diff --git a/daemon/attach.go b/daemon/attach.go
index 7ccaadf442092..e115dac2e098c 100644
--- a/daemon/attach.go
+++ b/daemon/attach.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerAttach(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
 			cStderr = job.Stderr
 		}
 
-		<-daemon.Attach(&container.StreamConfig, container.Config.OpenStdin, container.Config.StdinOnce, container.Config.Tty, cStdin, cStdinCloser, cStdout, cStderr)
+		<-daemon.attach(&container.StreamConfig, container.Config.OpenStdin, container.Config.StdinOnce, container.Config.Tty, cStdin, cStdinCloser, cStdout, cStderr)
 		// If we are in stdinonce mode, wait for the process to end
 		// otherwise, simply return
 		if container.Config.StdinOnce && !container.Config.Tty {
@@ -113,13 +113,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerAttach(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
 	return engine.StatusOK
 }
 
-// FIXME: this should be private, and every outside subsystem
-// should go through the "container_attach" job. But that would require
-// that job to be properly documented, as well as the relationship between
-// Attach and ContainerAttach.
-//
-// This method is in use by builder/builder.go.
-func (daemon *Daemon) Attach(streamConfig *StreamConfig, openStdin, stdinOnce, tty bool, stdin io.ReadCloser, stdinCloser io.Closer, stdout io.Writer, stderr io.Writer) chan error {
+func (daemon *Daemon) attach(streamConfig *StreamConfig, openStdin, stdinOnce, tty bool, stdin io.ReadCloser, stdinCloser io.Closer, stdout io.Writer, stderr io.Writer) chan error {
 	var (
 		cStdout, cStderr io.ReadCloser
 		nJobs            int
diff --git a/daemon/exec.go b/daemon/exec.go
index 0ab1c0bf5fd42..a6113b0fca981 100644
--- a/daemon/exec.go
+++ b/daemon/exec.go
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func (d *Daemon) ContainerExecStart(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
 		execConfig.StreamConfig.stdinPipe = ioutils.NopWriteCloser(ioutil.Discard) // Silently drop stdin
 	}
 
-	attachErr := d.Attach(&execConfig.StreamConfig, execConfig.OpenStdin, false, execConfig.ProcessConfig.Tty, cStdin, cStdinCloser, cStdout, cStderr)
+	attachErr := d.attach(&execConfig.StreamConfig, execConfig.OpenStdin, false, execConfig.ProcessConfig.Tty, cStdin, cStdinCloser, cStdout, cStderr)
 
 	execErr := make(chan error)