diff --git a/src/docker.js b/src/docker.js
index 09e530638..0bbfe1c12 100644
--- a/src/docker.js
+++ b/src/docker.js
@@ -1,41 +1,23 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var Docker = require('dockerode'),
-    fs = require('fs'),
-    os = require('os'),
-    path = require('path'),
-    url = require('url');
+var Docker = require('dockerode');
 
-exports = module.exports = (function () {
+var gConnection = connectionInstance();
+
+exports = module.exports = gConnection;
+
+function connectionInstance() {
     var docker;
-    var options = connectOptions(); // the real docker
 
     if (process.env.BOX_ENV === 'test') {
         // test code runs a docker proxy on this port
         docker = new Docker({ host: 'http://localhost', port: 5687 });
+
+        // proxy code uses this to route to the real docker
+        docker.options = { socketPath: '/var/run/docker.sock' };
     } else {
-        docker = new Docker(options);
+        docker = new Docker({ socketPath: '/var/run/docker.sock' });
     }
 
-    // proxy code uses this to route to the real docker
-    docker.options = options;
-
     return docker;
-})();
-
-function connectOptions() {
-    if (os.platform() === 'linux') return { socketPath: '/var/run/docker.sock' };
-
-    // boot2docker configuration
-    var DOCKER_CERT_PATH = process.env.DOCKER_CERT_PATH || path.join(process.env.HOME, '.boot2docker/certs/boot2docker-vm');
-    var DOCKER_HOST = process.env.DOCKER_HOST || 'tcp://192.168.59.103:2376';
-
-    return {
-        protocol: 'https',
-        host: url.parse(DOCKER_HOST).hostname,
-        port: url.parse(DOCKER_HOST).port,
-        ca: fs.readFileSync(path.join(DOCKER_CERT_PATH, 'ca.pem')),
-        cert: fs.readFileSync(path.join(DOCKER_CERT_PATH, 'cert.pem')),
-        key: fs.readFileSync(path.join(DOCKER_CERT_PATH, 'key.pem'))
-    };
 }