<T> as *mut u8;
+        unsafe {
+            bdwgc::GC_register_finalizer(
+                ptr,
+                None,
+                ::core::ptr::null_mut(),
+                ::core::ptr::null_mut(),
+                ::core::ptr::null_mut(),
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(profile_gc)]
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct FinalizerInfo {
+    pub registered: u64,
+    pub completed: u64,
+}
+
+#[cfg(profile_gc)]
+impl FinalizerInfo {
+    pub fn finalizer_info() -> FinalizerInfo {
+        FinalizerInfo {
+            registered: FINALIZERS_REGISTERED.load(atomic::Ordering::Relaxed),
+            completed: FINALIZERS_COMPLETED.load(atomic::Ordering::Relaxed),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl Gc<dyn Any> {
@@ -755,53 +780,3 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> AsRef<T> for Gc<T> {
         &**self
     }
 }
-
-thread_local! {
-    pub static FINALIZER_QUEUE: RefCell<Option<FinalizerQueue>> = RefCell::new(None);
-}
-
-type FinalizerQueue = Sender<FinalizableObj>;
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct FinalizableObj {
-    callback: FinalizerCallback,
-    object: *mut u8,
-}
-
-unsafe impl Send for FinalizableObj {}
-
-pub(crate) fn init_finalization_thread() {
-    let (sender, receiver) = mpsc::channel();
-    FINALIZER_QUEUE.with(|q| *q.borrow_mut() = Some(sender));
-
-    thread::spawn(move || {
-        for finalisable in receiver.iter() {
-            unsafe { (finalisable.callback)(finalisable.object) };
-        }
-    });
-}
-
-unsafe extern "C" fn finalizer_callback<T>(obj: *mut T) {
-    unsafe { drop_in_place(obj as *mut T) };
-    #[cfg(profile_gc)]
-    FINALIZERS_COMPLETED.fetch_add(1, atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
-}
-
-type FinalizerCallback = unsafe extern "C" fn(data: *mut u8);
-
-#[cfg(profile_gc)]
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct FinalizerInfo {
-    pub registered: u64,
-    pub completed: u64,
-}
-
-#[cfg(profile_gc)]
-impl FinalizerInfo {
-    pub fn finalizer_info() -> FinalizerInfo {
-        FinalizerInfo {
-            registered: FINALIZERS_REGISTERED.load(atomic::Ordering::Relaxed),
-            completed: FINALIZERS_COMPLETED.load(atomic::Ordering::Relaxed),
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/library/std/src/rt.rs b/library/std/src/rt.rs
index 16bbf77717629..ea65829d6b0c1 100644
--- a/library/std/src/rt.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/rt.rs
@@ -112,8 +112,6 @@ unsafe fn init(argc: isize, argv: *const *const u8, sigpipe: u8) {
         // info about the stack bounds.
         let thread = Thread::new(Some(rtunwrap!(Ok, CString::new("main"))));
         thread_info::set(main_guard, thread);
-
-        crate::gc::init_finalization_thread();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/library/std/src/thread/mod.rs b/library/std/src/thread/mod.rs
index 388f972ccc0fa..59529ceb4d999 100644
--- a/library/std/src/thread/mod.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/thread/mod.rs
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ use crate::any::Any;
 use crate::cell::UnsafeCell;
 use crate::ffi::{CStr, CString};
 use crate::fmt;
-use crate::gc::FINALIZER_QUEUE;
 use crate::io;
 use crate::marker::PhantomData;
 use crate::mem::{self, forget};
@@ -513,16 +512,11 @@ impl Builder {
         }
 
         let f = MaybeDangling::new(f);
-
-        let fin_q_sender = FINALIZER_QUEUE.with(|q| q.borrow().clone());
-
         let main = move || {
             if let Some(name) = their_thread.cname() {
                 imp::Thread::set_name(name);
             }
 
-            FINALIZER_QUEUE.with(|q| *q.borrow_mut() = fin_q_sender);
-
             crate::io::set_output_capture(output_capture);
 
             // SAFETY: we constructed `f` initialized.
diff --git a/src/bdwgc b/src/bdwgc
index 10f5f847e9460..a601f2a49e199 160000
--- a/src/bdwgc
+++ b/src/bdwgc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 10f5f847e946011c6a689a4318605585855b9c01
+Subproject commit a601f2a49e1991007123a24520f6e6b00a79c7f3