diff --git a/futures-executor/Cargo.toml b/futures-executor/Cargo.toml
index 928a328644..b0b7114b11 100644
--- a/futures-executor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/futures-executor/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Executors for asynchronous tasks based on the futures-rs library.
 name = "futures_executor"
 
 [features]
-std = ["num_cpus", "futures-core-preview/std", "futures-util-preview/std", "futures-channel-preview/std", "lazy_static"]
+std = ["num_cpus", "futures-core-preview/std", "futures-util-preview/std", "futures-channel-preview/std"]
 default = ["std"]
 
 [dependencies]
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ futures-core-preview = { path = "../futures-core", version = "=0.3.0-alpha.13",
 futures-util-preview = { path = "../futures-util", version = "=0.3.0-alpha.13", default-features = false}
 futures-channel-preview = { path = "../futures-channel", version = "=0.3.0-alpha.13", default-features = false}
 num_cpus = { version = "1.8.0", optional = true }
-lazy_static = { version = "1.1.0", optional = true }
 pin-utils = "0.1.0-alpha.4"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/futures-executor/src/local_pool.rs b/futures-executor/src/local_pool.rs
index 083d3ebab7..06fa50933c 100644
--- a/futures-executor/src/local_pool.rs
+++ b/futures-executor/src/local_pool.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::{enter, ThreadPool};
+use crate::enter;
 use futures_core::future::{Future, FutureObj, LocalFutureObj};
 use futures_core::stream::{Stream};
 use futures_core::task::{
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use futures_core::task::{
 use futures_util::task::{WakerRef, waker_ref, ArcWake};
 use futures_util::stream::FuturesUnordered;
 use futures_util::stream::StreamExt;
-use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use pin_utils::pin_mut;
 use std::cell::{RefCell};
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
@@ -192,17 +191,9 @@ impl Default for LocalPool {
     }
 }
 
-lazy_static! {
-    static ref GLOBAL_POOL: ThreadPool = ThreadPool::builder()
-        .name_prefix("block_on-")
-        .create()
-        .expect("Unable to create global thread-pool");
-}
-
 /// Run a future to completion on the current thread.
 ///
 /// This function will block the caller until the given future has completed.
-/// The default spawner for the future is a thread-local executor.
 ///
 /// Use a [`LocalPool`](LocalPool) if you need finer-grained control over
 /// spawned tasks.
@@ -215,7 +206,6 @@ pub fn block_on<F: Future>(f: F) -> F::Output {
 ///
 /// When `next` is called on the resulting `BlockingStream`, the caller
 /// will be blocked until the next element of the `Stream` becomes available.
-/// The default spawner for the future is a global `ThreadPool`.
 pub fn block_on_stream<S: Stream + Unpin>(stream: S) -> BlockingStream<S> {
     BlockingStream { stream }
 }