diff --git a/common/Console.cpp b/common/Console.cpp
index a4fd650bdb..1e5eab7812 100644
--- a/common/Console.cpp
+++ b/common/Console.cpp
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 using namespace Threading;
 
 // thread-local console indentation setting.
-static DeclareTls(int) conlog_Indent(0);
+static thread_local int conlog_Indent(0);
 
 // thread-local console color storage.
-static DeclareTls(ConsoleColors) conlog_Color(DefaultConsoleColor);
+static thread_local ConsoleColors conlog_Color(DefaultConsoleColor);
 
 #ifdef __POSIX__
 #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/common/Threading.h b/common/Threading.h
index 21bef6e88e..6d1d93056c 100644
--- a/common/Threading.h
+++ b/common/Threading.h
@@ -26,24 +26,6 @@
 
 #include <atomic>
 
-// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-//  PCSX2_THREAD_LOCAL - Defines platform/operating system support for Thread Local Storage
-// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-//
-// TLS is enabled by default. It will be disabled at compile time for Linux plugin.
-// If you link SPU2X/ZZOGL with a TLS library, you will consume a DVT slots. Slots
-// are rather limited and it ends up to "impossible to dlopen the library"
-// None of the above plugin uses TLS variable in a multithread context
-#ifndef PCSX2_THREAD_LOCAL
-#define PCSX2_THREAD_LOCAL 1
-#endif
-
-#if PCSX2_THREAD_LOCAL
-#define DeclareTls(x) thread_local x
-#else
-#define DeclareTls(x) x
-#endif
-
 namespace Threading
 {
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/common/emitter/x86emitter.cpp b/common/emitter/x86emitter.cpp
index 03edefabf5..afbab735cb 100644
--- a/common/emitter/x86emitter.cpp
+++ b/common/emitter/x86emitter.cpp
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@
 //
 
 
-__tls_emit u8* x86Ptr;
-__tls_emit XMMSSEType g_xmmtypes[iREGCNT_XMM] = {XMMT_INT};
+thread_local u8* x86Ptr;
+thread_local XMMSSEType g_xmmtypes[iREGCNT_XMM] = {XMMT_INT};
 
 namespace x86Emitter
 {
diff --git a/common/emitter/x86types.h b/common/emitter/x86types.h
index 08c5448d94..06bff31420 100644
--- a/common/emitter/x86types.h
+++ b/common/emitter/x86types.h
@@ -29,38 +29,8 @@ enum XMMSSEType
 	//XMMT_FPD = 3, // double
 };
 
-// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-//  __tls_emit / x86EMIT_MULTITHREADED
-// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Multithreaded support for the x86 emitter.  (defaults to 0)
-// To enable the multithreaded emitter, either set the below define to 1, or set the define
-// as a project option.  The multithreaded emitter relies on native compiler support for
-// TLS -- Macs are crap out of luck there (for now).
-
-#ifndef x86EMIT_MULTITHREADED
-#if PCSX2_THREAD_LOCAL
-#define x86EMIT_MULTITHREADED 1
-#else
-// No TLS support?  Force-clear the MT flag:
-#pragma message("x86emitter: TLS not available, multithreaded emitter disabled.")
-#undef x86EMIT_MULTITHREADED
-#define x86EMIT_MULTITHREADED 0
-#endif
-#endif
-
-#ifndef __tls_emit
-#if x86EMIT_MULTITHREADED
-#define __tls_emit thread_local
-#else
-// Using TlsVariable is sub-optimal and could result in huge executables, so we
-// force-disable TLS entirely, and disallow running multithreaded recompilation
-// components within PCSX2 manually.
-#define __tls_emit
-#endif
-#endif
-
-extern __tls_emit u8* x86Ptr;
-extern __tls_emit XMMSSEType g_xmmtypes[iREGCNT_XMM];
+extern thread_local u8* x86Ptr;
+extern thread_local XMMSSEType g_xmmtypes[iREGCNT_XMM];
 
 namespace x86Emitter
 {
diff --git a/pcsx2/gui/AppAssert.cpp b/pcsx2/gui/AppAssert.cpp
index 5ef14d9d87..335897525c 100644
--- a/pcsx2/gui/AppAssert.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/gui/AppAssert.cpp
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static wxString pxGetStackTrace( const FnChar_t* calledFrom )
 void Pcsx2App::OnAssertFailure( const wxChar *file, int line, const wxChar *func, const wxChar *cond, const wxChar *msg )
 {
 	// Re-entrant assertions are bad mojo -- trap immediately.
-	static DeclareTls(int) _reentrant_lock( 0 );
+	static thread_local int _reentrant_lock( 0 );
 	RecursionGuard guard( _reentrant_lock );
 	if( guard.IsReentrant() ) pxTrap();
 
diff --git a/pcsx2/gui/AppCoreThread.cpp b/pcsx2/gui/AppCoreThread.cpp
index 8ca6c4179f..f007e21f91 100644
--- a/pcsx2/gui/AppCoreThread.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/gui/AppCoreThread.cpp
@@ -686,8 +686,8 @@ void SysExecEvent_CoreThreadPause::InvokeEvent()
 //  ScopedCoreThreadClose / ScopedCoreThreadPause
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-static DeclareTls(bool) ScopedCore_IsPaused = false;
-static DeclareTls(bool) ScopedCore_IsFullyClosed = false;
+static thread_local bool ScopedCore_IsPaused = false;
+static thread_local bool ScopedCore_IsFullyClosed = false;
 
 BaseScopedCoreThread::BaseScopedCoreThread()
 {
diff --git a/pcsx2/x86/iCore.cpp b/pcsx2/x86/iCore.cpp
index 408654cc16..629371ad68 100644
--- a/pcsx2/x86/iCore.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/x86/iCore.cpp
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 
 using namespace x86Emitter;
 
-__tls_emit u8* j8Ptr[32];
-__tls_emit u32* j32Ptr[32];
+thread_local u8* j8Ptr[32];
+thread_local u32* j32Ptr[32];
 
 u16 g_x86AllocCounter = 0;
 u16 g_xmmAllocCounter = 0;
diff --git a/pcsx2/x86/iCore.h b/pcsx2/x86/iCore.h
index 8e453ea410..ff6b6d1048 100644
--- a/pcsx2/x86/iCore.h
+++ b/pcsx2/x86/iCore.h
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ extern u32 g_recWriteback; // used for jumps (VUrec mess!)
 
 extern _xmmregs xmmregs[iREGCNT_XMM], s_saveXMMregs[iREGCNT_XMM];
 
-extern __tls_emit u8* j8Ptr[32];   // depreciated item.  use local u8* vars instead.
-extern __tls_emit u32* j32Ptr[32]; // depreciated item.  use local u32* vars instead.
+extern thread_local u8* j8Ptr[32];   // depreciated item.  use local u8* vars instead.
+extern thread_local u32* j32Ptr[32]; // depreciated item.  use local u32* vars instead.
 
 extern u16 g_x86AllocCounter;
 extern u16 g_xmmAllocCounter;