diff --git a/prog/net-plugin/launch.sh b/prog/net-plugin/launch.sh
index a39f7ced..7da70f89 100755
--- a/prog/net-plugin/launch.sh
+++ b/prog/net-plugin/launch.sh
@@ -23,28 +23,8 @@ echo "Starting launch.sh"
 #   available to any plugin in general (https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/32815).
 
 PEERS=
-IPALLOC_INIT=
 if [ ! -f "/restart.sentinel" ]; then
-    STATUS=0
-    /usr/bin/weaveutil is-swarm-manager 2>/dev/null || STATUS=$?
-    if [ $STATUS -eq 0 ]; then
-        IS_SWARM_MANAGER=1
-    elif [ $STATUS -eq 20 ]; then
-        echo "Host swarm is not \"active\"; exiting." >&2
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    SWARM_MANAGER_PEERS=$(/usr/bin/weaveutil swarm-manager-peers)
-
-    if [ -z "$IPALLOC_INIT" ]; then
-        IPALLOC_INIT="observer"
-        if [ "$IS_SWARM_MANAGER" == "1" ]; then
-            IPALLOC_INIT="consensus=$(echo $SWARM_MANAGER_PEERS | wc -l)"
-        fi
-    fi
-
-    PEERS=$(echo $SWARM_MANAGER_PEERS | tr '\n' ' ')
-    IPALLOC_INIT="--ipalloc-init $IPALLOC_INIT"
+    PEERS=$(/usr/bin/weaveutil swarm-manager-peers)
 fi
 
 router_bridge_opts() {
@@ -63,7 +43,6 @@ exec /home/weave/weaver $EXTRA_ARGS --port=6783 $(router_bridge_opts) \
     --http-addr=$HTTP_ADDR --status-addr=$STATUS_ADDR \
     --no-dns \
     --ipalloc-range=$IPALLOC_RANGE \
-    $IPALLOC_INIT \
     --nickname "$(hostname)" \
     --log-level=debug \
     --db-prefix="$WEAVE_DIR/weave" \
diff --git a/prog/weaveutil/main.go b/prog/weaveutil/main.go
index aec68901..531009a5 100644
--- a/prog/weaveutil/main.go
+++ b/prog/weaveutil/main.go
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ func init() {
 		"bridge-ip":                bridgeIP,
 		"unique-id":                uniqueID,
 		"swarm-manager-peers":      swarmManagerPeers,
-		"is-swarm-manager":         isSwarmManager,
 		"is-docker-plugin-enabled": isDockerPluginEnabled,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/prog/weaveutil/swarm.go b/prog/weaveutil/swarm.go
index 6131b3a9..e830ae35 100644
--- a/prog/weaveutil/swarm.go
+++ b/prog/weaveutil/swarm.go
@@ -2,48 +2,32 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/swarm"
 	"github.com/fsouza/go-dockerclient"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 const DOCKER_API_VERSION = "1.26"
 
-func isSwarmManager(args []string) error {
-	info, err := dockerInfo()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// hack-y way to denote that a node does not belong to any swarm
-	if info.Swarm.LocalNodeState != swarm.LocalNodeStateActive {
-		os.Exit(20)
-	}
-
-	if !info.Swarm.ControlAvailable {
-		return fmt.Errorf("node is not a manager")
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 func swarmManagerPeers(args []string) error {
 	info, err := dockerInfo()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	ips := make([]string, 0)
+
 	for _, managerNode := range info.Swarm.RemoteManagers {
 		ip, err := ipFromAddr(managerNode.Addr)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "ipFromAddr")
 		}
-		fmt.Println(ip)
+		ips = append(ips, ip)
 	}
 
+	fmt.Println(strings.Join(ips, " "))
+
 	return nil
 }