diff --git a/api/server/server.go b/api/server/server.go
index ffbef8cee9..66a0fa8126 100644
--- a/api/server/server.go
+++ b/api/server/server.go
@@ -1151,9 +1151,14 @@ func getExecByID(eng *engine.Engine, version version.Version, w http.ResponseWri
 	if vars == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Missing parameter 'id'")
 	}
-	var job = eng.Job("execInspect", vars["id"])
-	streamJSON(job, w, false)
-	return job.Run()
+
+	d := getDaemon(eng)
+	eConfig, err := d.ContainerExecInspect(vars["id"])
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, eConfig)
 }
 
 func getImagesByName(eng *engine.Engine, version version.Version, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, vars map[string]string) error {
diff --git a/daemon/daemon.go b/daemon/daemon.go
index 86ed71e231..b7474fdbfd 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) Install(eng *engine.Engine) error {
 		"stop":              daemon.ContainerStop,
 		"execCreate":        daemon.ContainerExecCreate,
 		"execStart":         daemon.ContainerExecStart,
-		"execInspect":       daemon.ContainerExecInspect,
 	} {
 		if err := eng.Register(name, method); err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/daemon/inspect.go b/daemon/inspect.go
index 73ce2ea8e2..7e25626ef7 100644
--- a/daemon/inspect.go
+++ b/daemon/inspect.go
@@ -80,20 +80,11 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerInspect(job *engine.Job) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerExecInspect(job *engine.Job) error {
-	if len(job.Args) != 1 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("usage: %s ID", job.Name)
-	}
-	id := job.Args[0]
+func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerExecInspect(id string) (*execConfig, error) {
 	eConfig, err := daemon.getExecConfig(id)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	b, err := json.Marshal(*eConfig)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	job.Stdout.Write(b)
-	return nil
+	return eConfig, nil
 }