diff --git a/builder/dispatchers.go b/builder/dispatchers.go
index 6d0a30c0c3..3c362f4c19 100644
--- a/builder/dispatchers.go
+++ b/builder/dispatchers.go
@@ -453,19 +453,11 @@ func expose(b *Builder, args []string, attributes map[string]bool, original stri
 		b.Config.ExposedPorts = make(nat.PortSet)
 	}
 
-	ports, bindingMap, err := nat.ParsePortSpecs(append(portsTab, b.Config.PortSpecs...))
+	ports, _, err := nat.ParsePortSpecs(portsTab)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	for _, bindings := range bindingMap {
-		if bindings[0].HostIp != "" || bindings[0].HostPort != "" {
-			fmt.Fprintf(b.ErrStream, " ---> Using Dockerfile's EXPOSE instruction"+
-				"      to map host ports to container ports (ip:hostPort:containerPort) is deprecated.\n"+
-				"      Please use -p to publish the ports.\n")
-		}
-	}
-
 	// instead of using ports directly, we build a list of ports and sort it so
 	// the order is consistent. This prevents cache burst where map ordering
 	// changes between builds
@@ -479,7 +471,6 @@ func expose(b *Builder, args []string, attributes map[string]bool, original stri
 		i++
 	}
 	sort.Strings(portList)
-	b.Config.PortSpecs = nil
 	return b.commit("", b.Config.Cmd, fmt.Sprintf("EXPOSE %s", strings.Join(portList, " ")))
 }
 
diff --git a/daemon/container_linux.go b/daemon/container_linux.go
index 8dd839eb6f..9ee94da9f2 100644
--- a/daemon/container_linux.go
+++ b/daemon/container_linux.go
@@ -642,16 +642,6 @@ func (container *Container) buildCreateEndpointOptions() ([]libnetwork.EndpointO
 		createOptions []libnetwork.EndpointOption
 	)
 
-	if container.Config.PortSpecs != nil {
-		if err := migratePortMappings(container.Config, container.hostConfig); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		container.Config.PortSpecs = nil
-		if err := container.WriteHostConfig(); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-
 	if container.Config.ExposedPorts != nil {
 		portSpecs = container.Config.ExposedPorts
 	}
diff --git a/daemon/create.go b/daemon/create.go
index 2f78d7c197..51eff898eb 100644
--- a/daemon/create.go
+++ b/daemon/create.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) Create(config *runconfig.Config, hostConfig *runconfig.Hos
 		imgID = img.ID
 	}
 
-	if warnings, err = daemon.mergeAndVerifyConfig(config, img); err != nil {
+	if err := daemon.mergeAndVerifyConfig(config, img); err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 	if !config.NetworkDisabled && daemon.SystemConfig().IPv4ForwardingDisabled {
diff --git a/daemon/daemon.go b/daemon/daemon.go
index 34ebb91ae8..47fb3e5584 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -355,33 +355,16 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) restore() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (daemon *Daemon) checkDeprecatedExpose(config *runconfig.Config) bool {
-	if config != nil {
-		if config.PortSpecs != nil {
-			for _, p := range config.PortSpecs {
-				if strings.Contains(p, ":") {
-					return true
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-func (daemon *Daemon) mergeAndVerifyConfig(config *runconfig.Config, img *image.Image) ([]string, error) {
-	warnings := []string{}
-	if (img != nil && daemon.checkDeprecatedExpose(img.Config)) || daemon.checkDeprecatedExpose(config) {
-		warnings = append(warnings, "The mapping to public ports on your host via Dockerfile EXPOSE (host:port:port) has been deprecated. Use -p to publish the ports.")
