diff --git a/modules/database/src/ioc/as/asCa.c b/modules/database/src/ioc/as/asCa.c
index 21bb47f5f..d0180448b 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/ioc/as/asCa.c
+++ b/modules/database/src/ioc/as/asCa.c
@@ -229,23 +229,20 @@ static void asCaTask(void)
     
 void asCaStart(void)
 {
-    epicsThreadOpts opts = EPICS_THREAD_OPTS_INIT;
-
-    opts.stackSize = epicsThreadGetStackSize(epicsThreadStackBig);
-    opts.priority = epicsThreadPriorityScanLow - 3;
-    opts.joinable = 1;
-
     if(asCaDebug) printf("asCaStart called\n");
     if(firstTime) {
-        firstTime = FALSE;
+	firstTime = FALSE;
         asCaTaskLock=epicsMutexMustCreate();
         asCaTaskWait=epicsEventMustCreate(epicsEventEmpty);
         asCaTaskAddChannels=epicsEventMustCreate(epicsEventEmpty);
         asCaTaskClearChannels=epicsEventMustCreate(epicsEventEmpty);
-        threadid = epicsThreadCreateOpt("asCaTask", (EPICSTHREADFUNC)asCaTask, 0, &opts);
-        if(threadid==0) {
-            errMessage(0,"asCaStart: taskSpawn Failure\n");
-        }
+        threadid = epicsThreadCreate("asCaTask",
+            (epicsThreadPriorityScanLow - 3),
+            epicsThreadGetStackSize(epicsThreadStackBig),
+            (EPICSTHREADFUNC)asCaTask,0);
+	if(threadid==0) {
+	    errMessage(0,"asCaStart: taskSpawn Failure\n");
+	}
     }
     epicsMutexMustLock(asCaTaskLock);
     epicsEventSignal(asCaTaskAddChannels);
@@ -263,8 +260,6 @@ void asCaStop(void)
     epicsEventMustWait(asCaTaskWait);
     if(asCaDebug) printf("asCaStop done\n");
     epicsMutexUnlock(asCaTaskLock);
-    epicsThreadMustJoin(threadid);
-    threadid = 0;
 }
 
 int ascar(int level) { return ascarFP(stdout,level);}