diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3582dfd0..f9b70122 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -162,23 +162,6 @@ auto tp = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
      AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])],
     [AC_MSG_RESULT([no])])
 
-# Check that std::future is available.
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether std::future is available])
-AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
-[[
-#include <vector>
-#include <future>
-]],
-[[
-std::vector<std::future<int>> v;
-]])],
-    [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_STD_FUTURE], [1],
-               [Define to 1 if you have the `std::future`.])
-     have_std_future=yes
-     AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])],
-    [have_std_future=no
-     AC_MSG_RESULT([no])])
-
 AC_LANG_POP()
 
 # Checks for libraries.
@@ -369,7 +352,6 @@ if test "x${request_app}" = "xyes" &&
 fi
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_APP], [ test "x${enable_app}" = "xyes" ])
-AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_H2LOAD], [ test "x${have_std_future}" = "xyes" ])
 
 enable_hpack_tools=no
 # HPACK tools requires jansson
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 15dfd698..6d481330 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ nghttpd_SOURCES = ${HELPER_OBJECTS} ${HELPER_HFILES} nghttpd.cc \
 	ssl.cc ssl.h \
 	HttpServer.cc HttpServer.h
 
-if ENABLE_H2LOAD
-
 bin_PROGRAMS += h2load
 
 h2load_SOURCES = util.cc util.h libevent_util.cc libevent_util.h \
@@ -93,8 +91,6 @@ if HAVE_SPDYLAY
 h2load_SOURCES += h2load_spdy_session.cc h2load_spdy_session.h
 endif # HAVE_SPDYLAY
 
-endif # ENABLE_H2LOAD
-
 NGHTTPX_SRCS = \
 	util.cc util.h http2.cc http2.h timegm.c timegm.h base64.h \
 	libevent_util.cc libevent_util.h \
diff --git a/src/h2load.cc b/src/h2load.cc
index c11fcd4f..f60ffeaf 100644
--- a/src/h2load.cc
+++ b/src/h2load.cc
@@ -577,15 +577,6 @@ std::string get_reqline(const char *uri, const http_parser_url& u)
 }
 } // namespace
 
-namespace {
-Stats run(std::unique_ptr<Worker> worker)
-{
-  worker->run();
-
-  return worker->stats;
-}
-} // namespace
-
 namespace {
 int client_select_next_proto_cb(SSL* ssl,
                                 unsigned char **out, unsigned char *outlen,
@@ -931,10 +922,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
   std::cout << "starting benchmark..." << std::endl;
 
-  std::vector<std::future<Stats>> futures;
   auto start = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
 
-  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Worker>> workers;
+#ifndef NOTHREADS
+  std::vector<std::future<Stats>> futures;
   for(size_t i = 0; i < config.nthreads - 1; ++i) {
     auto nreqs = nreqs_per_thread + (nreqs_rem-- > 0);
     auto nclients = nclients_per_thread + (nclients_rem-- > 0);
@@ -944,8 +935,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
               << std::endl;
     auto worker = util::make_unique<Worker>(i, ssl_ctx, nreqs, nclients,
                                             &config);
-    futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, run, std::move(worker)));
+    futures.push_back
+      (std::async(std::launch::async,
+                  [](std::unique_ptr<Worker> worker)
+                  {
+                    worker->run();
+
+                    return worker->stats;
+                  }, std::move(worker)));
   }
+#endif // NOTHREADS
+
   auto nreqs_last = nreqs_per_thread + (nreqs_rem-- > 0);
   auto nclients_last = nclients_per_thread + (nclients_rem-- > 0);
   std::cout << "spawning thread #" << (config.nthreads - 1) << ": "
@@ -956,6 +956,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                 &config);
   worker.run();
 
+#ifndef NOTHREADS
   for(auto& fut : futures) {
     auto stats = fut.get();
 
@@ -973,6 +974,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
       worker.stats.status[i] += stats.status[i];
     }
   }
+#endif // NOTHREADS
 
   auto end = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
   auto duration =