diff --git a/erts/include/internal/epiphany/ethread.h b/erts/include/internal/epiphany/ethread.h
index 27e0e97839eb..2a05da2fd397 100644
--- a/erts/include/internal/epiphany/ethread.h
+++ b/erts/include/internal/epiphany/ethread.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * %CopyrightBegin%
  *
- * Copyright Ericsson AB 2005-2015. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright Ericsson AB 2015. All Rights Reserved.
  *
  * The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
  * Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
@@ -29,26 +29,71 @@
 
 #define ETHR_MAX_EPIPHANY_CORECOUNT 16
 
+/*
+ * The data guarded by these primitives is never shared between cores. We can
+ * get some cheap performance by inlining dummy implementations of these
+ * primitives.
+ */
+#define ETHR_DISABLE_EPIPHANY_ATOMICS 1
+#define ETHR_DISABLE_EPIPHANY_BARRIER 1
+#define ETHR_DISABLE_EPIPHANY_SPINLOCK 1
+
+#if !ETHR_DISABLE_EPIPHANY_ATOMICS
 typedef struct {
     unsigned magic;
     volatile signed char level[ETHR_MAX_EPIPHANY_CORECOUNT];
     volatile signed char waiting[ETHR_MAX_EPIPHANY_CORECOUNT-1];
     ethr_sint32_t val;
 } ethr_native_atomic32_t;
+#else
+typedef struct {
+    ethr_sint32_t val;
+} ethr_native_atomic32_t;
+#endif /* !ETHR_DISABLE_EPIPHANY_ATOMICS */
+
+#if defined(ETHR_TRY_INLINE_FUNCS) || defined(ETHR_ATOMIC_IMPL__)
 
 #define ETHR_HAVE_ETHR_NATIVE_ATOMIC32_INIT
+#define ETHR_HAVE_ETHR_NATIVE_ATOMIC32_CMPXCHG
+
+#if !ETHR_DISABLE_EPIPHANY_ATOMICS
 void ethr_native_atomic32_init(ethr_native_atomic32_t *var, ethr_sint32_t val);
+ethr_sint32_t ethr_native_atomic32_cmpxchg(ethr_native_atomic32_t *var,
+					   ethr_sint32_t val,
+					   ethr_sint32_t old_val);
+#else
+static ETHR_INLINE void
+ethr_native_atomic32_init(ethr_native_atomic32_t *var, ethr_sint32_t val)
+{
+    var->val = val;
+}
+
+static ETHR_INLINE ethr_sint32_t
+ethr_native_atomic32_cmpxchg(ethr_native_atomic32_t *var,
+			     ethr_sint32_t val,
+			     ethr_sint32_t old_val)
+{
+    ethr_sint32_t actual = var->val;
+    if (actual == old_val) var->val = val;
+    return actual;
+}
+#endif
 
 #define ETHR_HAVE_ETHR_NATIVE_ATOMIC32_ADDR
-static inline ethr_sint32_t *
-ethr_native_atomic32_addr(ethr_native_atomic32_t *arg) {
+static ETHR_INLINE ethr_sint32_t *
+ethr_native_atomic32_addr(ethr_native_atomic32_t *arg)
+{
     return &arg->val;
 }
 
-#define ETHR_HAVE_ETHR_NATIVE_ATOMIC32_CMPXCHG
-ethr_sint32_t ethr_native_atomic32_cmpxchg(ethr_native_atomic32_t *var,
-					   ethr_sint32_t val,
-					   ethr_sint32_t old_val);
+#define ETHR_HAVE_ETHR_NATIVE_ATOMIC32_READ
+static ETHR_INLINE ethr_sint32_t
+ethr_native_atomic32_read(ethr_native_atomic32_t *var)
+{
+    return var->val;
+}
+
+#endif /* defined(ETHR_TRY_INLINE_FUNCS) || defined(ETHR_ATOMIC_IMPL__) */
 
 /*
  * Epiphany provides no way to barrier, but with some assumptions, we can
@@ -72,12 +117,13 @@ ethr_sint32_t ethr_native_atomic32_cmpxchg(ethr_native_atomic32_t *var,
  * accesses by simply writing something to DRAM, and then spinning until we can
  * read that thing back.
  */
-static inline void epiphany_dram_write_barrier(void);
 #define ETHR_LoadLoad	(1 << 0)
 #define ETHR_LoadStore	(1 << 1)
 #define ETHR_StoreLoad	(1 << 2)
 #define ETHR_StoreStore	(1 << 3)
 
