Well I figured out why the threads are getting added (I think)...
'./configure' '--with-mysql' '--with-apxs'
My previous install used the internal MySQL functions and I am now attempting to us the libraries...
'/configure --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --with-mysql=/usr'
I would prefer to use the external libraries rather that the internal, but I still do not want to have to recompile apache to be multi-threaded. Any help would be much appreciated.