diff --git a/src/util/mpir_hwtopo.c b/src/util/mpir_hwtopo.c
index 33e88bc..ee3641c 100644
--- a/src/util/mpir_hwtopo.c
+++ b/src/util/mpir_hwtopo.c
@@ -200,18 +200,6 @@ int MPII_hwtopo_init(void)
 #ifdef HAVE_HWLOC
     bindset = hwloc_bitmap_alloc();
     hwloc_topology_init(&hwloc_topology);
-    char *xmlfile = MPIR_pmi_get_jobattr("PMI_hwloc_xmlfile");
-    if (xmlfile != NULL) {
-        int rc;
-        rc = hwloc_topology_set_xml(hwloc_topology, xmlfile);
-        if (rc == 0) {
-            /* To have hwloc still actually call OS-specific hooks, the
-             * HWLOC_TOPOLOGY_FLAG_IS_THISSYSTEM has to be set to assert that the loaded
-             * file is really the underlying system. */
-            hwloc_topology_set_flags(hwloc_topology, HWLOC_TOPOLOGY_FLAG_IS_THISSYSTEM);
-        }
-        MPL_free(xmlfile);
-    }

     hwloc_topology_set_io_types_filter(hwloc_topology, HWLOC_TYPE_FILTER_KEEP_ALL);
     if (!hwloc_topology_load(hwloc_topology)) 

--- a/src/mpi/init/local_proc_attrs.c
+++ b/src/mpi/init/local_proc_attrs.c
@@ -79,10 +79,6 @@ int MPII_init_local_proc_attrs(int *p_thread_required)
     /* Set the number of tag bits. The device may override this value. */
     MPIR_Process.tag_bits = MPIR_TAG_BITS_DEFAULT;

-    char *requested_kinds = MPIR_pmi_get_jobattr("PMI_mpi_memory_alloc_kinds");
-    MPIR_get_supported_memory_kinds(requested_kinds, &MPIR_Process.memory_alloc_kinds);
-    MPL_free(requested_kinds);
-
     return mpi_errno;
 }