diff --git a/bin/multiweave b/bin/multiweave
index b6e3c100..1dd5dfd8 100755
--- a/bin/multiweave
+++ b/bin/multiweave
@@ -14,14 +14,23 @@ set -e
 START=${FIRST_WEAVE:-1}
 COUNT=${NUM_WEAVES:-28}
 FINISH=$((START+COUNT-1))
+PORT=6783
 
 weavedir=$(dirname $0)/..
 
+# Generate a random MAC value - copied from 'weave' script
+random_mac() {
+    # In the first byte of the MAC, the 'multicast' bit should be
+    # clear and 'locally administered' bit should be set.  All other
+    # bits should be random.
+    od -txC -An -N6 /dev/urandom | sed 's|^ ||;s| |:|;s|[0-3]:|2:|;s|[4-7]:|6:|;s|[89ab]:|a:|;s|[c-f]:|e:|;s| |:|g'
+}
+
 case "$1" in
     launch)
         shift 1
         for i in $(seq $START $FINISH); do
-            WEAVE_CONTAINER_NAME=weave$i $weavedir/weave test-launch "$@"
+            WEAVE_CONTAINER_NAME=weave$i WEAVE_PORT=$((5000+i)) $weavedir/weave launch -iface '' -name $(random_mac) -nickname weave$i -port $PORT "$@"
         done
         if [ $START -ne 1 ] ; then
             status=$(docker inspect --format='{{.State.Running}} {{.NetworkSettings.IPAddress}}' weave$((START-1)))
diff --git a/weave b/weave
index b15dfb38..5d4af7f3 100755
--- a/weave
+++ b/weave
@@ -390,10 +390,6 @@ launch() {
         netnsenter ip link set $CONTAINER_IFNAME up
 }
 
-test_launch() {
-    netnsenter ethtool -K eth0 tx off >/dev/null
-}
-
 attach() {
     if netnsenter ip link show $CONTAINER_IFNAME >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
         for ADDR; do
@@ -713,23 +709,6 @@ case "$COMMAND" in
         wait_for_status $CONTAINER_NAME $HTTP_PORT
         echo $CONTAINER
         ;;
-    test-launch)
-        # For testing purposes. Allows launching of several weave
-        # routers on the same machine, by invoking this multiple times
-        # with different WEAVE_CONTAINER_NAMEs
-        #
-        # Note that the routers are not connected to the $BRIDGE and
-        # do not perform any capture/injection. So this is mainly
-        # intended for testing of administrative and control plane
-        # functionality, rather than routing.
-        check_not_running $CONTAINER_NAME $BASE_IMAGE
-        MACADDR=$(random_mac)
-        CONTAINER=$(docker run --privileged -d --name=$CONTAINER_NAME -e WEAVE_PASSWORD \
-            $WEAVE_DOCKER_ARGS $IMAGE -name $MACADDR -nickname "$CONTAINER_NAME" "$@")
-        with_container_netns $CONTAINER test_launch >/dev/null
-        wait_for_status $CONTAINER $HTTP_PORT
-        echo $CONTAINER
-        ;;
     launch-dns)
         [ $# -gt 0 ] || usage
         CIDR=$1