diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.core/src/org/eclipse/rse/core/RSECorePlugin.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.core/src/org/eclipse/rse/core/RSECorePlugin.java
index 0791599de7e..c32884cf8a9 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.core/src/org/eclipse/rse/core/RSECorePlugin.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.core/src/org/eclipse/rse/core/RSECorePlugin.java
@@ -18,13 +18,15 @@
  * Martin Oberhuber (Wind River) - [175680] Deprecate obsolete ISystemRegistry methods
  * Martin Oberhuber (Wind River) - [160293] NPE on startup when only Core feature is installed
  * Uwe Stieber (Wind River) - [192611] RSE Core plugin may fail to initialize because of cyclic code invocation
+ * Martin Oberhuber (Wind River) - [165674] Sort subsystem configurations by priority then Id
  ********************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.rse.core;
 
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Vector;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IConfigurationElement;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IExtensionRegistry;
@@ -282,21 +284,19 @@ public class RSECorePlugin extends Plugin {
     	IConfigurationElement[] factoryPlugins = getSubSystemConfigurationPlugins();
     	if (factoryPlugins != null)
     	{
-          Vector v = new Vector();
+          List l = new ArrayList();
           for (int idx=0; idx<factoryPlugins.length; idx++)
           {
              SubSystemConfigurationProxy ssf =
                new SubSystemConfigurationProxy(factoryPlugins[idx]);           	
           	
-             v.addElement(ssf);
-          }    	  	
-          if (v.size() != 0)
-          {
-            _subsystemConfigurations = new ISubSystemConfigurationProxy[v.size()];
-            for (int idx=0; idx<v.size(); idx++)
-               _subsystemConfigurations[idx] = (ISubSystemConfigurationProxy)v.elementAt(idx);
+             l.add(ssf);
           }
-          Arrays.sort(_subsystemConfigurations, new SubSystemConfigurationProxyComparator());
+          ISubSystemConfigurationProxy[] newProxies = (ISubSystemConfigurationProxy[])l.toArray(new ISubSystemConfigurationProxy[l.size()]);
+  		  //[149280][165674]: Sort proxies by priority then ID in order to 
+          //get deterministic results on all getSubSystemConfiguration*() queries
+          Arrays.sort(newProxies, new SubSystemConfigurationProxyComparator());
+          _subsystemConfigurations = newProxies;
     	}
     	
     	return _subsystemConfigurations;
diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.core/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/core/subsystems/SubSystemConfigurationProxyComparator.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.core/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/core/subsystems/SubSystemConfigurationProxyComparator.java
index c2d9c8d105b..d45b5bb5140 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.core/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/core/subsystems/SubSystemConfigurationProxyComparator.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.core/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/core/subsystems/SubSystemConfigurationProxyComparator.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  *
  * Contributors:
  *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ * Martin Oberhuber (Wind River) - [165674] Sort subsystem configurations by priority then Id
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.rse.internal.core.subsystems;
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ public class SubSystemConfigurationProxyComparator implements Comparator {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Compares priorities of subsystem configuration proxies. 
+	 * Compares subsystem configuration proxies by Priority, then Id.
 	 * @see java.util.Comparator#compare(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)
 	 */
 	public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
@@ -36,14 +37,11 @@ public class SubSystemConfigurationProxyComparator implements Comparator {
 				return -1;
 			}
 			else if (proxy1.getPriority() > proxy2.getPriority()) {
-				return 1;
-			}
-			else {
-				return 0;
+				return +1;
+			} else {
+				return proxy1.getId().compareTo(proxy2.getId());
 			}
 		}
-		else {
-			return 0;
-		}
+		return 0;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/model/org/eclipse/rse/ui/internal/model/SystemRegistry.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/model/org/eclipse/rse/ui/internal/model/SystemRegistry.java
index 2d14bd04cb3..54f9469ce0a 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/model/org/eclipse/rse/ui/internal/model/SystemRegistry.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/model/org/eclipse/rse/ui/internal/model/SystemRegistry.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 package org.eclipse.rse.ui.internal.model;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Vector;
@@ -255,29 +254,17 @@ public class SystemRegistry implements ISystemRegistry
 
 	/**
 	 * Private method used by RSEUIPlugin to tell registry all registered subsystem
-	 *  factories. This way, all code can use this registry to access them versus the
-	 *  RSEUIPlugin.
+	 * factories. This way, all code can use this registry to access them versus the
+	 * RSEUIPlugin.
+	 * 
+	 * Proxies must be set sorted by priority, then ID in order to get deterministic
+	 * results for all getSubSystemConfiguration*() queries. 
 	 */
 	public void setSubSystemConfigurationProxies(ISubSystemConfigurationProxy[] proxies)
 	{
-		//[165674]: Sort proxies by ID in order to get deterministic results
-		//on all getSubSystemConfiguration*() queries
-		ISubSystemConfigurationProxy[] newProxies = (ISubSystemConfigurationProxy[])proxies.clone();
-		Arrays.sort(newProxies, new Comparator(){
-			public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
-				ISubSystemConfigurationProxy s1 = (ISubSystemConfigurationProxy)o1;
-				ISubSystemConfigurationProxy s2 = (ISubSystemConfigurationProxy)o2;
-				if (s1.getPriority() < s2.getPriority()) {
-					return -1;
-				} else if (s1.getPriority() > s2.getPriority()) {
-					return +1;
-				}
-				return s1.getId().compareTo(s2.getId());
-			}
-		});
-		//for (int idx=0; idx<newProxies.length; idx++)
-		// newProxies[idx].setLogFile(logFile);
-		subsystemConfigurationProxies = newProxies;
+		subsystemConfigurationProxies = proxies;
+		//for (int idx=0; idx<proxies.length; idx++)
+		// proxies[idx].setLogFile(logFile);
 	}
 	/**
 	 * Public method to retrieve list of subsystem factory proxies registered by extension points.