diff --git a/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/bin/start.sh b/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/bin/start.sh
index 2c176ed8ba..a07b6277df 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/bin/start.sh
+++ b/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/bin/start.sh
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ CONSOLE_FLAG=on
 CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL=DEBUG
 DEBUG_FLAG=off
 PROFILE_FLAG=off
-HIGH_MEM_FLAG=off
 CONF_FILE="wrapper.conf"
 RUN_MODE=
 for arg in $@
@@ -105,13 +104,12 @@ do
   case $arg in
     -b|-d|--debug|-db|-bd) DEBUG_FLAG=on;;
     -p|--profiler) PROFILE_FLAG=on;;
-    -h|--highmem) HIGH_MEM_FLAG=on;;
+    -h|--highmem) ;;  # does nothing, only here to prevent issues if someone still uses -h
     -noConsole) CONSOLE_FLAG=off;;
     *) RUN_MODE=$arg;;
   esac
 done
 
-export HIGH_MEM_FLAG
 export EDEX_RUN_MODE=$RUN_MODE
 
 if [ $CONSOLE_FLAG == "off" ]; then
diff --git a/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/conf/wrapper.conf b/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/conf/wrapper.conf
index 71bb0de6aa..4845e824d7 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/conf/wrapper.conf
+++ b/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/conf/wrapper.conf
@@ -84,41 +84,47 @@ wrapper.jvm.parameter.order.LAST=-classpath
 # sets the Maximum Permanent Generation memory size
 wrapper.java.additional.3=-XX:MaxPermSize=${MAX_PERM_SIZE}
 
-# turn on JMX access to basic JVM instrumentation
-wrapper.java.additional.4=-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote
+# disables JMX in Camel and speeds up EDEX startup and performance
+wrapper.java.additional.4=-Dorg.apache.camel.jmx.disabled=true
 
 # Enforces GMT to be used as the timezone
 wrapper.java.additional.5=-Duser.timezone=GMT
 
-wrapper.java.additional.6=-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC
+# garbage collection settings
+wrapper.java.additional.gc.1=-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC
+wrapper.java.additional.gc.2=-XX:+CMSIncrementalMode
 
-wrapper.java.additional.7=-XX:+CMSIncrementalMode
+# use qpid binding URL instead of default address string format
+wrapper.java.additional.qpid.1=-Dqpid.dest_syntax=BURL
 
-wrapper.java.additional.8=-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true
-wrapper.java.additional.9=-Ddb.addr=${DB_ADDR}
-wrapper.java.additional.10=-Ddb.port=${DB_PORT}
+# hibernate.cfg.xml cannot read from ENV variables but can read from Java system properties 
+wrapper.java.additional.db.1=-Ddb.addr=${DB_ADDR}
+wrapper.java.additional.db.2=-Ddb.port=${DB_PORT}
+wrapper.java.additional.db.3=-Ddc.db.name=${DC_DB_NAME}
+wrapper.java.additional.db.4=-Dfxa.db.name=${FXA_DB_NAME}
+wrapper.java.additional.db.5=-Dhm.db.name=${HM_DB_NAME}
+wrapper.java.additional.db.6=-Dih.db.name=${IH_DB_NAME}
+wrapper.java.additional.db.7=-Ddb.metadata.pool.min=${METADATA_POOL_MIN}
+wrapper.java.additional.db.8=-Ddb.metadata.pool.max=${METADATA_POOL_MAX}
 
-wrapper.java.additional.12=-Ddc.db.name=${DC_DB_NAME}
-wrapper.java.additional.13=-Dfxa.db.name=${FXA_DB_NAME}
-wrapper.java.additional.14=-Dhm.db.name=${HM_DB_NAME}
-wrapper.java.additional.15=-Dih.db.name=${IH_DB_NAME}
-wrapper.java.additional.16=-Daw.site.identifier=${AW_SITE_IDENTIFIER}
+# site ID of EDEX for localization and site aware services
+wrapper.java.additional.site.1=-Daw.site.identifier=${AW_SITE_IDENTIFIER}
 
