diff --git a/tractor/_actor.py b/tractor/_actor.py
index 0a20ead..fe38929 100644
--- a/tractor/_actor.py
+++ b/tractor/_actor.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class Actor:
         self._listeners = []
         self._parent_chan = None
         self._accept_host = None
-        self._fs_deats = None
+        self._forkserver_info = None
 
     async def wait_for_peer(self, uid):
         """Wait for a connection back from a spawned actor with a given
@@ -362,10 +362,10 @@ class Actor:
         finally:
             log.debug(f"Exiting msg loop for {chan} from {chan.uid}")
 
-    def _fork_main(self, accept_addr, fs_deats, parent_addr=None):
+    def _fork_main(self, accept_addr, forkserver_info, parent_addr=None):
         # after fork routine which invokes a fresh ``trio.run``
         # log.warn("Log level after fork is {self.loglevel}")
-        self._fs_deats = fs_deats
+        self._forkserver_info = forkserver_info
         from ._trionics import ctx
         if self.loglevel is not None:
             get_console_log(self.loglevel)
diff --git a/tractor/_forkserver_hackzorz.py b/tractor/_forkserver_hackzorz.py
index 48d4d67..f0aeb40 100644
--- a/tractor/_forkserver_hackzorz.py
+++ b/tractor/_forkserver_hackzorz.py
@@ -256,20 +256,29 @@ class AdultSemaphoreTracker(semaphore_tracker.SemaphoreTracker):
         return self._fd
 
 
-# override the stdlib's stuff
 _semaphore_tracker = AdultSemaphoreTracker()
-semaphore_tracker._semaphore_tracker = _semaphore_tracker
-semaphore_tracker.ensure_running = _semaphore_tracker.ensure_running
-semaphore_tracker.register = _semaphore_tracker.register
-semaphore_tracker.unregister = _semaphore_tracker.unregister
-semaphore_tracker.getfd = _semaphore_tracker.getfd
-
-
 _forkserver = AdultForkServer()
-forkserver._forkserver = _forkserver
-forkserver.main = main
-forkserver._serve_one = _serve_one
-forkserver.ensure_running = _forkserver.ensure_running
-forkserver.get_inherited_fds = _forkserver.get_inherited_fds
-forkserver.connect_to_new_process = _forkserver.connect_to_new_process
-forkserver.set_forkserver_preload = _forkserver.set_forkserver_preload
+
+
+def override_stdlib():
+    """Override the stdlib's ``multiprocessing.forkserver`` behaviour
+    such that our local "manually managed" version from above can be
+    used instead.
+
+    This allows avoiding spawning superfluous additional forkservers
+    and semaphore trackers for each actor nursery used to create new
+    sub-actors from sub-actors.
+    """
+    semaphore_tracker._semaphore_tracker = _semaphore_tracker
+    semaphore_tracker.ensure_running = _semaphore_tracker.ensure_running
+    semaphore_tracker.register = _semaphore_tracker.register
+    semaphore_tracker.unregister = _semaphore_tracker.unregister
+    semaphore_tracker.getfd = _semaphore_tracker.getfd
+
+    forkserver._forkserver = _forkserver
+    forkserver.main = main
+    forkserver._serve_one = _serve_one
+    forkserver.ensure_running = _forkserver.ensure_running
+    forkserver.get_inherited_fds = _forkserver.get_inherited_fds
+    forkserver.connect_to_new_process = _forkserver.connect_to_new_process
+    forkserver.set_forkserver_preload = _forkserver.set_forkserver_preload
diff --git a/tractor/_trionics.py b/tractor/_trionics.py
index 427a6f9..7312cca 100644
--- a/tractor/_trionics.py
+++ b/tractor/_trionics.py
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@ from multiprocessing import forkserver, semaphore_tracker
 import trio
 from async_generator import asynccontextmanager, aclosing
 
-from . import _forkserver_hackzorz  # overrides stdlib
+from . import _forkserver_hackzorz
 from ._state import current_actor
 from .log import get_logger, get_loglevel
 from ._actor import Actor, ActorFailure
 from ._portal import Portal
 
 
+_forkserver_hackzorz.override_stdlib()
 ctx = mp.get_context("forkserver")
 log = get_logger('tractor')
 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ class ActorNursery:
         # portals spawned with ``run_in_actor()``
         self._cancel_after_result_on_exit = set()
         self.cancelled = False
-        self._fs = None
+        self._forkserver = None
 
     async def __aenter__(self):
         return self
@@ -53,16 +54,16 @@ class ActorNursery:
         )
         parent_addr = self._actor.accept_addr
         assert parent_addr
-        self._fs = fs = forkserver._forkserver
+        self._forkserver = fs = forkserver._forkserver
         if mp.current_process().name == 'MainProcess' and (
-            not self._actor._fs_deats
+            not self._actor._forkserver_info
         ):
             # if we're the "main" process start the forkserver only once
             # and pass it's ipc info to downstream children
 
             # forkserver.set_forkserver_preload(rpc_module_paths)
             forkserver.ensure_running()
-            fs_deats = addr, alive_fd, pid, st_pid, st_fd = (
+            fs_info = addr, alive_fd, pid, st_pid, st_fd = (
                 fs._forkserver_address,
                 fs._forkserver_alive_fd,
                 getattr(fs, '_forkserver_pid', None),
@@ -70,17 +71,17 @@ class ActorNursery:
                 semaphore_tracker._semaphore_tracker._fd,
             )
         else:
-            fs_deats = (
+            fs_info = (
                 fs._forkserver_address,
                 fs._forkserver_alive_fd,
                 fs._forkserver_pid,
                 semaphore_tracker._semaphore_tracker._pid,
                 semaphore_tracker._semaphore_tracker._fd,
-             ) = self._actor._fs_deats
+             ) = self._actor._forkserver_info
 
         proc = ctx.Process(
             target=actor._fork_main,
-            args=(bind_addr, fs_deats, parent_addr),
+            args=(bind_addr, fs_info, parent_addr),
             # daemon=True,
             name=name,
         )