diff --git a/api.go b/api.go
index 8f2befb237..1759257e6e 100644
--- a/api.go
+++ b/api.go
@@ -450,11 +450,7 @@ func deleteImages(srv *Server, version float64, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.R
 		return fmt.Errorf("Missing parameter")
 	}
 	name := vars["name"]
-	force, err := getBoolParam(r.Form.Get("force"))
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := srv.ImageDelete(name, force); err != nil {
+	if err := srv.ImageDelete(name); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
diff --git a/api_test.go b/api_test.go
index fb1cd211ad..844d15cc13 100644
--- a/api_test.go
+++ b/api_test.go
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ func TestDeleteImages(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	r := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	if err := deleteImages(srv, r, req, map[string]string{"name": "test:test"}); err != nil {
+	if err := deleteImages(srv, API_VERSION, r, req, map[string]string{"name": "test:test"}); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	if r.Code != http.StatusNoContent {
diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index 704f5ac48d..2af7e548fc 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -558,7 +558,6 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdPort(args ...string) error {
 // 'docker rmi IMAGE' removes all images with the name IMAGE
 func (cli *DockerCli) CmdRmi(args ...string) error {
 	cmd := Subcmd("rmi", "IMAGE [IMAGE...]", "Remove an image")
-	force := cmd.Bool("f", false, "Force")
 	if err := cmd.Parse(args); err != nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -567,13 +566,8 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdRmi(args ...string) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	v := url.Values{}
-	if *force {
-		v.Set("force", "1")
-	}
-
 	for _, name := range cmd.Args() {
-		_, _, err := cli.call("DELETE", "/images/"+name+"?"+v.Encode(), nil)
+		_, _, err := cli.call("DELETE", "/images/"+name, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Printf("%s", err)
 		} else {
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index d1a089c3a9..2e819728b4 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ func (srv *Server) ContainerDestroy(name string, removeVolume bool) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (srv *Server) ImageDelete(name string, force bool) error {
+func (srv *Server) ImageDelete(name string) error {
 	img, err := srv.runtime.repositories.LookupImage(name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("No such image: %s", name)
@@ -739,13 +739,17 @@ func (srv *Server) ImageDelete(name string, force bool) error {
 		}
 	}
 	// check is the image to delete isn't parent of another image
-	if !force {
-		images, _ := srv.runtime.graph.All()
-		for _, image := range images {
-			if imgParent, err := image.GetParent(); err == nil && imgParent != nil {
-				if imgParent.Id == img.Id {
-					return fmt.Errorf("Conflict: Can't delete %s otherwise %s will be broken", name, image.ShortId())
+	images, _ := srv.runtime.graph.All()
+	for _, image := range images {
+		if imgParent, err := image.GetParent(); err == nil && imgParent != nil {
+			if imgParent.Id == img.Id {
+				if strings.Contains(img.Id, name) {
+					return fmt.Errorf("Conflict with %s, %s was not removed", image.ShortId(), name)
 				}
+				if err := srv.runtime.repositories.Delete(name, tag, img.Id); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				return nil
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/server_test.go b/server_test.go
index 743b33d545..541c927b83 100644
--- a/server_test.go
+++ b/server_test.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func TestContainerTagImageDelete(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Excepted 3 images, %d found", len(images))
 	}
 
-	if err := srv.ImageDelete("utest/docker:tag2", true); err != nil {
+	if err := srv.ImageDelete("utest/docker:tag2"); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func TestContainerTagImageDelete(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Excepted 2 images, %d found", len(images))
 	}
 
-	if err := srv.ImageDelete("utest:tag1", true); err != nil {
+	if err := srv.ImageDelete("utest:tag1"); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}