-	}
+func (daemon *Daemon) mergeAndVerifyConfig(config *runconfig.Config, img *image.Image) error {
 	if img != nil && img.Config != nil {
 		if err := runconfig.Merge(config, img.Config); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return err
 		}
 	}
 	if config.Entrypoint.Len() == 0 && config.Cmd.Len() == 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("No command specified")
+		return fmt.Errorf("No command specified")
 	}
-	return warnings, nil
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (daemon *Daemon) generateIdAndName(name string) (string, string, error) {
diff --git a/daemon/utils.go b/daemon/utils.go
index ec001ca071..1dbffb6812 100644
--- a/daemon/utils.go
+++ b/daemon/utils.go
@@ -5,34 +5,9 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/docker/docker/nat"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/runconfig"
 )
 
-func migratePortMappings(config *runconfig.Config, hostConfig *runconfig.HostConfig) error {
-	if config.PortSpecs != nil {
-		ports, bindings, err := nat.ParsePortSpecs(config.PortSpecs)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		config.PortSpecs = nil
-		if len(bindings) > 0 {
-			if hostConfig == nil {
-				hostConfig = &runconfig.HostConfig{}
-			}
-			hostConfig.PortBindings = bindings
-		}
-
-		if config.ExposedPorts == nil {
-			config.ExposedPorts = make(nat.PortSet, len(ports))
-		}
-		for k, v := range ports {
-			config.ExposedPorts[k] = v
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func mergeLxcConfIntoOptions(hostConfig *runconfig.HostConfig) ([]string, error) {
 	if hostConfig == nil {
 		return nil, nil
diff --git a/docs/man/docker-inspect.1.md b/docs/man/docker-inspect.1.md
index 6f3cf51221..a8a2d8f493 100644
--- a/docs/man/docker-inspect.1.md
+++ b/docs/man/docker-inspect.1.md
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ To get information on a container use its ID or instance name:
             "NetworkDisabled": false,
             "OnBuild": null,
             "OpenStdin": false,
-            "PortSpecs": null,
             "StdinOnce": false,
             "Tty": true,
             "User": "",
@@ -215,7 +214,6 @@ on it.
             "NetworkDisabled": false,
             "OnBuild": [],
             "OpenStdin": false,
-            "PortSpecs": null,
             "StdinOnce": false,
             "Tty": false,
             "User": "",
@@ -247,7 +245,6 @@ on it.
             "NetworkDisabled": false,
             "OnBuild": [],
             "OpenStdin": false,
-            "PortSpecs": null,
             "StdinOnce": false,
             "Tty": false,
             "User": "",
diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.19.md b/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.19.md
index 458d17479c..467dafb4c4 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.19.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.19.md
@@ -333,7 +333,6 @@ Return low-level information on the container `id`
 			"NetworkDisabled": false,
 			"OnBuild": null,
 			"OpenStdin": false,
-			"PortSpecs": null,
 			"StdinOnce": false,
 			"Tty": false,
 			"User": "",
@@ -1346,7 +1345,6 @@ Return low-level information on the image `name`
                          "AttachStdin": false,
                          "AttachStdout": false,
                          "AttachStderr": false,
-                         "PortSpecs": null,
                          "Tty": true,
                          "OpenStdin": true,
                          "StdinOnce": false,
@@ -1741,7 +1739,6 @@ Create a new image from a container's changes
          "AttachStdin": false,
          "AttachStdout": true,
          "AttachStderr": true,
-         "PortSpecs": null,
          "Tty": false,
          "OpenStdin": false,
          "StdinOnce": false,
@@ -2095,7 +2092,6 @@ Return low-level information about the `exec` command `id`.
