diff --git a/bin/cqlsh b/bin/cqlsh
index bb440e0c5b..84543f4af8 100755
--- a/bin/cqlsh
+++ b/bin/cqlsh
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ class Shell(cmd.Cmd):
         else:
             transport = transport_factory(hostname, port, os.environ, CONFIG_FILE)
             self.conn = cql.connect(hostname, port, user=username, password=password,
-                                    transport=transport)
+                                    cql_version=cqlver, transport=transport)
             self.set_expanded_cql_version(cqlver)
             # we could set the keyspace through cql.connect(), but as of 1.0.10,
             # it doesn't quote the keyspace for USE :(
diff --git a/lib/cql-internal-only-1.3.0.zip b/lib/cql-internal-only-1.4.0.zip
similarity index 54%
rename from lib/cql-internal-only-1.3.0.zip
rename to lib/cql-internal-only-1.4.0.zip
index 1fde0596fe..10dfeaf643 100644
Binary files a/lib/cql-internal-only-1.3.0.zip and b/lib/cql-internal-only-1.4.0.zip differ
diff --git a/pylib/cqlshlib/cql3handling.py b/pylib/cqlshlib/cql3handling.py
index 8728f60fea..8e0d987488 100644
--- a/pylib/cqlshlib/cql3handling.py
+++ b/pylib/cqlshlib/cql3handling.py
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ JUNK ::= /([ \t\r\f\v]+|(--|[/][/])[^\n\r]*([\n\r]|$)|[/][*].*?[*][/])/ ;
          | <float>
          | <uuid>
          ;
+
 <tokenDefinition> ::= token="TOKEN" "(" <term> ( "," <term> )* ")"
                     | <stringLiteral>
                     ;
@@ -728,7 +729,6 @@ syntax_rules += r'''
                  ;
 <selectStatement> ::= "SELECT" <selectClause>
                         "FROM" cf=<columnFamilyName>
-                          ("USING" "CONSISTENCY" selcl=<consistencylevel>)?
                           ("WHERE" <whereClause>)?
                           ("ORDER" "BY" <orderByClause> ( "," <orderByClause> )* )?
                           ("LIMIT" <wholenumber>)?
@@ -753,10 +753,6 @@ syntax_rules += r'''
                   ;
 '''
 
-@completer_for('selectStatement', 'selcl')
-def select_statement_consistencylevel(ctxt, cass):
-    return [cl for cl in CqlRuleSet.consistency_levels if cl != 'ANY']
-
 @completer_for('orderByClause', 'ordercol')
 def select_order_column_completer(ctxt, cass):
     prev_order_cols = ctxt.get_binding('ordercol', ())
@@ -815,8 +811,7 @@ syntax_rules += r'''
                       ( "USING" [insertopt]=<usingOption>
                                 ( "AND" [insertopt]=<usingOption> )* )?
                     ;
-<usingOption> ::= "CONSISTENCY" <consistencylevel>
-                | "TIMESTAMP" <wholenumber>
+<usingOption> ::= "TIMESTAMP" <wholenumber>
                 | "TTL" <wholenumber>
                 ;
 '''
@@ -860,7 +855,7 @@ def insert_valcomma_completer(ctxt, cass):
 
 @completer_for('insertStatement', 'insertopt')
 def insert_option_completer(ctxt, cass):
-    opts = set('CONSISTENCY TIMESTAMP TTL'.split())
+    opts = set('TIMESTAMP TTL'.split())
     for opt in ctxt.get_binding('insertopt', ()):
         opts.discard(opt.split()[0])
     return opts
@@ -882,7 +877,7 @@ syntax_rules += r'''
 
 @completer_for('updateStatement', 'updateopt')
 def insert_option_completer(ctxt, cass):
-    opts = set('CONSISTENCY TIMESTAMP TTL'.split())
+    opts = set('TIMESTAMP TTL'.split())
     for opt in ctxt.get_binding('updateopt', ()):
         opts.discard(opt.split()[0])
     return opts
@@ -953,14 +948,13 @@ syntax_rules += r'''
                     ;
 <deleteSelector> ::= delcol=<cident> ( memberbracket="[" memberselector=<term> "]" )?
                    ;
-<deleteOption> ::= "CONSISTENCY" <consistencylevel>
-                 | "TIMESTAMP" <wholenumber>
+<deleteOption> ::= "TIMESTAMP" <wholenumber>
                  ;
 '''
 
 @completer_for('deleteStatement', 'delopt')
 def delete_opt_completer(ctxt, cass):
-    opts = set('CONSISTENCY TIMESTAMP'.split())
+    opts = set('TIMESTAMP'.split())
     for opt in ctxt.get_binding('delopt', ()):
         opts.discard(opt.split()[0])
     return opts
@@ -988,7 +982,7 @@ syntax_rules += r'''
 
 @completer_for('batchStatement', 'batchopt')
 def batch_opt_completer(ctxt, cass):
-    opts = set('CONSISTENCY TIMESTAMP'.split())
+    opts = set('TIMESTAMP'.split())
     for opt in ctxt.get_binding('batchopt', ()):
         opts.discard(opt.split()[0])
     return opts
diff --git a/pylib/cqlshlib/tfactory.py b/pylib/cqlshlib/tfactory.py
index d16c8e79ff..cc02e883ec 100644
--- a/pylib/cqlshlib/tfactory.py
+++ b/pylib/cqlshlib/tfactory.py
@@ -27,6 +27,5 @@ def regular_transport_factory(host, port, env, config_file):
     * env ..........: environment variables (os.environ) - not used by this implementation.
     * config_file ..: path to cqlsh config file - not used by this implementation.
     """
-    socket = TSocket.TSocket(host, port)
-    socket.open()
-    return TTransport.TFramedTransport(socket)
+    tsocket = TSocket.TSocket(host, port)
+    return TTransport.TFramedTransport(tsocket)