diff --git a/nova/auth/ldapdriver.py b/nova/auth/ldapdriver.py
index 9fe0165a..91f412ba 100644
--- a/nova/auth/ldapdriver.py
+++ b/nova/auth/ldapdriver.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ public methods.
 
 import functools
 import sys
-import threading
 
 from nova import exception
 from nova import flags
@@ -106,7 +105,8 @@ class LdapDriver(object):
     isadmin_attribute = 'isNovaAdmin'
     project_attribute = 'owner'
     project_objectclass = 'groupOfNames'
-    __local = threading.local()
+    conn = None
+    mc = None
 
     def __init__(self):
         """Imports the LDAP module"""
@@ -117,15 +117,22 @@ class LdapDriver(object):
             LdapDriver.project_attribute = 'projectManager'
             LdapDriver.project_objectclass = 'novaProject'
         self.__cache = None
+        if LdapDriver.conn is None:
+            LdapDriver.conn = self.ldap.initialize(FLAGS.ldap_url)
+            LdapDriver.conn.simple_bind_s(FLAGS.ldap_user_dn, FLAGS.ldap_password)
+        if LdapDriver.mc is None:
+            if FLAGS.memcached_servers:
+                import memcache
+            else:
+                from nova import fakememcache as memcache
+            LdapDriver.mc = memcache.Client(FLAGS.memcached_servers, debug=0)
 
     def __enter__(self):
-        """Creates the connection to LDAP"""
         # TODO(yorik-sar): Should be per-request cache, not per-driver-request
         self.__cache = {}
         return self
 
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
-        """Destroys the connection to LDAP"""
         self.__cache = None
         return False
 
@@ -149,29 +156,6 @@ class LdapDriver(object):
             return inner
         return do_wrap
 
-    @property
-    def conn(self):
-        try:
-            return self.__local.conn
-        except AttributeError:
-            conn = self.ldap.initialize(FLAGS.ldap_url)
-            conn.simple_bind_s(FLAGS.ldap_user_dn, FLAGS.ldap_password)
-            self.__local.conn = conn
-            return conn
-
-    @property
-    def mc(self):
-        try:
-            return self.__local.mc
-        except AttributeError:
-            if FLAGS.memcached_servers:
-                import memcache
-            else:
-                from nova import fakememcache as memcache
-            mc = memcache.Client(FLAGS.memcached_servers, debug=0)
-            self.__local.mc = mc
-            return mc
-
     @sanitize
     @__local_cache('uid_user-%s')
     def get_user(self, uid):
diff --git a/nova/auth/manager.py b/nova/auth/manager.py
index c71f0f16..c887297f 100644
--- a/nova/auth/manager.py
+++ b/nova/auth/manager.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ Nova authentication management
 import os
 import shutil
 import string  # pylint: disable=W0402
-import threading
 import tempfile
 import uuid
 import zipfile
@@ -207,7 +206,7 @@ class AuthManager(object):
     """
 
     _instance = None
-    __local = threading.local()
+    mc = None
 
     def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
         """Returns the AuthManager singleton"""
@@ -224,19 +223,12 @@ class AuthManager(object):
         self.network_manager = utils.import_object(FLAGS.network_manager)
         if driver or not getattr(self, 'driver', None):
             self.driver = utils.import_class(driver or FLAGS.auth_driver)
-
-    @property
-    def mc(self):
-        try:
-            return self.__local.mc
-        except AttributeError:
+        if AuthManager.mc is None:
             if FLAGS.memcached_servers:
                 import memcache
             else:
                 from nova import fakememcache as memcache
-            mc = memcache.Client(FLAGS.memcached_servers, debug=0)
-            self.__local.mc = mc
-            return mc
+            AuthManager.mc = memcache.Client(FLAGS.memcached_servers, debug=0)
 
     def authenticate(self, access, signature, params, verb='GET',
                      server_string='127.0.0.1:8773', path='/',