diff --git a/api/server/server.go b/api/server/server.go
index 95642f992d..57444a4489 100644
--- a/api/server/server.go
+++ b/api/server/server.go
@@ -351,10 +351,24 @@ func getContainersChanges(eng *engine.Engine, version version.Version, w http.Re
 	if vars == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Missing parameter")
 	}
-	var job = eng.Job("container_changes", vars["name"])
-	streamJSON(job, w, false)
 
-	return job.Run()
+	name := vars["name"]
+	if name == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Container name cannot be empty")
+	}
+
+	d := getDaemon(eng)
+	cont, err := d.Get(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	changes, err := cont.Changes()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, changes)
 }
 
 func getContainersTop(eng *engine.Engine, version version.Version, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, vars map[string]string) error {
diff --git a/daemon/changes.go b/daemon/changes.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f261a8a7f..0000000000
--- a/daemon/changes.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-package daemon
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/docker/docker/engine"
-)
-
-func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerChanges(job *engine.Job) error {
-	if n := len(job.Args); n != 1 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Usage: %s CONTAINER", job.Name)
-	}
-	name := job.Args[0]
-
-	container, err := daemon.Get(name)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	changes, err := container.Changes()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if err = json.NewEncoder(job.Stdout).Encode(changes); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/daemon/daemon.go b/daemon/daemon.go
index b2d149183b..67b6938443 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) Install(eng *engine.Engine) error {
 	// FIXME: remove ImageDelete's dependency on Daemon, then move to graph/
 	for name, method := range map[string]engine.Handler{
 		"commit":            daemon.ContainerCommit,
-		"container_changes": daemon.ContainerChanges,
 		"container_copy":    daemon.ContainerCopy,
 		"container_rename":  daemon.ContainerRename,
 		"container_inspect": daemon.ContainerInspect,