           "AttachStdin" : false,
           "AttachStdout" : false,
           "AttachStderr" : false,
-          "PortSpecs" : null,
           "ExposedPorts" : null,
           "Tty" : false,
           "OpenStdin" : false,
diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/api/registry_api.md b/docs/sources/reference/api/registry_api.md
index 13a51356f0..5977f9147d 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/api/registry_api.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/api/registry_api.md
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ Put image for a given `image_id`
                 AttachStdin: false,
                 AttachStdout: false,
                 AttachStderr: false,
-                PortSpecs: null,
                 Tty: false,
                 OpenStdin: false,
                 StdinOnce: false,
@@ -252,7 +251,6 @@ Parameters:
                 AttachStdin: false,
                 AttachStdout: false,
                 AttachStderr: false,
-                PortSpecs: null,
                 Tty: false,
                 OpenStdin: false,
                 StdinOnce: false,
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_api_containers_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_api_containers_test.go
index daec87c497..64ce927ef1 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_api_containers_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_api_containers_test.go
@@ -842,7 +842,6 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestContainerApiPostCreateNull(c *check.C) {
 		"AttachStdin":true,
 		"AttachStdout":true,
 		"AttachStderr":true,
-		"PortSpecs":null,
 		"ExposedPorts":{},
 		"Tty":true,
 		"OpenStdin":true,
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_build_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_build_test.go
index c6a777fdd7..36e3f013d5 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_build_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_build_test.go
@@ -2406,31 +2406,6 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestBuildExposeUpperCaseProto(c *check.C) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *DockerSuite) TestBuildExposeHostPort(c *check.C) {
-	// start building docker file with ip:hostPort:containerPort
-	name := "testbuildexpose"
-	expected := "map[5678/tcp:{}]"
-	_, out, err := buildImageWithOut(name,
-		`FROM scratch
-        EXPOSE 192.168.1.2:2375:5678`,
-		true)
-	if err != nil {
-		c.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	if !strings.Contains(out, "to map host ports to container ports (ip:hostPort:containerPort) is deprecated.") {
-		c.Fatal("Missing warning message")
-	}
-
-	res, err := inspectField(name, "Config.ExposedPorts")
-	if err != nil {
-		c.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if res != expected {
-		c.Fatalf("Exposed ports %s, expected %s", res, expected)
-	}
-}
-
 func (s *DockerSuite) TestBuildEmptyEntrypointInheritance(c *check.C) {
 	name := "testbuildentrypointinheritance"
 	name2 := "testbuildentrypointinheritance2"
diff --git a/pkg/tarsum/tarsum_test.go b/pkg/tarsum/tarsum_test.go
index 968d7c7cf1..a99585ef23 100644
--- a/pkg/tarsum/tarsum_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tarsum/tarsum_test.go
@@ -32,33 +32,33 @@ var testLayers = []testLayer{
