diff --git a/api/api.go b/api/api.go
index 3c9c6be3ab..4ab10622f0 100644
--- a/api/api.go
+++ b/api/api.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net/http"
@@ -339,13 +338,9 @@ func deleteImages(c *context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 	var name = mux.Vars(r)["name"]
 
-	client, scheme := newClientAndScheme(c.tlsConfig)
-	defer closeIdleConnections(client)
-
 	matchedImages := []*cluster.Image{}
 	for _, image := range c.cluster.Images() {
 		if image.Match(name) {
-			fmt.Println("matched", image)
 			matchedImages = append(matchedImages, image)
 		}
 	}
@@ -355,51 +350,23 @@ func deleteImages(c *context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		httpError(w, fmt.Sprintf("No such image %s", name), http.StatusNotFound)
 		return
 	}
-	wf := NewWriteFlusher(w)
 
-	for i, image := range matchedImages {
-		fmt.Println("delete", image)
-		req, err := http.NewRequest("DELETE", scheme+"://"+image.Node.Addr()+"/images/"+name, nil)
+	out := []*dockerclient.ImageDelete{}
+	for _, image := range matchedImages {
+		content, err := image.Node.DockerClient().RemoveImage(name)
 		if err != nil {
-			if size == 1 {
-				httpError(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-			}
+			out = nil
+			httpError(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 			continue
 		}
-		resp, err := client.Do(req)
-		if err != nil {
-			if size == 1 {
-				httpError(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-			}
-			continue
-		}
-		data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-		resp.Body.Close()
-		if err != nil {
-			if size == 1 {
-				httpError(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-			}
-			continue
-		}
-		if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
-			if size == 1 {
-				w.WriteHeader(resp.StatusCode)
-				io.Copy(NewWriteFlusher(w), resp.Body)
-			}
-			continue
-		}
-
-		sdata := bytes.NewBuffer(data).String()
-		if i != 0 {
-			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-			sdata = strings.Replace(sdata, "[", ",", -1)
-		}
-
-		if i != size-1 {
-			sdata = strings.Replace(sdata, "]", "", -1)
-		}
-		fmt.Fprintf(wf, sdata)
+		out = append(out, content...)
 	}
+
+	if out != nil {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		json.NewEncoder(NewWriteFlusher(w)).Encode(out)
+	}
+
 }
 
 // GET /_ping
diff --git a/cluster/node.go b/cluster/node.go
index a27b73c547..8c26bcf150 100644
--- a/cluster/node.go
+++ b/cluster/node.go
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 package cluster
 
-import "fmt"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/samalba/dockerclient"
+)
 
 type Node interface {
+	DockerClient() dockerclient.Client
+
 	ID() string
 	Name() string
 
diff --git a/cluster/swarm/node.go b/cluster/swarm/node.go
index 017df112e9..cbcef9b038 100644
--- a/cluster/swarm/node.go
+++ b/cluster/swarm/node.go
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ type node struct {
 	overcommitRatio int64
 }
 
+func (n *node) DockerClient() dockerclient.Client {
+	return n.client
+}
+
 func (n *node) ID() string {
 	return n.id
 }