diff --git a/cpukit/ChangeLog b/cpukit/ChangeLog
index e7486afe4f..e16172f4ba 100644
--- a/cpukit/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpukit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2011-11-29	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrilL@OARcorp.com>
+
+	PR 1967/cpukit
+	* score/include/rtems/score/object.h,
+	score/src/objectinitializeinformation.c: Remove
+	OBJECTS_NAME_ALIGNMENT and uses.
+
 2011-11-28	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
 
 	PR 1941/cpukit
diff --git a/cpukit/score/include/rtems/score/object.h b/cpukit/score/include/rtems/score/object.h
index 703050feaa..4f2147cd99 100644
--- a/cpukit/score/include/rtems/score/object.h
+++ b/cpukit/score/include/rtems/score/object.h
@@ -64,13 +64,6 @@ typedef union {
   uint32_t    name_u32;
 } Objects_Name;
 
-/**
- *  Space for object names is allocated in multiples of this.
- *
- *  NOTE:  Must be a power of 2.  Matches the name manipulation routines.
- */
-#define OBJECTS_NAME_ALIGNMENT     sizeof( uint32_t )
-
 /**
  *  Functions which compare names are prototyped like this.
  */
diff --git a/cpukit/score/src/objectinitializeinformation.c b/cpukit/score/src/objectinitializeinformation.c
index 882274a18d..0498afa51e 100644
--- a/cpukit/score/src/objectinitializeinformation.c
+++ b/cpukit/score/src/objectinitializeinformation.c
@@ -128,18 +128,12 @@ void _Objects_Initialize_information(
   /*
    *  Calculate the maximum name length
    *
-   *  NOTE: Always 4 bytes long in Class so aligned.  It is POSIX name
-   *        lengths that may be an odd number of bytes.
+   *  NOTE: Either 4 bytes for Classic API names or an arbitrary
+   *        number for POSIX names which are strings that may be
+   *        an odd number of bytes.
    */
-  name_length = maximum_name_length;
 
-  #if defined(RTEMS_POSIX_API)
-    if ( name_length & (OBJECTS_NAME_ALIGNMENT-1) )
-      name_length = (name_length + OBJECTS_NAME_ALIGNMENT) &
-                    ~(OBJECTS_NAME_ALIGNMENT-1);
-  #endif
-
-  information->name_length = name_length;
+  information->name_length = maximum_name_length;
 
   _Chain_Initialize_empty( &information->Inactive );
 
@@ -164,12 +158,12 @@ void _Objects_Initialize_information(
     if ( (supports_global == true) && _System_state_Is_multiprocessing ) {
 
       information->global_table =
-	(Chain_Control *) _Workspace_Allocate_or_fatal_error(
-	  (_Objects_Maximum_nodes + 1) * sizeof(Chain_Control)
-	);
+        (Chain_Control *) _Workspace_Allocate_or_fatal_error(
+          (_Objects_Maximum_nodes + 1) * sizeof(Chain_Control)
+        );
 
       for ( index=1; index <= _Objects_Maximum_nodes ; index++ )
-	_Chain_Initialize_empty( &information->global_table[ index ] );
+        _Chain_Initialize_empty( &information->global_table[ index ] );
      }
      else
        information->global_table = NULL;