 		filename: "testdata/46af0962ab5afeb5ce6740d4d91652e69206fc991fd5328c1a94d364ad00e457/layer.tar",
 		jsonfile: "testdata/46af0962ab5afeb5ce6740d4d91652e69206fc991fd5328c1a94d364ad00e457/json",
 		version:  Version0,
-		tarsum:   "tarsum+sha256:e58fcf7418d4390dec8e8fb69d88c06ec07039d651fedd3aa72af9972e7d046b"},
+		tarsum:   "tarsum+sha256:4095cc12fa5fdb1ab2760377e1cd0c4ecdd3e61b4f9b82319d96fcea6c9a41c6"},
 	{
 		filename: "testdata/46af0962ab5afeb5ce6740d4d91652e69206fc991fd5328c1a94d364ad00e457/layer.tar",
 		jsonfile: "testdata/46af0962ab5afeb5ce6740d4d91652e69206fc991fd5328c1a94d364ad00e457/json",
 		version:  VersionDev,
-		tarsum:   "tarsum.dev+sha256:486b86e25c4db4551228154848bc4663b15dd95784b1588980f4ba1cb42e83e9"},
+		tarsum:   "tarsum.dev+sha256:db56e35eec6ce65ba1588c20ba6b1ea23743b59e81fb6b7f358ccbde5580345c"},
 	{
 		filename: "testdata/46af0962ab5afeb5ce6740d4d91652e69206fc991fd5328c1a94d364ad00e457/layer.tar",
 		jsonfile: "testdata/46af0962ab5afeb5ce6740d4d91652e69206fc991fd5328c1a94d364ad00e457/json",
 		gzip:     true,
-		tarsum:   "tarsum+sha256:e58fcf7418d4390dec8e8fb69d88c06ec07039d651fedd3aa72af9972e7d046b"},
+		tarsum:   "tarsum+sha256:4095cc12fa5fdb1ab2760377e1cd0c4ecdd3e61b4f9b82319d96fcea6c9a41c6"},
 	{
 		// Tests existing version of TarSum when xattrs are present
 		filename: "testdata/xattr/layer.tar",
 		jsonfile: "testdata/xattr/json",
 		version:  Version0,
-		tarsum:   "tarsum+sha256:e86f81a4d552f13039b1396ed03ca968ea9717581f9577ef1876ea6ff9b38c98"},
+		tarsum:   "tarsum+sha256:07e304a8dbcb215b37649fde1a699f8aeea47e60815707f1cdf4d55d25ff6ab4"},
 	{
 		// Tests next version of TarSum when xattrs are present
 		filename: "testdata/xattr/layer.tar",
 		jsonfile: "testdata/xattr/json",
 		version:  VersionDev,
-		tarsum:   "tarsum.dev+sha256:6235cd3a2afb7501bac541772a3d61a3634e95bc90bb39a4676e2cb98d08390d"},
+		tarsum:   "tarsum.dev+sha256:6c58917892d77b3b357b0f9ad1e28e1f4ae4de3a8006bd3beb8beda214d8fd16"},
 	{
 		filename: "testdata/511136ea3c5a64f264b78b5433614aec563103b4d4702f3ba7d4d2698e22c158/layer.tar",
 		jsonfile: "testdata/511136ea3c5a64f264b78b5433614aec563103b4d4702f3ba7d4d2698e22c158/json",
-		tarsum:   "tarsum+sha256:ac672ee85da9ab7f9667ae3c32841d3e42f33cc52c273c23341dabba1c8b0c8b"},
+		tarsum:   "tarsum+sha256:c66bd5ec9f87b8f4c6135ca37684618f486a3dd1d113b138d0a177bfa39c2571"},
 	{
 		options: &sizedOptions{1, 1024 * 1024, false, false}, // a 1mb file (in memory)
 		tarsum:  "tarsum+sha256:8bf12d7e67c51ee2e8306cba569398b1b9f419969521a12ffb9d8875e8836738"},
diff --git a/pkg/tarsum/testdata/46af0962ab5afeb5ce6740d4d91652e69206fc991fd5328c1a94d364ad00e457/json b/pkg/tarsum/testdata/46af0962ab5afeb5ce6740d4d91652e69206fc991fd5328c1a94d364ad00e457/json
index 0f0ba4974d..48e2af349c 100644
--- a/pkg/tarsum/testdata/46af0962ab5afeb5ce6740d4d91652e69206fc991fd5328c1a94d364ad00e457/json
+++ b/pkg/tarsum/testdata/46af0962ab5afeb5ce6740d4d91652e69206fc991fd5328c1a94d364ad00e457/json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"id":"46af0962ab5afeb5ce6740d4d91652e69206fc991fd5328c1a94d364ad00e457","parent":"def3f9165934325dfd027c86530b2ea49bb57a0963eb1336b3a0415ff6fd56de","created":"2014-04-07T02:45:52.610504484Z","container":"e0f07f8d72cae171a3dcc35859960e7e956e0628bce6fedc4122bf55b2c287c7","container_config":{"Hostname":"88807319f25e","Domainname":"","User":"","Memory":0,"MemorySwap":0,"CpuShares":0,"AttachStdin":false,"AttachStdout":false,"AttachStderr":false,"PortSpecs":null,"ExposedPorts":null,"Tty":false,"OpenStdin":false,"StdinOnce":false,"Env":["HOME=/","PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"],"Cmd":["/bin/sh","-c","sed -ri 's/^(%wheel.