diff --git a/prog/weaver/main.go b/prog/weaver/main.go
index 8217d730..8ab4efe1 100644
--- a/prog/weaver/main.go
+++ b/prog/weaver/main.go
@@ -258,9 +258,11 @@ func main() {
 
 	var waitReady common.WaitGroup
 
+	var proxy *weaveproxy.Proxy
+	var err error
 	if proxyConfig.Enabled {
 		// Start Weave Proxy:
-		proxy, err := weaveproxy.NewProxy(*proxyConfig)
+		proxy, err = weaveproxy.NewProxy(*proxyConfig)
 		if err != nil {
 			Log.Fatalf("Could not start proxy: %s", err)
 		}
@@ -268,7 +270,6 @@ func main() {
 		listeners := proxy.Listen()
 		proxy.AttachExistingContainers()
 		go proxy.Serve(listeners, waitReady.Add())
-		go proxy.ListenAndServeStatus("/home/weave/status.sock")
 	}
 
 	if pktdebug {
@@ -441,6 +442,7 @@ func main() {
 		HandleHTTP(muxRouter, version, router, allocator, defaultSubnet, ns, dnsserver, &waitReady)
 		HandleHTTPPeer(muxRouter, allocator, discoveryEndpoint, token, name.String())
 		muxRouter.Methods("GET").Path("/metrics").Handler(metricsHandler(router, allocator, ns, dnsserver))
+		muxRouter.Methods("GET").Path("/proxyaddrs").HandlerFunc(proxy.StatusHTTP)
 		http.Handle("/", common.LoggingHTTPHandler(muxRouter))
 		Log.Println("Listening for HTTP control messages on", httpAddr)
 		go listenAndServeHTTP(httpAddr, nil)
diff --git a/proxy/proxy.go b/proxy/proxy.go
index 594ade9a..d4469b70 100644
--- a/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -310,17 +310,6 @@ func (proxy *Proxy) Serve(listeners []net.Listener, ready func()) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (proxy *Proxy) ListenAndServeStatus(socket string) {
-	listener, err := weavenet.ListenUnixSocket(socket)
-	if err != nil {
-		Log.Fatalf("ListenAndServeStatus failed: %s", err)
-	}
-	handler := http.HandlerFunc(proxy.StatusHTTP)
-	if err := (&http.Server{Handler: handler}).Serve(listener); err != nil {
-		Log.Fatalf("ListenAndServeStatus failed: %s", err)
-	}
-}
-
 func (proxy *Proxy) StatusHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	for _, addr := range proxy.normalisedAddrs {
 		fmt.Fprintln(w, addr)
diff --git a/weave b/weave
index 4ea090b6..cfdf0b9d 100755
--- a/weave
+++ b/weave
@@ -661,19 +661,6 @@ http_call() {
     return $retval
 }
 
-http_call_unix() {
-    container="$1"
-    socket="$2"
-    http_verb="$3"
-    url="$4"
-    shift 4
-    # NB: requires curl >= 7.40
-    output=$(docker exec $container curl -s -S -X $http_verb --unix-socket $socket "$@" http:$url) || return 1
-    # in some docker versions, `docker exec` does not fail when the executed command fails
-    [ -n "$output" ] || return 1
-    echo $output
-}
-
 call_weave() {
     TMPERR=/tmp/call_weave_err_$$
     retval=0
@@ -1166,10 +1153,9 @@ proxy_args() {
 }
 
 proxy_addrs() {
-    if addr="$(http_call_unix $CONTAINER_NAME status.sock GET /status 2>/dev/null)" ; then
+    if addr="$(call_weave GET /proxyaddrs)" ; then
       echo "$addr" | sed "s/0.0.0.0/$PROXY_HOST/g"
     else
-      echo "$CONTAINER_NAME container is not present. Have you launched it?" >&2
       return 1
     fi
 }