diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index b900210f8..17fd0056d 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ Win32-MinGW            - ChibiOS/RT simulator and demo into a WIN32 process,
 - FIX: The API chSemWaitTimeout() was missing in the documentation.
 - CHANGE: Modified the chMtxUnlock() and chMtxUnlockS() APIs to return the
   pointer to the released mutex instead of void.
-- CHANGE: Now the chThdResume() asserts that the thread is in PRSUSPEND state
-  rather than test it.
+- CHANGE: Now the chThdResume() API asserts that the thread is in PRSUSPEND
+  state rather than test it.
 - CHANGE: Removed the CH_USE_TERMINATE, CH_USE_SLEEP, CH_USE_SUSPEND and
   CH_USE_RESUME configuration options in order to make the chconf.h file
   simpler. The related functions are very small and almost always required.
diff --git a/src/chmempools.c b/src/chmempools.c
index 04d97a1f4..52914b7c6 100644
--- a/src/chmempools.c
+++ b/src/chmempools.c
@@ -27,54 +27,36 @@
 #ifdef CH_USE_MEMPOOLS
 
 /**
- * Initializes a memory pool.
+ * Initializes an empty memory pool.
  * @param mp pointer to a \p MemoryPool structure
  * @param size the size of the objects contained in this memory pool
- * @param allow_growth if \p TRUE then the memory pool can allocate
- *                     more space from the heap when needed
- * @note The parameter \p allow_growth is ignored if the \p CH_USE_HEAP
- *       configuration option is not enabled.
  */
-void chPoolInit(MemoryPool *mp, size_t size, bool_t allow_growth) {
+void chPoolInit(MemoryPool *mp, size_t size) {
 
   chDbgAssert((mp != NULL) && (size >= sizeof(void *)),
               "chpools.c, chPoolFree()");
 
   mp->mp_next = NULL;
   mp->mp_object_size = size;
-#ifdef CH_USE_HEAP
-  mp->mp_grow = allow_growth;
-#endif /* CH_USE_HEAP */
 }
 
 /**
  * Allocates an object from a memory pool.
  * @param mp pointer to a \p MemoryPool structure
- * @return the pointer to the allocated object or \p NULL if the memory is
- *         exhausted
+ * @return the pointer to the allocated object or \p NULL if pool is empty
  */
 void *chPoolAlloc(MemoryPool *mp) {
-  void *p;
+  void *objp;
 
   chDbgAssert(mp != NULL, "chpools.c, chPoolAlloc()");
 
   chSysLock();
 
-  if (mp->mp_next == NULL) {
-#ifdef CH_USE_HEAP
-    if (mp->mp_grow) {
-
-      chSysUnlock();
-      return chHeapAlloc(mp->mp_object_size);
-    }
-#endif /* CH_USE_HEAP */
-    return NULL;
-  }
-  p = mp->mp_next;
-  mp->mp_next = mp->mp_next->ph_next;
+  if ((objp = mp->mp_next) != NULL)
+    mp->mp_next = mp->mp_next->ph_next;
 
   chSysUnlock();
-  return p;
+  return objp;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -82,7 +64,7 @@ void *chPoolAlloc(MemoryPool *mp) {
  * @param mp pointer to a \p MemoryPool structure
  * @param objp the pointer to the object to be released or added
  * @note the object is assumed to be of the right size for the specified
- *       buffer.
+ *       memory pool.
  */
 void chPoolFree(MemoryPool *mp, void *objp) {
   struct pool_header *php = objp;
@@ -98,22 +80,6 @@ void chPoolFree(MemoryPool *mp, void *objp) {
   chSysUnlock();
 }
 
-#ifdef CH_USE_HEAP
-/**
- * Releases all the objects contained into a pool.
- * @param mp pointer to a \p MemoryPool structure
- * @note It is assumed that all the object are allocated using the heap
- *       allocator, do not use this function if the pool contains other kind
- *       of objects, as example static areas.
- */
-void chPoolRelease(MemoryPool *mp) {
-  void *p;
-
-  while ((p = chPoolAlloc(mp)) != NULL)
-    chHeapFree(p);
-}
-#endif
-
 #endif /* CH_USE_MEMPOOLS */
 
 /** @} */
diff --git a/src/include/mempools.h b/src/include/mempools.h
index 8311a757a..0037bf487 100644
--- a/src/include/mempools.h
+++ b/src/include/mempools.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ typedef struct {
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
-  void chPoolInit(MemoryPool *mp, size_t size, bool_t allow_growth);
+  void chPoolInit(MemoryPool *mp, size_t size);
   void *chPoolAlloc(MemoryPool *mp);
   void chPoolFree(MemoryPool *mp, void *objp);
 #ifdef CH_USE_HEAP
diff --git a/test/testpools.c b/test/testpools.c
index 83614fcd5..40a31fad7 100644
--- a/test/testpools.c
+++ b/test/testpools.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static char *pools1_gettest(void) {
 
 static void pools1_setup(void) {
 
-  chPoolInit(&mp1, UserStackSize(THREADS_STACK_SIZE), FALSE);
+  chPoolInit(&mp1, UserStackSize(THREADS_STACK_SIZE));
 }
 
 static void pools1_teardown(void) {