*)(ALL)$/\\1NOPASSWD: \\2/' /etc/sudoers"],"Image":"def3f9165934325dfd027c86530b2ea49bb57a0963eb1336b3a0415ff6fd56de","Volumes":null,"WorkingDir":"","Entrypoint":null,"NetworkDisabled":false,"OnBuild":[]},"docker_version":"0.9.1-dev","config":{"Hostname":"88807319f25e","Domainname":"","User":"","Memory":0,"MemorySwap":0,"CpuShares":0,"AttachStdin":false,"AttachStdout":false,"AttachStderr":false,"PortSpecs":null,"ExposedPorts":null,"Tty":false,"OpenStdin":false,"StdinOnce":false,"Env":["HOME=/","PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"],"Cmd":null,"Image":"def3f9165934325dfd027c86530b2ea49bb57a0963eb1336b3a0415ff6fd56de","Volumes":null,"WorkingDir":"","Entrypoint":null,"NetworkDisabled":false,"OnBuild":[]},"architecture":"amd64","os":"linux","Size":3425}
\ No newline at end of file
+{"id":"46af0962ab5afeb5ce6740d4d91652e69206fc991fd5328c1a94d364ad00e457","parent":"def3f9165934325dfd027c86530b2ea49bb57a0963eb1336b3a0415ff6fd56de","created":"2014-04-07T02:45:52.610504484Z","container":"e0f07f8d72cae171a3dcc35859960e7e956e0628bce6fedc4122bf55b2c287c7","container_config":{"Hostname":"88807319f25e","Domainname":"","User":"","Memory":0,"MemorySwap":0,"CpuShares":0,"AttachStdin":false,"AttachStdout":false,"AttachStderr":false,"ExposedPorts":null,"Tty":false,"OpenStdin":false,"StdinOnce":false,"Env":["HOME=/","PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"],"Cmd":["/bin/sh","-c","sed -ri 's/^(%wheel.*)(ALL)$/\\1NOPASSWD: \\2/' /etc/sudoers"],"Image":"def3f9165934325dfd027c86530b2ea49bb57a0963eb1336b3a0415ff6fd56de","Volumes":null,"WorkingDir":"","Entrypoint":null,"NetworkDisabled":false,"OnBuild":[]},"docker_version":"0.9.1-dev","config":{"Hostname":"88807319f25e","Domainname":"","User":"","Memory":0,"MemorySwap":0,"CpuShares":0,"AttachStdin":false,"AttachStdout":false,"AttachStderr":false,"ExposedPorts":null,"Tty":false,"OpenStdin":false,"StdinOnce":false,"Env":["HOME=/","PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"],"Cmd":null,"Image":"def3f9165934325dfd027c86530b2ea49bb57a0963eb1336b3a0415ff6fd56de","Volumes":null,"WorkingDir":"","Entrypoint":null,"NetworkDisabled":false,"OnBuild":[]},"architecture":"amd64","os":"linux","Size":3425}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/tarsum/testdata/511136ea3c5a64f264b78b5433614aec563103b4d4702f3ba7d4d2698e22c158/json b/pkg/tarsum/testdata/511136ea3c5a64f264b78b5433614aec563103b4d4702f3ba7d4d2698e22c158/json
index 12c18a076f..af57be01ff 100644
--- a/pkg/tarsum/testdata/511136ea3c5a64f264b78b5433614aec563103b4d4702f3ba7d4d2698e22c158/json
+++ b/pkg/tarsum/testdata/511136ea3c5a64f264b78b5433614aec563103b4d4702f3ba7d4d2698e22c158/json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"id":"511136ea3c5a64f264b78b5433614aec563103b4d4702f3ba7d4d2698e22c158","comment":"Imported from -","created":"2013-06-13T14:03:50.821769-07:00","container_config":{"Hostname":"","Domainname":"","User":"","Memory":0,"MemorySwap":0,"CpuShares":0,"AttachStdin":false,"AttachStdout":false,"AttachStderr":false,"PortSpecs":null,"ExposedPorts":null,"Tty":false,"OpenStdin":false,"StdinOnce":false,"Env":null,"Cmd":null,"Image":"","Volumes":null,"WorkingDir":"","Entrypoint":null,"NetworkDisabled":false,"OnBuild":null},"docker_version":"0.4.0","architecture":"x86_64","Size":0}