-wrapper.java.additional.20=-Ddb.metadata.pool.min=${METADATA_POOL_MIN}
-wrapper.java.additional.21=-Ddb.metadata.pool.max=${METADATA_POOL_MAX}
+# determines which architecture.properties file to use
+wrapper.java.additional.arch.1=-Dedex.arch=${EDEX_BITS}-bit
 
-wrapper.java.additional.30=${PROFILER_PARAM_1}
+wrapper.java.additional.log.1=-Dlog4j.configuration=${LOG4J_CONF}
 
-wrapper.java.additional.31=-Dlog4j.configuration=${LOG4J_CONF}
+# used by uengineWeb page
+wrapper.java.additional.web.1=-Dweb.port=8080
+wrapper.java.additional.web.2=-Dconfidential.port=8443
 
-wrapper.java.additional.38=-DHighMem=${HIGH_MEM_FLAG}
+# notifies SerializationManager to initialize hibernatables, can be removed IF Hibernatables code
+# is removed from SerializationManager
+wrapper.java.additional.misc.1=-DinitializeHibernatables=true
 
-wrapper.java.additional.40=-Dqpid.dest_syntax=BURL
-wrapper.java.additional.41=-Dweb.port=8080
-wrapper.java.additional.42=-Dconfidential.port=8443
-wrapper.java.additional.44=-Dedex.arch=${EDEX_BITS}-bit
-wrapper.java.additional.52=-DinitializeHibernatables=true
-wrapper.java.additional.53=-Dorg.apache.camel.jmx.disabled=true
+# enables yourkit profiling, determined by flag to start.sh
+wrapper.java.additional.profile.1=${PROFILER_PARAM_1}
 
 # Initial Java Heap Size (in MB)
 wrapper.java.initmemory=${INIT_MEM}
diff --git a/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/etc/datadeliveryonly.sh b/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/etc/datadeliveryonly.sh
index 9259fd5029..f388563b33 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/etc/datadeliveryonly.sh
+++ b/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/etc/datadeliveryonly.sh
@@ -20,12 +20,7 @@
 ##
 
 export INIT_MEM=512 # in Meg
-
-if [ $HIGH_MEM_FLAG == "on" ]; then
-    export MAX_MEM=1536 # in Meg
-else
-    export MAX_MEM=896 # in Meg
-fi
+export MAX_MEM=1536 # in Meg
 
 export METADATA_POOL_MIN=10
 export EDEX_DEBUG_PORT=5009
diff --git a/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/etc/dataprovideragent.sh b/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/etc/dataprovideragent.sh
index 5f1627d854..ee10880141 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/etc/dataprovideragent.sh
+++ b/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/etc/dataprovideragent.sh
@@ -20,12 +20,8 @@
 ##
 
 export INIT_MEM=512 # in Meg
+export MAX_MEM=1536 # in Meg
 
-if [ $HIGH_MEM_FLAG == "on" ]; then
-    export MAX_MEM=1536 # in Meg
-else
-    export MAX_MEM=896 # in Meg
-fi
 export METADATA_POOL_MIN=10
 export EDEX_DEBUG_PORT=5010
 export EDEX_JMX_PORT=1621
diff --git a/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/etc/default.sh b/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/etc/default.sh
index 84329ec80c..bc6c814258 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/etc/default.sh
+++ b/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/etc/default.sh
@@ -35,15 +35,10 @@ export PROFILER_PARAM_1=""
 export PROFILER_PARAM_2=""
 export PYPIES_MAX_CONN=50
 
