diff --git a/etcdserver/cluster.go b/etcdserver/cluster.go
index cfb06a28a..b3d38ef7d 100644
--- a/etcdserver/cluster.go
+++ b/etcdserver/cluster.go
@@ -77,25 +77,6 @@ func NewClusterFromString(name string, cluster string) (*Cluster, error) {
 	return c, nil
 }
 
-type MemberInfo struct {
-	Name     string
-	PeerURLs types.URLs
-}
-
-// NewClusterFromMembers returns Cluster with the given members.
-func NewClusterFromMemberInfos(name string, infos []MemberInfo) (*Cluster, error) {
-	c := newCluster(name)
-	for _, info := range infos {
-		m := NewMember(info.Name, info.PeerURLs, c.name, nil)
-		if _, ok := c.members[m.ID]; ok {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Member exists with identical ID %v", m)
-		}
-		c.members[m.ID] = m
-	}
-	c.genID()
-	return c, nil
-}
-
 func NewClusterFromStore(name string, st store.Store) *Cluster {
 	c := newCluster(name)
 	c.store = st
diff --git a/integration/cluster_test.go b/integration/cluster_test.go
index 8742fedf4..8694dc456 100644
--- a/integration/cluster_test.go
+++ b/integration/cluster_test.go
@@ -85,17 +85,14 @@ func (c *cluster) Launch(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	lns := make([]net.Listener, c.Size)
-	infos := make([]etcdserver.MemberInfo, c.Size)
+	addrs := make([]string, c.Size)
 	for i := 0; i < c.Size; i++ {
 		l := newLocalListener(t)
 		// each member claims only one peer listener
 		lns[i] = l
-		listenURLs, err := types.NewURLs([]string{"http://" + l.Addr().String()})
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatal(err)
-		}
-		infos[i] = etcdserver.MemberInfo{Name: c.name(i), PeerURLs: listenURLs}
+		addrs[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%v=%v", c.name(i), "http://"+l.Addr().String())
 	}
+	clusterStr := strings.Join(addrs, ",")
 
 	var err error
 	for i := 0; i < c.Size; i++ {
@@ -112,7 +109,7 @@ func (c *cluster) Launch(t *testing.T) {
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
-		m.Cluster, err = etcdserver.NewClusterFromMemberInfos(clusterName, infos)
+		m.Cluster, err = etcdserver.NewClusterFromString(clusterName, clusterStr)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index aa0702791..995b376fa 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -277,8 +277,12 @@ func setupCluster() error {
 	err = nil
 	switch {
 	case set["discovery"]:
-		infos := []etcdserver.MemberInfo{{Name: *name, PeerURLs: apurls}}
-		cluster, err = etcdserver.NewClusterFromMemberInfos(*durl, infos)
+		addrs := make([]string, 0)
+		for _, u := range apurls {
+			addrs = append(addrs, fmt.Sprintf("%v=%v", *name, u.String()))
+		}
+		clusterStr := strings.Join(addrs, ",")
+		cluster, err = etcdserver.NewClusterFromString(*durl, clusterStr)
 	case set["initial-cluster"]:
 		fallthrough
 	default: