diff --git a/daemon/execdriver/native/driver.go b/daemon/execdriver/native/driver.go
index 3f2036b8c0..5b1b96bdfe 100644
--- a/daemon/execdriver/native/driver.go
+++ b/daemon/execdriver/native/driver.go
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ func (d *driver) Run(c *execdriver.Command, pipes *execdriver.Pipes, startCallba
 	if err != nil {
 		return -1, err
 	}
+
+	if err := execdriver.SetTerminal(c, pipes); err != nil {
+		return -1, err
+	}
+
 	d.Lock()
 	d.activeContainers[c.ID] = &activeContainer{
 		container: container,
@@ -106,6 +111,7 @@ func (d *driver) Run(c *execdriver.Command, pipes *execdriver.Pipes, startCallba
 		dataPath = filepath.Join(d.root, c.ID)
 		args     = append([]string{c.Entrypoint}, c.Arguments...)
 	)
+
 	if err := d.createContainerRoot(c.ID); err != nil {
 		return -1, err
 	}
@@ -115,9 +121,7 @@ func (d *driver) Run(c *execdriver.Command, pipes *execdriver.Pipes, startCallba
 		return -1, err
 	}
 
-	term := getTerminal(c, pipes)
-
-	return namespaces.Exec(container, term, c.Rootfs, dataPath, args, func(container *libcontainer.Config, console, rootfs, dataPath, init string, child *os.File, args []string) *exec.Cmd {
+	return namespaces.Exec(container, c.Stdin, c.Stdout, c.Stderr, c.Console, c.Rootfs, dataPath, args, func(container *libcontainer.Config, console, rootfs, dataPath, init string, child *os.File, args []string) *exec.Cmd {
 		// we need to join the rootfs because namespaces will setup the rootfs and chroot
 		initPath := filepath.Join(c.Rootfs, c.InitPath)
 
@@ -201,11 +205,13 @@ func (d *driver) Terminate(p *execdriver.Command) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	if state.InitStartTime == currentStartTime {
 		err = syscall.Kill(p.Process.Pid, 9)
 		syscall.Wait4(p.Process.Pid, nil, 0, nil)
 	}
 	d.removeContainerRoot(p.ID)
+
 	return err
 
 }
@@ -266,18 +272,3 @@ func getEnv(key string, env []string) string {
 	}
 	return ""
 }
-
-func getTerminal(c *execdriver.Command, pipes *execdriver.Pipes) namespaces.Terminal {
-	var term namespaces.Terminal
-	if c.Tty {
-		term = &dockerTtyTerm{
-			pipes: pipes,
-		}
-	} else {
-		term = &dockerStdTerm{
-			pipes: pipes,
-		}
-	}
-	c.Terminal = term
-	return term
-}
diff --git a/daemon/execdriver/native/term.go b/daemon/execdriver/native/term.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f60351c609..0000000000
--- a/daemon/execdriver/native/term.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-/*
-   These types are wrappers around the libcontainer Terminal interface so that
-   we can resuse the docker implementations where possible.
-*/
-package native
-
-import (
-	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/daemon/execdriver"
-	"io"
-	"os"
-	"os/exec"
-)
-
-type dockerStdTerm struct {
-	execdriver.StdConsole
-	pipes *execdriver.Pipes
-}
-
-func (d *dockerStdTerm) Attach(cmd *exec.Cmd) error {
-	return d.AttachPipes(cmd, d.pipes)
-}
-
-func (d *dockerStdTerm) SetMaster(master *os.File) {
-	// do nothing
-}
-
-type dockerTtyTerm struct {
-	execdriver.TtyConsole
-	pipes *execdriver.Pipes
-}
-
-func (t *dockerTtyTerm) Attach(cmd *exec.Cmd) error {
-	go io.Copy(t.pipes.Stdout, t.MasterPty)
-	if t.pipes.Stdin != nil {
-		go io.Copy(t.MasterPty, t.pipes.Stdin)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (t *dockerTtyTerm) SetMaster(master *os.File) {
-	t.MasterPty = master
-}
diff --git a/daemon/execdriver/termconsole.go b/daemon/execdriver/termconsole.go
index af6b88d3d1..ebd849209f 100644
--- a/daemon/execdriver/termconsole.go
+++ b/daemon/execdriver/termconsole.go
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 package execdriver
 
 import (
-	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/pkg/term"
-	"github.com/kr/pty"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/pkg/system"
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/pkg/term"
 )
 
 func SetTerminal(command *Command, pipes *Pipes) error {
@@ -13,37 +14,42 @@ func SetTerminal(command *Command, pipes *Pipes) error {
 		term Terminal
 		err  error
 	)
+
 	if command.Tty {
 		term, err = NewTtyConsole(command, pipes)
 	} else {
 		term, err = NewStdConsole(command, pipes)
 	}
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	command.Terminal = term
+
 	return nil
 }
 
 type TtyConsole struct {
 	MasterPty *os.File
-	SlavePty  *os.File
 }
 
 func NewTtyConsole(command *Command, pipes *Pipes) (*TtyConsole, error) {
-	ptyMaster, ptySlave, err := pty.Open()
+	ptyMaster, console, err := system.CreateMasterAndConsole()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
 	tty := &TtyConsole{
 		MasterPty: ptyMaster,
-		SlavePty:  ptySlave,
 	}
+
 	if err := tty.AttachPipes(&command.Cmd, pipes); err != nil {
 		tty.Close()
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	command.Console = tty.SlavePty.Name()
+	command.Console = console
+
 	return tty, nil
 }
 
@@ -56,9 +62,6 @@ func (t *TtyConsole) Resize(h, w int) error {
 }
 
 func (t *TtyConsole) AttachPipes(command *exec.Cmd, pipes *Pipes) error {
-	command.Stdout = t.SlavePty
-	command.Stderr = t.SlavePty
-
 	go func() {
 		if wb, ok := pipes.Stdout.(interface {
 			CloseWriters() error
@@ -69,19 +72,16 @@ func (t *TtyConsole) AttachPipes(command *exec.Cmd, pipes *Pipes) error {
 	}()
 
 	if pipes.Stdin != nil {
-		command.Stdin = t.SlavePty
-		command.SysProcAttr.Setctty = true
-
 		go func() {
 			defer pipes.Stdin.Close()
 			io.Copy(t.MasterPty, pipes.Stdin)
 		}()
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (t *TtyConsole) Close() error {
-	t.SlavePty.Close()
 	return t.MasterPty.Close()
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/system/sysconfig.go b/pkg/system/sysconfig.go
deleted file mode 100644
index dcbe6c9cdd..0000000000
--- a/pkg/system/sysconfig.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-// +build linux,cgo
-
-package system
-
-/*
-#include <unistd.h>
-int get_hz(void) { return sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK); }
-*/
-import "C"
-
-func GetClockTicks() int {
-	return int(C.get_hz())
-}