\ No newline at end of file
+{"id":"511136ea3c5a64f264b78b5433614aec563103b4d4702f3ba7d4d2698e22c158","comment":"Imported from -","created":"2013-06-13T14:03:50.821769-07:00","container_config":{"Hostname":"","Domainname":"","User":"","Memory":0,"MemorySwap":0,"CpuShares":0,"AttachStdin":false,"AttachStdout":false,"AttachStderr":false,"ExposedPorts":null,"Tty":false,"OpenStdin":false,"StdinOnce":false,"Env":null,"Cmd":null,"Image":"","Volumes":null,"WorkingDir":"","Entrypoint":null,"NetworkDisabled":false,"OnBuild":null},"docker_version":"0.4.0","architecture":"x86_64","Size":0}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/tarsum/testdata/xattr/json b/pkg/tarsum/testdata/xattr/json
index 328ea31fd9..288441a940 100644
--- a/pkg/tarsum/testdata/xattr/json
+++ b/pkg/tarsum/testdata/xattr/json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"id":"4439c3c7f847954100b42b267e7e5529cac1d6934db082f65795c5ca2e594d93","parent":"73b164f4437db87e96e90083c73a6592f549646ae2ec00ed33c6b9b49a5c4470","created":"2014-05-16T17:19:44.091534414Z","container":"5f92fb06cc58f357f0cde41394e2bbbb664e663974b2ac1693ab07b7a306749b","container_config":{"Hostname":"9565c6517a0e","Domainname":"","User":"","Memory":0,"MemorySwap":0,"CpuShares":0,"Cpuset":"","AttachStdin":false,"AttachStdout":false,"AttachStderr":false,"PortSpecs":null,"ExposedPorts":null,"Tty":false,"OpenStdin":false,"StdinOnce":false,"Env":["HOME=/","PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"],"Cmd":["/bin/sh","-c","setcap 'cap_setgid,cap_setuid+ep' ./file \u0026\u0026 getcap ./file"],"Image":"73b164f4437db87e96e90083c73a6592f549646ae2ec00ed33c6b9b49a5c4470","Volumes":null,"WorkingDir":"","Entrypoint":null,"NetworkDisabled":false,"OnBuild":[]},"docker_version":"0.11.1-dev","config":{"Hostname":"9565c6517a0e","Domainname":"","User":"","Memory":0,"MemorySwap":0,"CpuShares":0,"Cpuset":"","AttachStdin":false,"AttachStdout":false,"AttachStderr":false,"PortSpecs":null,"ExposedPorts":null,"Tty":false,"OpenStdin":false,"StdinOnce":false,"Env":["HOME=/","PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"],"Cmd":null,"Image":"73b164f4437db87e96e90083c73a6592f549646ae2ec00ed33c6b9b49a5c4470","Volumes":null,"WorkingDir":"","Entrypoint":null,"NetworkDisabled":false,"OnBuild":[]},"architecture":"amd64","os":"linux","Size":0}
\ No newline at end of file
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diff --git a/registry/registry_mock_test.go b/registry/registry_mock_test.go
index d58904d036..60173578c7 100644
--- a/registry/registry_mock_test.go
+++ b/registry/registry_mock_test.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ var (
 				"comment":"test base image","created":"2013-03-23T12:53:11.10432-07:00",
 				"container_config":{"Hostname":"","User":"","Memory":0,"MemorySwap":0,
 				"CpuShares":0,"AttachStdin":false,"AttachStdout":false,"AttachStderr":false,
-				"PortSpecs":null,"Tty":false,"OpenStdin":false,"StdinOnce":false,
+				"Tty":false,"OpenStdin":false,"StdinOnce":false,
 				"Env":null,"Cmd":null,"Dns":null,"Image":"","Volumes":null,
 				"VolumesFrom":"","Entrypoint":null},"Size":424242}`,
