diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 444e357172e..c0535a49d77 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -194,8 +194,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper 0.12.25 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "hyper-tls 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "indexmap 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "jemalloc-ctl 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "jemallocator 0.1.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "jemallocator 0.3.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "lazy_static 1.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "lettre 0.9.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "lettre_email 0.9.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1060,18 +1059,9 @@ name = "itoa"
 version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "jemalloc-ctl"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-dependencies = [
- "jemalloc-sys 0.1.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "libc 0.2.60 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "jemalloc-sys"
-version = "0.1.8"
+version = "0.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "cc 1.0.37 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1081,10 +1071,10 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "jemallocator"
-version = "0.1.9"
+version = "0.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "jemalloc-sys 0.1.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "jemalloc-sys 0.3.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.60 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
@@ -2918,9 +2908,8 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum inventory-impl 0.1.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8a877ae8bce77402d5e9ed870730939e097aad827b2a932b361958fa9d6e75aa"
 "checksum iovec 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "dbe6e417e7d0975db6512b90796e8ce223145ac4e33c377e4a42882a0e88bb08"
 "checksum itoa 0.4.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "1306f3464951f30e30d12373d31c79fbd52d236e5e896fd92f96ec7babbbe60b"
-"checksum jemalloc-ctl 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4e93b0f37e7d735c6b610176d5b1bde8e1621ff3f6f7ac23cdfa4e7f7d0111b5"
-"checksum jemalloc-sys 0.1.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "bfc62c8e50e381768ce8ee0428ee53741929f7ebd73e4d83f669bcf7693e00ae"
-"checksum jemallocator 0.1.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9f0cd42ac65f758063fea55126b0148b1ce0a6354ff78e07a4d6806bc65c4ab3"
+"checksum jemalloc-sys 0.3.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "0d3b9f3f5c9b31aa0f5ed3260385ac205db665baa41d49bb8338008ae94ede45"
+"checksum jemallocator 0.3.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "43ae63fcfc45e99ab3d1b29a46782ad679e98436c3169d15a167a1108a724b69"
 "checksum kernel32-sys 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7507624b29483431c0ba2d82aece8ca6cdba9382bff4ddd0f7490560c056098d"
 "checksum lazy_static 0.2.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c9e5e58fa1a4c3b915a561a78a22ee0cac6ab97dca2504428bc1cb074375f8d5"
 "checksum lazy_static 1.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "bc5729f27f159ddd61f4df6228e827e86643d4d3e7c32183cb30a1c08f604a14"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bb60217625d..956fb90bc97 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ derive_deref = "1.0.0"
 reqwest = "0.9.1"
 tempdir = "0.3.7"
 parking_lot = "0.7.1"
-jemallocator = { version = "0.1.8", features = ['unprefixed_malloc_on_supported_platforms', 'profiling'] }
-jemalloc-ctl = "0.2.0"
+jemallocator = { version = "0.3", features = ['unprefixed_malloc_on_supported_platforms', 'profiling', "background_threads"] }
 
 lettre = "0.9"
 lettre_email = "0.9"
diff --git a/src/bin/server.rs b/src/bin/server.rs
index dba9ab7209c..bd2d0e8ddef 100644
--- a/src/bin/server.rs
+++ b/src/bin/server.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use std::{
 use civet::Server as CivetServer;
 use conduit_hyper::Service as HyperService;
 use futures::Future;
-use jemalloc_ctl;
 use reqwest::Client;
 
 enum Server {
@@ -22,8 +21,6 @@ enum Server {
 use Server::*;
 
 fn main() {
-    let _ = jemalloc_ctl::set_background_thread(true);
-
     // Initialize logging
     env_logger::init();