+#if !ETHR_DISABLE_EPIPHANY_BARRIER
+static inline void epiphany_dram_write_barrier(void);
 #define ETHR_MEMBAR(B) do {				\
 	__asm__ __volatile__ ("" : : : "memory");	\
 	__sync_synchronize();				\
@@ -87,7 +133,7 @@ static inline void epiphany_dram_write_barrier(void);
     } while(0)
 
 extern volatile char epiphany_dram_write_barrier_data[16];
-static inline void epiphany_dram_write_barrier(void) {
+static ETHR_INLINE void epiphany_dram_write_barrier(void) {
     register unsigned coreid, index;
     register int new;
     /* We could use e-lib, but we don't want to include it everywhere. */
@@ -103,11 +149,19 @@ static inline void epiphany_dram_write_barrier(void) {
     __asm__ __volatile__ ("" : : : "memory");
     while (epiphany_dram_write_barrier_data[index] != new);
 }
+#else
+#define ETHR_MEMBAR(B) do {				\
+	__asm__ __volatile__ ("" : : : "memory");	\
+	__sync_synchronize();				\
+    } while(0)
+#endif /* !ETHR_DISABLE_EPIPHANY_BARRIER */
 
 /* Spinlocks */
 #define ETHR_HAVE_NATIVE_SPINLOCKS 1
 #define ETHR_NATIVE_SPINLOCKS_REQUIRE_DESTRUCTION 1
 #define ETHR_NATIVE_SPINLOCK_IMPL "epiphany"
+
+#if !ETHR_DISABLE_EPIPHANY_SPINLOCK
 /*
  * The epiphany mutexes /are/ spinlocks, but they need to be allocated in
  * SRAM. The mutexes are allocated from an array.
@@ -123,5 +177,52 @@ void ethr_native_spin_unlock(ethr_native_spinlock_t*);
 int ethr_native_spin_trylock(ethr_native_spinlock_t*);
 int ethr_native_spin_is_locked(ethr_native_spinlock_t*);
 void ethr_native_spin_lock(ethr_native_spinlock_t*);
+#else
+/*
+ * When it is disabled, we assume only one thread ever touches this lock.
+ */
+typedef struct {
+} ethr_native_spinlock_t;
+
+#if defined(ETHR_TRY_INLINE_FUNCS) || defined(ETHR_AUX_IMPL__) \
+    || defined(ETHR_MUTEX_IMPL__)
+static ETHR_INLINE void
+ethr_native_spinlock_init(ethr_native_spinlock_t *spin)
+{
+    /* Do nothing */
+}
+
+static ETHR_INLINE int
+ethr_native_spinlock_destroy(ethr_native_spinlock_t *spin)
+{
+    /* Do nothing */
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static ETHR_INLINE void
+ethr_native_spin_unlock(ethr_native_spinlock_t *spin)
+{
+    /* Do nothing */
+}
+
+static ETHR_INLINE void
+ethr_native_spin_lock(ethr_native_spinlock_t *spin)
+{
+    /* Do nothing */
+}
+
+#endif /* ETHR_TRY_INLINE_FUNCS || ETHR_AUX_IMPL__ || ETHR_MUTEX_IMPL__ */
+
+/* A warning is generated if we include this one on AUX */
+#if defined(ETHR_TRY_INLINE_FUNCS) || defined(ETHR_MUTEX_IMPL__)
+static ETHR_INLINE int
+ethr_native_spin_trylock(ethr_native_spinlock_t *spin)
+{
+    /* Do nothing */
+    return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* !ETHR_DISABLE_EPIPHANY_SPINLOCK */
 
 #endif /* ETHREAD_EPIPHANY_ETHREAD_H */
diff --git a/erts/lib_src/epiphany/ethread.c b/erts/lib_src/epiphany/ethread.c
index 8c2731597282..c08723c52fcb 100644
--- a/erts/lib_src/epiphany/ethread.c
+++ b/erts/lib_src/epiphany/ethread.c
@@ -222,11 +222,14 @@ ethr_abort__(void)
     abort();
 }
 
+#if !ETHR_DISABLE_EPIPHANY_BARRIER
+volatile char epiphany_dram_write_barrier_data[16];
+#endif
+
 /* Atomics */
+#if !ETHR_DISABLE_EPIPHANY_ATOMICS
 #define PETERSON_MAGIC 0xBCBD1264
 
-volatile char epiphany_dram_write_barrier_data[16];
-
 /*
  * The "atomics" are implemented by acquiring a Peterson's algorithm mutex. The
  * reason the SRAM mutexes are not used instead is that atomics are not freed,
@@ -304,7 +307,10 @@ ethr_native_atomic32_cmpxchg(ethr_native_atomic32_t *var,
     return read_val;
 }
 
+#endif /* !ETHR_DISABLE_EPIPHANY_ATOMICS */
+
 /* Spinlocks */
+#if !ETHR_DISABLE_EPIPHANY_SPINLOCK
 #include "epiphany.h"
 
 #define MUTEX_COUNT 16
@@ -488,3 +494,5 @@ ethr_native_spin_lock(ethr_native_spinlock_t *lock)
     /* We barrier just because consumers might assume a barrier is implied in a lock. */
     ETHR_MEMBAR(ETHR_LoadLoad|ETHR_LoadStore|ETHR_StoreLoad|ETHR_StoreStore);
 }
+
+#endif /* !ETHR_DISABLE_EPIPHANY_SPINLOCK */