-if [ $HIGH_MEM_FLAG == "on" ]; then
-    export SERIALIZE_POOL_MAX_SIZE=16
-    export SERIALIZE_STREAM_INIT_SIZE_MB=2
-    export SERIALIZE_STREAM_MAX_SIZE_MB=6
-else
-    export SERIALIZE_POOL_MAX_SIZE=8
-    export SERIALIZE_STREAM_INIT_SIZE_MB=1
-    export SERIALIZE_STREAM_MAX_SIZE_MB=5.5
-fi
+
+export SERIALIZE_POOL_MAX_SIZE=16
+export SERIALIZE_STREAM_INIT_SIZE_MB=2
+export SERIALIZE_STREAM_MAX_SIZE_MB=6
 
 export LOG4J_CONF=log4j.xml
 export MGMT_PORT=9600
diff --git a/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/etc/ingest.sh b/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/etc/ingest.sh
index b5477f2a1f..f9b5d20b20 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/etc/ingest.sh
+++ b/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/etc/ingest.sh
@@ -20,12 +20,7 @@
 ##
 
 export INIT_MEM=512 # in Meg
-
-if [ $HIGH_MEM_FLAG == "on" ]; then
-    export MAX_MEM=896 # in Meg
-else
-    export MAX_MEM=896 # in Meg
-fi
+export MAX_MEM=896 # in Meg
 
 export METADATA_POOL_MIN=10
 export EDEX_DEBUG_PORT=5006
diff --git a/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/etc/ingestGrib.sh b/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/etc/ingestGrib.sh
index 1320c3c63f..9f542a17d6 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/etc/ingestGrib.sh
+++ b/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/etc/ingestGrib.sh
@@ -19,11 +19,7 @@
 # further licensing information.
 ##
 export INIT_MEM=128 # in Meg
-if [ $HIGH_MEM_FLAG == "on" ]; then
-    export MAX_MEM=1024 # in Meg
-else
-    export MAX_MEM=256 # in Meg
-fi
+export MAX_MEM=1024 # in Meg
 
 export JMS_POOL_MIN=4
 export JMS_POOL_MAX=16
diff --git a/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/etc/request.sh b/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/etc/request.sh
index 8c0775ab4c..4a7303b979 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/etc/request.sh
+++ b/edexOsgi/build.edex/esb/etc/request.sh
@@ -19,21 +19,15 @@
 # further licensing information.
 ##
 export INIT_MEM=128 # in Meg
-if [ $HIGH_MEM_FLAG == "on" ]; then
-    if [ "$EDEX_ARCH" == "64-bit" ]; then
-        export MAX_MEM=2048 # in Meg
-    else
-        export MAX_MEM=1280 # in Meg
-    fi
-    export SERIALIZE_POOL_MAX_SIZE=24
-    export SERIALIZE_STREAM_INIT_SIZE_MB=2
-    export SERIALIZE_STREAM_MAX_SIZE_MB=8
+if [ "$EDEX_ARCH" == "64-bit" ]; then
+    export MAX_MEM=2048 # in Meg
 else
-    export MAX_MEM=512  # in Meg
-    export SERIALIZE_POOL_MAX_SIZE=8
-    export SERIALIZE_STREAM_INIT_SIZE_MB=2
-    export SERIALIZE_STREAM_MAX_SIZE_MB=8
+    export MAX_MEM=1280 # in Meg
 fi
+export SERIALIZE_POOL_MAX_SIZE=24
+export SERIALIZE_STREAM_INIT_SIZE_MB=2
+export SERIALIZE_STREAM_MAX_SIZE_MB=8
+
 
 export JMS_POOL_MIN=16
 export JMS_POOL_MAX=32
diff --git a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.edex.esb.camel/src/com/raytheon/uf/edex/esb/camel/Executor.java b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.edex.esb.camel/src/com/raytheon/uf/edex/esb/camel/Executor.java
index 816046612e..cd26c0febf 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.edex.esb.camel/src/com/raytheon/uf/edex/esb/camel/Executor.java
+++ b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.edex.esb.camel/src/com/raytheon/uf/edex/esb/camel/Executor.java
@@ -138,12 +138,9 @@ public class Executor {
 
