diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp
index 5abf6bbc10..b4bbb57133 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp
@@ -103,9 +103,7 @@ void Application::run()
 			LogPartition::setSeverity(lsDEBUG);
 	}
 
-	boost::thread auxThread(boost::bind(&boost::asio::io_service::run, &mAuxService));
-	auxThread.detach();
-
+	boost::thread(boost::bind(&boost::asio::io_service::run, &mAuxService)).detach();
 
 	if (!theConfig.RUN_STANDALONE)
 		mSNTPClient.init(theConfig.SNTP_SERVERS);
diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/HashedObject.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/HashedObject.cpp
index f59a186fe1..e7432ec727 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/HashedObject.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/HashedObject.cpp
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ bool HashedObjectStore::store(HashedObjectType type, uint32 index,
 		if (!mWritePending)
 		{
 			mWritePending = true;
-			boost::thread t(boost::bind(&HashedObjectStore::bulkWrite, this));
-			t.detach();
+			boost::thread(boost::bind(&HashedObjectStore::bulkWrite, this)).detach();
 		}
 	}
 //	else
diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/JobQueue.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/JobQueue.cpp
index 5abfbb81ac..508398b1fc 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/JobQueue.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/JobQueue.cpp
@@ -204,8 +204,7 @@ void JobQueue::setThreadCount(int c)
 	while (mThreadCount < c)
 	{
 		++mThreadCount;
-		boost::thread t(boost::bind(&JobQueue::threadEntry, this));
-		t.detach();
+		boost::thread(boost::bind(&JobQueue::threadEntry, this)).detach();
 	}
 	while (mThreadCount > c)
 	{
diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/Ledger.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/Ledger.cpp
index cd3bcd4698..7cad5e55b9 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/Ledger.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/Ledger.cpp
@@ -1167,9 +1167,8 @@ void Ledger::pendSave(bool fromConsensus)
 	if (!fromConsensus && !theApp->isNewFlag(getHash(), SF_SAVED))
 		return;
 
-	boost::thread thread(boost::bind(&Ledger::saveAcceptedLedger, shared_from_this(),
-		fromConsensus, theApp->getJobQueue().getLoadEvent(jtDISK)));
-	thread.detach();
+	boost::thread(boost::bind(&Ledger::saveAcceptedLedger, shared_from_this(),
+		fromConsensus, theApp->getJobQueue().getLoadEvent(jtDISK))).detach();
 
 	boost::recursive_mutex::scoped_lock sl(sPendingSaveLock);
 	++sPendingSaves;