diff --git a/pkg/parsers/parsers.go b/pkg/parsers/parsers.go
index aa80f44d21..acc897168f 100644
--- a/pkg/parsers/parsers.go
+++ b/pkg/parsers/parsers.go
@@ -9,29 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-// PartParser parses and validates the specified string (data) using the specified template
-// e.g. ip:public:private -> 192.168.0.1:80:8000
-func PartParser(template, data string) (map[string]string, error) {
-	// ip:public:private
-	var (
-		templateParts = strings.Split(template, ":")
-		parts         = strings.Split(data, ":")
-		out           = make(map[string]string, len(templateParts))
-	)
-	if len(parts) != len(templateParts) {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid format to parse. %s should match template %s", data, template)
-	}
-
-	for i, t := range templateParts {
-		value := ""
-		if len(parts) > i {
-			value = parts[i]
-		}
-		out[t] = value
-	}
-	return out, nil
-}
-
 // ParseKeyValueOpt parses and validates the specified string as a key/value pair (key=value)
 func ParseKeyValueOpt(opt string) (string, string, error) {
 	parts := strings.SplitN(opt, "=", 2)
@@ -41,32 +18,6 @@ func ParseKeyValueOpt(opt string) (string, string, error) {
 	return strings.TrimSpace(parts[0]), strings.TrimSpace(parts[1]), nil
 }
 
-// ParsePortRange parses and validates the specified string as a port-range (8000-9000)
-func ParsePortRange(ports string) (uint64, uint64, error) {
-	if ports == "" {
-		return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("Empty string specified for ports.")
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(ports, "-") {
-		start, err := strconv.ParseUint(ports, 10, 16)
-		end := start
-		return start, end, err
-	}
-
-	parts := strings.Split(ports, "-")
-	start, err := strconv.ParseUint(parts[0], 10, 16)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, 0, err
-	}
-	end, err := strconv.ParseUint(parts[1], 10, 16)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, 0, err
-	}
-	if end < start {
-		return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("Invalid range specified for the Port: %s", ports)
-	}
-	return start, end, nil
-}
-
 // ParseUintList parses and validates the specified string as the value
 // found in some cgroup file (e.g. `cpuset.cpus`, `cpuset.mems`), which could be
 // one of the formats below. Note that duplicates are actually allowed in the
diff --git a/pkg/parsers/parsers_test.go b/pkg/parsers/parsers_test.go
index 1a4df75e98..7f19e90279 100644
--- a/pkg/parsers/parsers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/parsers/parsers_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package parsers
 
 import (
 	"reflect"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -33,54 +32,6 @@ func TestParseKeyValueOpt(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestParsePortRange(t *testing.T) {
-	if start, end, err := ParsePortRange("8000-8080"); err != nil || start != 8000 || end != 8080 {
-		t.Fatalf("Error: %s or Expecting {start,end} values {8000,8080} but found {%d,%d}.", err, start, end)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestParsePortRangeEmpty(t *testing.T) {
-	if _, _, err := ParsePortRange(""); err == nil || err.Error() != "Empty string specified for ports." {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected error 'Empty string specified for ports.', got %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestParsePortRangeWithNoRange(t *testing.T) {
-	start, end, err := ParsePortRange("8080")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if start != 8080 || end != 8080 {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected start and end to be the same and equal to 8080, but were %v and %v", start, end)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestParsePortRangeIncorrectRange(t *testing.T) {
-	if _, _, err := ParsePortRange("9000-8080"); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "Invalid range specified for the Port") {
-		t.Fatalf("Expecting error 'Invalid range specified for the Port' but received %s.", err)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestParsePortRangeIncorrectEndRange(t *testing.T) {
-	if _, _, err := ParsePortRange("8000-a"); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "invalid syntax") {
-		t.Fatalf("Expecting error 'Invalid range specified for the Port' but received %s.", err)
-	}
-
-	if _, _, err := ParsePortRange("8000-30a"); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "invalid syntax") {
-		t.Fatalf("Expecting error 'Invalid range specified for the Port' but received %s.", err)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestParsePortRangeIncorrectStartRange(t *testing.T) {
-	if _, _, err := ParsePortRange("a-8000"); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "invalid syntax") {
-		t.Fatalf("Expecting error 'Invalid range specified for the Port' but received %s.", err)
-	}
-
-	if _, _, err := ParsePortRange("30a-8000"); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "invalid syntax") {
-		t.Fatalf("Expecting error 'Invalid range specified for the Port' but received %s.", err)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestParseUintList(t *testing.T) {
 	valids := map[string]map[int]bool{
 		"":             {},
diff --git a/runconfig/parse.go b/runconfig/parse.go
index 6c7060d543..488af26127 100644
--- a/runconfig/parse.go
+++ b/runconfig/parse.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/opts"
 	flag "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/mflag"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/mount"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/parsers"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/signal"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/volume"
 	"github.com/docker/go-connections/nat"
@@ -285,7 +284,7 @@ func Parse(cmd *flag.FlagSet, args []string) (*container.Config, *container.Host
 		proto, port := nat.SplitProtoPort(e)
 		//parse the start and end port and create a sequence of ports to expose
 		//if expose a port, the start and end port are the same
-		start, end, err := parsers.ParsePortRange(port)
+		start, end, err := nat.ParsePortRange(port)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, cmd, fmt.Errorf("Invalid range format for --expose: %s, error: %s", e, err)
 		}