diff --git a/sc2/src/sc2code/libs/memlib.h b/sc2/src/sc2code/libs/memlib.h
index 00868d27d..d8d2761e9 100644
--- a/sc2/src/sc2code/libs/memlib.h
+++ b/sc2/src/sc2code/libs/memlib.h
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
 
 #include "compiler.h"
 
+extern BOOLEAN mem_init (void);
+extern BOOLEAN mem_uninit (void);
+
+#ifdef LEGACY_HANDLE_ALLOCATOR
+
 #define NULL_HANDLE (MEM_HANDLE)(0L)
 
 typedef signed long MEM_SIZE;
@@ -44,9 +49,6 @@ typedef struct mem_header {
 #define GET_MEM_HEADER(addr) ((MEM_HEADER *) \
 		(((char *) addr) - sizeof (MEM_HEADER)))
 
-extern BOOLEAN mem_init (void);
-extern BOOLEAN mem_uninit (void);
-
 extern MEM_HANDLE mem_allocate (MEM_SIZE size, MEM_FLAGS flags);
 extern BOOLEAN mem_release (MEM_HANDLE handle);
 
@@ -55,5 +57,7 @@ extern BOOLEAN mem_unlock (MEM_HANDLE handle);
 
 extern MEM_SIZE mem_get_size (MEM_HANDLE handle);
 
+#endif /* LEGACY_HANDLE_ALLOCATOR */
+
 #endif /* _MEMLIB_H */
 
diff --git a/sc2/src/sc2code/libs/memory/w_memlib.c b/sc2/src/sc2code/libs/memory/w_memlib.c
index 59c1d55c6..071019ae0 100644
--- a/sc2/src/sc2code/libs/memory/w_memlib.c
+++ b/sc2/src/sc2code/libs/memory/w_memlib.c
@@ -25,11 +25,15 @@
 //#include "utils.h"
 //#include "pcwin.h"
 #include "compiler.h"
+#ifdef LEGACY_HANDLE_ALLOCATOR
 #include "libs/threadlib.h"
+#endif
 #include "libs/memlib.h"
 #include "libs/log.h"
 #include "libs/misc.h"
 
+#ifdef LEGACY_HANDLE_ALLOCATOR
+
 #define GetToolFrame() 1
 
 //#define MEM_DEBUG
@@ -643,3 +647,71 @@ HRealloc (void *p, int size)
 	return (np);
 }
 
+#else /* !LEGACY_HANDLE_ALLOCATOR */
+
+BOOLEAN
+mem_init (void)
+{
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
+BOOLEAN
+mem_uninit(void)
+{
+	return (TRUE);
+}
+
+void *
+HMalloc (int size)
+{
+    void *p;
+
+	if (size == 0) return NULL;
+
+	if (size < 0) 
+	{
+		log_add (log_Fatal, "Fatal Error: Request for negative amount of memory %d!", size);
+		fflush (stderr);
+		explode ();
+	}
+
+    if ((p = malloc (size)) == NULL) {
+        log_add (log_Fatal, "Fatal Error: HMalloc(): out of memory.");
+		fflush (stderr);
+        explode ();
+    }
+    return (p);
+}
+
+void
+HFree (void *p)
+{
+	if (p)
+	{
+		free (p);
+	}
+}
+
+void *
+HCalloc (int size)
+{
+	void *p;
+
+	p = HMalloc (size);
+	if (p)
+		memset (p, 0, size);
+
+	return (p);
+}
+
+void *
+HRealloc (void *p, int size)
+{
+	void *np;
+
+	np = realloc (p, size);
+
+	return (np);
+}
+
+#endif /* LEGACY_HANDLE_ALLOCATOR */