diff --git a/api/server/server.go b/api/server/server.go
index d4f445b936..d40413a4e8 100644
--- a/api/server/server.go
+++ b/api/server/server.go
@@ -837,12 +837,19 @@ func postContainersRestart(eng *engine.Engine, version version.Version, w http.R
 	if vars == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Missing parameter")
 	}
-	job := eng.Job("restart", vars["name"])
-	job.Setenv("t", r.Form.Get("t"))
-	if err := job.Run(); err != nil {
+
+	s, err := strconv.Atoi(r.Form.Get("t"))
+	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
+	d := getDaemon(eng)
+	if err := d.ContainerRestart(vars["name"], s); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/daemon/daemon.go b/daemon/daemon.go
index 6f50dc9f3c..959907d592 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) Install(eng *engine.Engine) error {
 	for name, method := range map[string]engine.Handler{
 		"container_inspect": daemon.ContainerInspect,
 		"info":              daemon.CmdInfo,
-		"restart":           daemon.ContainerRestart,
 		"execCreate":        daemon.ContainerExecCreate,
 		"execStart":         daemon.ContainerExecStart,
 	} {
diff --git a/daemon/restart.go b/daemon/restart.go
index 1bd2f8ca10..86cc97d7e7 100644
--- a/daemon/restart.go
+++ b/daemon/restart.go
@@ -1,27 +1,13 @@
 package daemon
 
-import (
-	"fmt"
+import "fmt"
 
-	"github.com/docker/docker/engine"
-)
-
-func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerRestart(job *engine.Job) error {
-	if len(job.Args) != 1 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Usage: %s CONTAINER\n", job.Name)
-	}
-	var (
-		name = job.Args[0]
-		t    = 10
-	)
-	if job.EnvExists("t") {
-		t = job.GetenvInt("t")
-	}
+func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerRestart(name string, seconds int) error {
 	container, err := daemon.Get(name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := container.Restart(int(t)); err != nil {
+	if err := container.Restart(seconds); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Cannot restart container %s: %s\n", name, err)
 	}
 	container.LogEvent("restart")