         EdexModesContainer emc = getModeFilter(confDir);
         String modeName = System.getProperty("edex.run.mode");
-        String highMem = System.getProperty("HighMem");
-        boolean highMemEnabled = "on".equals(highMem);
 
         if (modeName != null && modeName.length() > 0) {
-            System.out.println("EDEX run configuration: " + modeName
-                    + ", High Memory Mode: " + highMemEnabled);
+            System.out.println("EDEX run configuration: " + modeName);
         } else {
             System.out
                     .println("No EDEX run configuration specified, defaulting to use all discovered spring XML files");
@@ -151,7 +148,7 @@ public class Executor {
         System.out.println("EDEX site configuration: "
                 + System.getProperty("aw.site.identifier"));
 
-        EdexMode edexMode = emc.getMode(modeName, highMemEnabled);
+        EdexMode edexMode = emc.getMode(modeName);
 
         if (edexMode != null && edexMode.isTemplate()) {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException(modeName
diff --git a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.edex.esb.camel/src/com/raytheon/uf/edex/esb/camel/spring/EdexModesContainer.java b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.edex.esb.camel/src/com/raytheon/uf/edex/esb/camel/spring/EdexModesContainer.java
index d7f56f0cc4..765279255b 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.edex.esb.camel/src/com/raytheon/uf/edex/esb/camel/spring/EdexModesContainer.java
+++ b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.edex.esb.camel/src/com/raytheon/uf/edex/esb/camel/spring/EdexModesContainer.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
  * Date         Ticket#    Engineer    Description
  * ------------ ---------- ----------- --------------------------
  * Apr 22, 2010            njensen     Initial creation
+ * May 29, 2013 1989       njensen     Removed high mem mode
  * 
  * </pre>
  * 
@@ -62,32 +63,16 @@ public class EdexModesContainer {
         this.modes = modes;
     }
 
-    public EdexMode getMode(String name, boolean highMemoryEnabled) {
+    public EdexMode getMode(String name) {
         EdexMode ret = null;
-        if (highMemoryEnabled) {
-            // check for high memory name
-            String highMemName = name + "HighMem";
-            for (EdexMode m : modes) {
-                if (m.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(highMemName)) {
-                    ret = m;
-                    if (!ret.isInited()) {
-                        ret.init();
-                    }
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-        }
 
-        // no high memory mode or no high memory mode name found
-        if (ret == null) {
-            for (EdexMode m : modes) {
-                if (m.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
-                    ret = m;
-                    if (!ret.isInited()) {
-                        ret.init();
-                    }
-                    break;
+        for (EdexMode m : modes) {
+            if (m.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
+                ret = m;
+                if (!ret.isInited()) {
+                    ret.init();
                 }
+                break;
             }
         }
         return ret;
diff --git a/rpms/awips2.edex/Installer.edex/scripts/init.d/edex_camel b/rpms/awips2.edex/Installer.edex/scripts/init.d/edex_camel
index f5ff0d0853..30b539a1d8 100644
--- a/rpms/awips2.edex/Installer.edex/scripts/init.d/edex_camel
+++ b/rpms/awips2.edex/Installer.edex/scripts/init.d/edex_camel
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ prog="start.sh"
 MEM=( `free -g | grep "Mem:"` )
 TOTAL_MEM=${MEM[1]}
 
-HIGH_MEM=off
-if [ $TOTAL_MEM -gt 4 ]; then
-   HIGH_MEM=on
-fi
-
 # determine services to load
 if [ -f /etc/rc.d/init.d/edexServiceList ]; then
 	. /etc/rc.d/init.d/edexServiceList
@@ -67,9 +62,6 @@ startEDEX() {
    fi
 
    EXTRA_ARGS="-noConsole"
-   if [ $HIGH_MEM == "on" ]; then
-      EXTRA_ARGS="${EXTRA_ARGS} -h"
-   fi
 
    DAEMON="${EDEX_INSTALL}/bin/start.sh ${EXTRA_ARGS} ${1}"
    EDEXSTARTLOG=${EDEX_INSTALL}/logs/start-edex-${1}-$TODAY.log