diff --git a/libcontainer/README.md b/libcontainer/README.md
index 658eb4313..79388eaf0 100644
--- a/libcontainer/README.md
+++ b/libcontainer/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Then to create a container you first have to initialize an instance of a factory
 that will handle the creation and initialization for a container.
 
 ```go
-factory, err := libcontainer.New("/var/lib/container", libcontainer.InitArgs(os.Args[0], "init"))
+factory, err := libcontainer.New("/var/lib/container")
 if err != nil {
 	logrus.Fatal(err)
 	return
diff --git a/libcontainer/container_linux.go b/libcontainer/container_linux.go
index 91bea2a33..6e0a5cefe 100644
--- a/libcontainer/container_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/container_linux.go
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ type linuxContainer struct {
 	config               *configs.Config
 	cgroupManager        cgroups.Manager
 	intelRdtManager      intelrdt.Manager
-	initPath             string
-	initArgs             []string
 	initProcess          parentProcess
 	initProcessStartTime uint64
 	newuidmapPath        string
@@ -481,8 +479,8 @@ func (c *linuxContainer) newParentProcess(p *Process) (parentProcess, error) {
 }
 
 func (c *linuxContainer) commandTemplate(p *Process, childInitPipe *os.File, childLogPipe *os.File) *exec.Cmd {
-	cmd := exec.Command(c.initPath, c.initArgs[1:]...)
-	cmd.Args[0] = c.initArgs[0]
+	cmd := exec.Command("/proc/self/exe", "init")
+	cmd.Args[0] = os.Args[0]
 	cmd.Stdin = p.Stdin
 	cmd.Stdout = p.Stdout
 	cmd.Stderr = p.Stderr
diff --git a/libcontainer/factory_linux.go b/libcontainer/factory_linux.go
index d72a0532c..13dbeea67 100644
--- a/libcontainer/factory_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/factory_linux.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime/debug"
 	"strconv"
@@ -29,25 +28,6 @@ const (
 
 var idRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^[\w+-\.]+$`)
 
-// InitArgs returns an options func to configure a LinuxFactory with the
-// provided init binary path and arguments.
-func InitArgs(args ...string) func(*LinuxFactory) error {
-	return func(l *LinuxFactory) (err error) {
-		if len(args) > 0 {
-			// Resolve relative paths to ensure that its available
-			// after directory changes.
-			if args[0], err = filepath.Abs(args[0]); err != nil {
-				// The only error returned from filepath.Abs is
-				// the one from os.Getwd, i.e. a system error.
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-
-		l.InitArgs = args
-		return nil
-	}
-}
-
 // IntelRdtfs is an options func to configure a LinuxFactory to return
 // containers that use the Intel RDT "resource control" filesystem to
 // create and manage Intel RDT resources (e.g., L3 cache, memory bandwidth).
@@ -86,8 +66,6 @@ func New(root string, options ...func(*LinuxFactory) error) (Factory, error) {
 	}
 	l := &LinuxFactory{
 		Root:      root,
-		InitPath:  "/proc/self/exe",
-		InitArgs:  []string{os.Args[0], "init"},
 		Validator: validate.New(),
 	}
 
@@ -107,14 +85,6 @@ type LinuxFactory struct {
 	// Root directory for the factory to store state.
 	Root string
 
-	// InitPath is the path for calling the init responsibilities for spawning
-	// a container.
-	InitPath string
-
-	// InitArgs are arguments for calling the init responsibilities for spawning
-	// a container.
-	InitArgs []string
-
 	// New{u,g}idmapPath is the path to the binaries used for mapping with
 	// rootless containers.
 	NewuidmapPath string
@@ -188,8 +158,6 @@ func (l *LinuxFactory) Create(id string, config *configs.Config) (Container, err
 		id:            id,
 		root:          containerRoot,
 		config:        config,
-		initPath:      l.InitPath,
-		initArgs:      l.InitArgs,
 		newuidmapPath: l.NewuidmapPath,
 		newgidmapPath: l.NewgidmapPath,
 		cgroupManager: cm,
@@ -231,8 +199,6 @@ func (l *LinuxFactory) Load(id string) (Container, error) {
 		initProcessStartTime: state.InitProcessStartTime,
 		id:                   id,
 		config:               &state.Config,
-		initPath:             l.InitPath,
-		initArgs:             l.InitArgs,
 		newuidmapPath:        l.NewuidmapPath,
 		newgidmapPath:        l.NewgidmapPath,
 		cgroupManager:        cm,