diff --git a/src/thread/ntapi_tt_create_thread.c b/src/thread/ntapi_tt_create_thread.c
index 50b23d9..a8dcb11 100644
--- a/src/thread/ntapi_tt_create_thread.c
+++ b/src/thread/ntapi_tt_create_thread.c
@@ -327,36 +327,17 @@ int32_t __stdcall __ntapi_tt_create_thread(nt_thread_params * params)
 int32_t __stdcall __ntapi_tt_create_local_thread(nt_thread_params * params)
 {
 	nt_status			status;
-	void *				hprocess;
 	void *				image_base;
 	struct pe_stack_heap_info	stack_heap_info;
-	nt_client_id			cid;
-	nt_object_attributes		oa;
-
-        /* oa init */
-	oa.len		= sizeof(oa);
-	oa.root_dir	= 0;
-	oa.obj_name	= 0;
-	oa.obj_attr	= 0;
-	oa.sec_desc	= 0;
-	oa.sec_qos	= 0;
-
-        /* init cid */
-        cid.process_id = pe_get_current_process_id();
-        cid.thread_id  = pe_get_current_thread_id();
-
-	/* obtain a handle to our own process */
-	/* TODO: use cached handle, no close  */
-	if (params->hprocess)
-		hprocess = 0;
-
-	else if ((status = __ntapi->zw_open_process(
-			&hprocess,
-			NT_PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS,
-			&oa,&cid)))
-		return status;
 
-	/* retrieve the stack defaults as needed */
+	/* flags */
+	params->creation_flags |= NT_CREATE_LOCAL_THREAD;
+
+	/* hprocess */
+	if (!params->hprocess)
+		params->hprocess = __ntapi_internals()->hprocess;
+
+	/* stack defaults */
 	if (params->stack_info)
 		(void)0;
 
@@ -385,18 +366,6 @@ int32_t __stdcall __ntapi_tt_create_local_thread(nt_thread_params * params)
 			return NT_STATUS_INVALID_IMAGE_FORMAT;
 	}
 
-	params->creation_flags |= NT_CREATE_LOCAL_THREAD;
-
-	if (hprocess) {
-		params->hprocess = hprocess;
-
-		status = __ntapi_tt_create_thread(params);
-		__ntapi->zw_close(hprocess);
-
-		return status;
-	}
-
-	/* TODO: use cached handle, no close  */
 	return __ntapi_tt_create_thread(params);
 }