diff --git a/execdriver/native/default_template.go b/execdriver/native/default_template.go
index f202fd2529..7426e678e8 100644
--- a/execdriver/native/default_template.go
+++ b/execdriver/native/default_template.go
@@ -1,10 +1,48 @@
 package native
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/execdriver"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/pkg/cgroups"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/pkg/libcontainer"
 )
 
+// createContainer populates and configrues the container type with the
+// data provided by the execdriver.Command
+func createContainer(c *execdriver.Command) *libcontainer.Container {
+	container := getDefaultTemplate()
+
+	container.Hostname = getEnv("HOSTNAME", c.Env)
+	container.Tty = c.Tty
+	container.User = c.User
+	container.WorkingDir = c.WorkingDir
+	container.Env = c.Env
+
+	if c.Network != nil {
+		container.Network = &libcontainer.Network{
+			Mtu:     c.Network.Mtu,
+			Address: fmt.Sprintf("%s/%d", c.Network.IPAddress, c.Network.IPPrefixLen),
+			Gateway: c.Network.Gateway,
+			Type:    "veth",
+			Context: libcontainer.Context{
+				"prefix": "dock",
+				"bridge": c.Network.Bridge,
+			},
+		}
+	}
+	container.Cgroups.Name = c.ID
+	if c.Privileged {
+		container.Capabilities = nil
+		container.Cgroups.DeviceAccess = true
+	}
+	if c.Resources != nil {
+		container.Cgroups.CpuShares = c.Resources.CpuShares
+		container.Cgroups.Memory = c.Resources.Memory
+		container.Cgroups.MemorySwap = c.Resources.MemorySwap
+	}
+	return container
+}
+
 // getDefaultTemplate returns the docker default for
 // the libcontainer configuration file
 func getDefaultTemplate() *libcontainer.Container {
diff --git a/execdriver/native/driver.go b/execdriver/native/driver.go
index 31b5ae290c..a10125c120 100644
--- a/execdriver/native/driver.go
+++ b/execdriver/native/driver.go
@@ -231,39 +231,3 @@ func (d *dockerStateWriter) WritePid(pid int) error {
 func (d *dockerStateWriter) DeletePid() error {
 	return d.dsw.DeletePid()
 }
-
-func createContainer(c *execdriver.Command) *libcontainer.Container {
-	container := getDefaultTemplate()
-
-	container.Hostname = getEnv("HOSTNAME", c.Env)
-	container.Tty = c.Tty
-	container.User = c.User
-	container.WorkingDir = c.WorkingDir
-	container.Env = c.Env
-
-	container.Env = append(container.Env, "container=docker")
-
-	if c.Network != nil {
-		container.Network = &libcontainer.Network{
-			Mtu:     c.Network.Mtu,
-			Address: fmt.Sprintf("%s/%d", c.Network.IPAddress, c.Network.IPPrefixLen),
-			Gateway: c.Network.Gateway,
-			Type:    "veth",
-			Context: libcontainer.Context{
-				"prefix": "dock",
-				"bridge": c.Network.Bridge,
-			},
-		}
-	}
-	container.Cgroups.Name = c.ID
-	if c.Privileged {
-		container.Capabilities = nil
-		container.Cgroups.DeviceAccess = true
-	}
-	if c.Resources != nil {
-		container.Cgroups.CpuShares = c.Resources.CpuShares
-		container.Cgroups.Memory = c.Resources.Memory
-		container.Cgroups.MemorySwap = c.Resources.MemorySwap
-	}
-	return container
-}
diff --git a/integration/container_test.go b/integration/container_test.go
index 8e4314f456..4efb95a2a1 100644
--- a/integration/container_test.go
+++ b/integration/container_test.go
@@ -1044,7 +1044,6 @@ func TestEnv(t *testing.T) {
 	goodEnv := []string{
 		"PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin",
 		"HOME=/",
-		"container=docker",
 		"HOSTNAME=" + utils.TruncateID(container.ID),
 		"FALSE=true",
 		"TRUE=false",
diff --git a/integration/utils_test.go b/integration/utils_test.go
index fc66e8bcbd..2d8a3e709e 100644
--- a/integration/utils_test.go
+++ b/integration/utils_test.go
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ func newTestEngine(t utils.Fataler, autorestart bool, root string) *engine.Engin
 	job := eng.Job("initserver")
 	job.Setenv("Root", root)
 	job.SetenvBool("AutoRestart", autorestart)
+	job.Setenv("ExecDriver", "native")
 	// TestGetEnabledCors and TestOptionsRoute require EnableCors=true
 	job.SetenvBool("EnableCors", true)
 	if err := job.Run(); err != nil {
diff --git a/runtime.go b/runtime.go
index 1003c35d5d..1a95ad6270 100644
--- a/runtime.go
+++ b/runtime.go
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ func NewRuntimeFromDirectory(config *DaemonConfig, eng *engine.Engine) (*Runtime
 	case "native":
 		ed, err = native.NewDriver(config.Root)
 	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknow exec driver %s", config.ExecDriver)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown exec driver %s", config.ExecDriver)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err