diff --git a/src/api/socket.c b/src/api/socket.c
index 9072781ee..e81953be4 100644
--- a/src/api/socket.c
+++ b/src/api/socket.c
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ void listen_telnet(const enum telnet_type type)
 	for(unsigned int i = 0; i < MAX_API_THREADS; i++)
 	{
 		// Spawn telnet thread
-		pthread_t telnet_connection_thread;
 		// Create a private copy of the socket fd for the child thread
 		struct thread_info *tinfo = calloc(1, sizeof(struct thread_info));
 		if(!tinfo)
@@ -273,7 +272,7 @@ void listen_telnet(const enum telnet_type type)
 		tinfo->tid = i;
 		tinfo->istelnet = (type == TELNETv4 || type == TELNETv6);
 		tinfo->stype = stype;
-		if(pthread_create(&telnet_connection_thread, &attr, telnet_connection_handler_thread, (void*) tinfo) != 0)
+		if(pthread_create(&api_threads[i], &attr, telnet_connection_handler_thread, (void*) tinfo) != 0)
 		{
 			// Log the error code description
 			logg("WARNING: Unable to open telnet processing thread: %s", strerror(errno));
diff --git a/src/daemon.c b/src/daemon.c
index 9ba11f06c..968902177 100644
--- a/src/daemon.c
+++ b/src/daemon.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 
 pthread_t threads[THREADS_MAX] = { 0 };
-pthread_t api_threads[TELNET_MAX][MAX_API_THREADS] = {{ 0 }};
+pthread_t api_threads[MAX_API_THREADS] = { 0 };
 bool resolver_ready = false;
 
 void go_daemon(void)
@@ -268,18 +268,16 @@ void cleanup(const int ret)
 	// Do proper cleanup only if FTL started successfully
 	if(resolver_ready)
 	{
+		// Terminate threads
 		terminate_threads();
 
 		// Cancel and join possibly still running API worker threads
-		for(enum telnet_type tt = 0; tt < TELNET_MAX; tt++)
+		for(unsigned int tid = 0; tid < MAX_API_THREADS; tid++)
 		{
-			for(unsigned int tid = 0; tid < MAX_API_THREADS; tid++)
-			{
-				// Otherwise, cancel and join the thread
-				logg("Joining API worker thread %d/%d", tt,tid);
-				pthread_cancel(api_threads[tt][tid]);
-				pthread_join(api_threads[tt][tid], NULL);
-			}
+			// Otherwise, cancel and join the thread
+			logg("Joining API worker thread %d", tid);
+			pthread_cancel(api_threads[tid]);
+			pthread_join(api_threads[tid], NULL);
 		}
 
 		// Close database connection
diff --git a/src/daemon.h b/src/daemon.h
index edcd9227b..cc91dd4da 100644
--- a/src/daemon.h
+++ b/src/daemon.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include "enums.h"
 extern pthread_t threads[THREADS_MAX];
 #define MAX_API_THREADS 5
-extern pthread_t api_threads[TELNET_MAX][MAX_API_THREADS];
+extern pthread_t api_threads[MAX_API_THREADS];
 
 void go_daemon(void);
 void savepid(void);