 			"checksum_simple": "sha256:1ac330d56e05eef6d438586545ceff7550d3bdcb6b19961f12c5ba714ee1bb37",
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ var (
 				"comment":"test base image","created":"2013-03-23T12:55:11.10432-07:00",
 				"container_config":{"Hostname":"","User":"","Memory":0,"MemorySwap":0,
 				"CpuShares":0,"AttachStdin":false,"AttachStdout":false,"AttachStderr":false,
-				"PortSpecs":null,"Tty":false,"OpenStdin":false,"StdinOnce":false,
+				"Tty":false,"OpenStdin":false,"StdinOnce":false,
 				"Env":null,"Cmd":null,"Dns":null,"Image":"","Volumes":null,
 				"VolumesFrom":"","Entrypoint":null},"Size":424242}`,
 			"checksum_simple": "sha256:bea7bf2e4bacd479344b737328db47b18880d09096e6674165533aa994f5e9f2",
diff --git a/runconfig/compare.go b/runconfig/compare.go
index 1d969e9be8..ebb8ead6c1 100644
--- a/runconfig/compare.go
+++ b/runconfig/compare.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ func Compare(a, b *Config) bool {
 	if a.Cmd.Len() != b.Cmd.Len() ||
 		len(a.Env) != len(b.Env) ||
 		len(a.Labels) != len(b.Labels) ||
-		len(a.PortSpecs) != len(b.PortSpecs) ||
 		len(a.ExposedPorts) != len(b.ExposedPorts) ||
 		a.Entrypoint.Len() != b.Entrypoint.Len() ||
 		len(a.Volumes) != len(b.Volumes) {
@@ -42,11 +41,6 @@ func Compare(a, b *Config) bool {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
-	for i := 0; i < len(a.PortSpecs); i++ {
-		if a.PortSpecs[i] != b.PortSpecs[i] {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
 	for k := range a.ExposedPorts {
 		if _, exists := b.ExposedPorts[k]; !exists {
 			return false
diff --git a/runconfig/config.go b/runconfig/config.go
index 13d7189569..e698f3078c 100644
--- a/runconfig/config.go
+++ b/runconfig/config.go
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	AttachStdin     bool
 	AttachStdout    bool
 	AttachStderr    bool
-	PortSpecs       []string // Deprecated - Can be in the format of 8080/tcp
 	ExposedPorts    map[nat.Port]struct{}
 	Tty             bool // Attach standard streams to a tty, including stdin if it is not closed.
 	OpenStdin       bool // Open stdin
diff --git a/runconfig/config_test.go b/runconfig/config_test.go
index 27727a495e..a0687df3a6 100644
--- a/runconfig/config_test.go
+++ b/runconfig/config_test.go
@@ -167,25 +167,30 @@ func TestParseRunVolumes(t *testing.T) {
 func TestCompare(t *testing.T) {
 	volumes1 := make(map[string]struct{})
 	volumes1["/test1"] = struct{}{}
+	ports1 := make(nat.PortSet)
+	ports1[nat.Port("1111/tcp")] = struct{}{}
+	ports1[nat.Port("2222/tcp")] = struct{}{}
 	config1 := Config{
-		PortSpecs: []string{"1111:1111", "2222:2222"},
-		Env:       []string{"VAR1=1", "VAR2=2"},
-		Volumes:   volumes1,
+		ExposedPorts: ports1,
+		Env:          []string{"VAR1=1", "VAR2=2"},
+		Volumes:      volumes1,
 	}
+	ports3 := make(nat.PortSet)
+	ports3[nat.Port("0000/tcp")] = struct{}{}
+	ports3[nat.Port("2222/tcp")] = struct{}{}
 	config3 := Config{
-		PortSpecs: []string{"0000:0000", "2222:2222"},
-		Env:       []string{"VAR1=1", "VAR2=2"},
-		Volumes:   volumes1,
+		ExposedPorts: ports3,
+		Volumes:      volumes1,
 	}
 	volumes2 := make(map[string]struct{})
 	volumes2["/test2"] = struct{}{}
 	config5 := Config{
-		PortSpecs: []string{"0000:0000", "2222:2222"},
-		Env:       []string{"VAR1=1", "VAR2=2"},
-		Volumes:   volumes2,
+		Env:     []string{"VAR1=1", "VAR2=2"},
