diff --git a/examples/region/fairmq-start-ex-region-advanced.sh.in b/examples/region/fairmq-start-ex-region-advanced.sh.in
index 6a1cbf844..88cb2c385 100755
--- a/examples/region/fairmq-start-ex-region-advanced.sh.in
+++ b/examples/region/fairmq-start-ex-region-advanced.sh.in
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SAMPLER+=" --id sampler1"
 SAMPLER+=" --severity debug"
 SAMPLER+=" --msg-size $msgSize"
 SAMPLER+=" --transport $transport"
-SAMPLER+=" --rc-segment-size 0"
+#SAMPLER+=" --rc-segment-size 0"
 SAMPLER+=" --shm-monitor true"
 SAMPLER+=" --chan-name data1"
 SAMPLER+=" --channel-config name=data1,type=push,method=bind,address=tcp://127.0.0.1:7777"
diff --git a/fairmq/shmem/Common.h b/fairmq/shmem/Common.h
index cf7ae8c08..ed35016f1 100644
--- a/fairmq/shmem/Common.h
+++ b/fairmq/shmem/Common.h
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 #include <functional> // std::equal_to
 
 #include <boost/functional/hash.hpp>
-#include <boost/interprocess/allocators/adaptive_pool.hpp>
+// #include <boost/interprocess/allocators/adaptive_pool.hpp>
+#include <boost/interprocess/allocators/node_allocator.hpp>
 #include <boost/interprocess/allocators/allocator.hpp>
 #include <boost/interprocess/containers/map.hpp>
 #include <boost/interprocess/containers/string.hpp>
@@ -69,9 +70,10 @@ struct RefCount
 static constexpr size_t numNodesPerBlock = 4096;
 // Maximum number of totally free blocks that the adaptive node pool will hold.
 // The rest of the totally free blocks will be deallocated with the segment manager.
-static constexpr size_t maxFreeBlocks = 2;
+// static constexpr size_t maxFreeBlocks = 2;
 
-using RefCountPool = boost::interprocess::adaptive_pool<RefCount, boost::interprocess::managed_shared_memory::segment_manager, numNodesPerBlock, maxFreeBlocks>;
+using RefCountPool = boost::interprocess::node_allocator<RefCount, boost::interprocess::managed_shared_memory::segment_manager, numNodesPerBlock>;
+// using RefCountPool = boost::interprocess::adaptive_pool<RefCount, boost::interprocess::managed_shared_memory::segment_manager, numNodesPerBlock, maxFreeBlocks>;
 
 using SegmentManager = boost::interprocess::managed_shared_memory::segment_manager;
 using VoidAlloc      = boost::interprocess::allocator<void, SegmentManager>;