diff --git a/src/scala/spark/LocalFileShuffle.scala b/src/scala/spark/LocalFileShuffle.scala
index e3998b7774..9a5b0ff7d5 100644
--- a/src/scala/spark/LocalFileShuffle.scala
+++ b/src/scala/spark/LocalFileShuffle.scala
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ class LocalFileShuffle[K, V, C] extends Shuffle[K, V, C] with Logging {
       combiners = new HashMap[K, C]
       
       var threadPool = 
-        LocalFileShuffle.newDaemonFixedThreadPool (LocalFileShuffle.MaxTxPeers)
+        LocalFileShuffle.newDaemonFixedThreadPool (LocalFileShuffle.MaxConnections)
         
       while (hasSplits < totalSplits) {
         var numThreadsToCreate = 
-          Math.min (totalSplits, LocalFileShuffle.MaxTxPeers) - 
+          Math.min (totalSplits, LocalFileShuffle.MaxConnections) - 
           threadPool.getActiveCount
       
         while (hasSplits < totalSplits && numThreadsToCreate > 0) {        
@@ -259,9 +259,8 @@ object LocalFileShuffle extends Logging {
   private var MinKnockInterval_ = 1000
   private var MaxKnockInterval_ = 5000
   
-  // Maximum number of receiving and sending threads
-  private var MaxRxPeers_ = 4
-  private var MaxTxPeers_ = 4  
+  // Maximum number of connections
+  private var MaxConnections_ = 4
   
   private var initialized = false
   private var nextShuffleId = new AtomicLong(0)
@@ -284,10 +283,8 @@ object LocalFileShuffle extends Logging {
       MaxKnockInterval_ =
         System.getProperty ("spark.shuffle.MaxKnockInterval", "5000").toInt
 
-      MaxRxPeers_ =
-        System.getProperty ("spark.shuffle.MaxRxPeers", "4").toInt
-      MaxTxPeers_ =
-        System.getProperty ("spark.shuffle.MaxTxPeers", "4").toInt
+      MaxConnections_ =
+        System.getProperty ("spark.shuffle.MaxConnections", "4").toInt
         
       // TODO: localDir should be created by some mechanism common to Spark
       // so that it can be shared among shuffle, broadcast, etc
@@ -332,8 +329,7 @@ object LocalFileShuffle extends Logging {
   def MinKnockInterval = MinKnockInterval_
   def MaxKnockInterval = MaxKnockInterval_
   
-  def MaxRxPeers = MaxRxPeers_
-  def MaxTxPeers = MaxTxPeers_   
+  def MaxConnections = MaxConnections_
   
   def getOutputFile(shuffleId: Long, inputId: Int, outputId: Int): File = {
     initializeIfNeeded()
@@ -370,7 +366,7 @@ object LocalFileShuffle extends Logging {
   
   class ShuffleServer
   extends Thread with Logging {
-    var threadPool = newDaemonFixedThreadPool(LocalFileShuffle.MaxRxPeers)
+    var threadPool = newDaemonFixedThreadPool(LocalFileShuffle.MaxConnections)
 
     var serverSocket: ServerSocket = null