+		Volumes: volumes2,
 	}
+
 	if Compare(&config1, &config3) {
-		t.Fatalf("Compare should return false, PortSpecs are different")
+		t.Fatalf("Compare should return false, ExposedPorts are different")
 	}
 	if Compare(&config1, &config5) {
 		t.Fatalf("Compare should return false, Volumes are different")
@@ -199,18 +204,24 @@ func TestMerge(t *testing.T) {
 	volumesImage := make(map[string]struct{})
 	volumesImage["/test1"] = struct{}{}
 	volumesImage["/test2"] = struct{}{}
+	portsImage := make(nat.PortSet)
+	portsImage[nat.Port("1111/tcp")] = struct{}{}
+	portsImage[nat.Port("2222/tcp")] = struct{}{}
 	configImage := &Config{
-		PortSpecs: []string{"1111:1111", "2222:2222"},
-		Env:       []string{"VAR1=1", "VAR2=2"},
-		Volumes:   volumesImage,
+		ExposedPorts: portsImage,
+		Env:          []string{"VAR1=1", "VAR2=2"},
+		Volumes:      volumesImage,
 	}
 
+	portsUser := make(nat.PortSet)
+	portsUser[nat.Port("2222/tcp")] = struct{}{}
+	portsUser[nat.Port("3333/tcp")] = struct{}{}
 	volumesUser := make(map[string]struct{})
 	volumesUser["/test3"] = struct{}{}
 	configUser := &Config{
-		PortSpecs: []string{"3333:2222", "3333:3333"},
-		Env:       []string{"VAR2=3", "VAR3=3"},
-		Volumes:   volumesUser,
+		ExposedPorts: portsUser,
+		Env:          []string{"VAR2=3", "VAR3=3"},
+		Volumes:      volumesUser,
 	}
 
 	if err := Merge(configUser, configImage); err != nil {
diff --git a/runconfig/merge.go b/runconfig/merge.go
index 9c9a3b4367..5c30ef9735 100644
--- a/runconfig/merge.go
+++ b/runconfig/merge.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package runconfig
 import (
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/nat"
 )
 
@@ -24,39 +23,6 @@ func Merge(userConf, imageConf *Config) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if len(userConf.PortSpecs) > 0 {
-		if userConf.ExposedPorts == nil {
-			userConf.ExposedPorts = make(nat.PortSet)
-		}
-		ports, _, err := nat.ParsePortSpecs(userConf.PortSpecs)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		for port := range ports {
-			if _, exists := userConf.ExposedPorts[port]; !exists {
-				userConf.ExposedPorts[port] = struct{}{}
-			}
-		}
-		userConf.PortSpecs = nil
-	}
-	if len(imageConf.PortSpecs) > 0 {
-		// FIXME: I think we can safely remove this. Leaving it for now for the sake of reverse-compat paranoia.
-		logrus.Debugf("Migrating image port specs to container: %s", strings.Join(imageConf.PortSpecs, ", "))
-		if userConf.ExposedPorts == nil {
-			userConf.ExposedPorts = make(nat.PortSet)
-		}
-
-		ports, _, err := nat.ParsePortSpecs(imageConf.PortSpecs)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		for port := range ports {
-			if _, exists := userConf.ExposedPorts[port]; !exists {
-				userConf.ExposedPorts[port] = struct{}{}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	if len(userConf.Env) == 0 {
 		userConf.Env = imageConf.Env
 	} else {
diff --git a/runconfig/parse.go b/runconfig/parse.go
index 46ec267851..d5dfc8e66e 100644
--- a/runconfig/parse.go
+++ b/runconfig/parse.go
@@ -302,7 +302,6 @@ func Parse(cmd *flag.FlagSet, args []string) (*Config, *HostConfig, *flag.FlagSe
 	config := &Config{
 		Hostname:        hostname,
 		Domainname:      domainname,
-		PortSpecs:       nil, // Deprecated
 		ExposedPorts:    ports,
 		User:            *flUser,
 		Tty:             *flTty,