diff --git a/cli.go b/cli.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d21cda69d..0000000000
--- a/cli.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,191 +0,0 @@
-package cli
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"os"
-	"strings"
-
-	flag "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/mflag"
-)
-
-// Cli represents a command line interface.
-type Cli struct {
-	Stderr   io.Writer
-	handlers []Handler
-	Usage    func()
-}
-
-// Handler holds the different commands Cli will call
-// It should have methods with names starting with `Cmd` like:
-// 	func (h myHandler) CmdFoo(args ...string) error
-type Handler interface {
-	Command(name string) func(...string) error
-}
-
-// Initializer can be optionally implemented by a Handler to
-// initialize before each call to one of its commands.
-type Initializer interface {
-	Initialize() error
-}
-
-// New instantiates a ready-to-use Cli.
-func New(handlers ...Handler) *Cli {
-	// make the generic Cli object the first cli handler
-	// in order to handle `docker help` appropriately
-	cli := new(Cli)
-	cli.handlers = append([]Handler{cli}, handlers...)
-	return cli
-}
-
-var errCommandNotFound = errors.New("command not found")
-
-func (cli *Cli) command(args ...string) (func(...string) error, error) {
-	for _, c := range cli.handlers {
-		if c == nil {
-			continue
-		}
-		if cmd := c.Command(strings.Join(args, " ")); cmd != nil {
-			if ci, ok := c.(Initializer); ok {
-				if err := ci.Initialize(); err != nil {
-					return nil, err
-				}
-			}
-			return cmd, nil
-		}
-	}
-	return nil, errCommandNotFound
-}
-
-// Run executes the specified command.
-func (cli *Cli) Run(args ...string) error {
-	if len(args) > 1 {
-		command, err := cli.command(args[:2]...)
-		if err == nil {
-			return command(args[2:]...)
-		}
-		if err != errCommandNotFound {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	if len(args) > 0 {
-		command, err := cli.command(args[0])
-		if err != nil {
-			if err == errCommandNotFound {
-				cli.noSuchCommand(args[0])
-				return nil
-			}
-			return err
-		}
-		return command(args[1:]...)
-	}
-	return cli.CmdHelp()
-}
-
-func (cli *Cli) noSuchCommand(command string) {
-	if cli.Stderr == nil {
-		cli.Stderr = os.Stderr
-	}
-	fmt.Fprintf(cli.Stderr, "docker: '%s' is not a docker command.\nSee 'docker --help'.\n", command)
-	os.Exit(1)
-}
-
-// Command returns a command handler, or nil if the command does not exist
-func (cli *Cli) Command(name string) func(...string) error {
-	return map[string]func(...string) error{
-		"help": cli.CmdHelp,
-	}[name]
-}
-
-// CmdHelp displays information on a Docker command.
-//
-// If more than one command is specified, information is only shown for the first command.
-//
-// Usage: docker help COMMAND or docker COMMAND --help
-func (cli *Cli) CmdHelp(args ...string) error {
-	if len(args) > 1 {
-		command, err := cli.command(args[:2]...)
-		if err == nil {
-			command("--help")
-			return nil
-		}
-		if err != errCommandNotFound {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	if len(args) > 0 {
-		command, err := cli.command(args[0])
-		if err != nil {
-			if err == errCommandNotFound {
-				cli.noSuchCommand(args[0])
-				return nil
-			}
-			return err
-		}
-		command("--help")
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if cli.Usage == nil {
-		flag.Usage()
-	} else {
-		cli.Usage()
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Subcmd is a subcommand of the main "docker" command.
-// A subcommand represents an action that can be performed
-// from the Docker command line client.
-//
-// To see all available subcommands, run "docker --help".
-func Subcmd(name string, synopses []string, description string, exitOnError bool) *flag.FlagSet {
-	var errorHandling flag.ErrorHandling
-	if exitOnError {
-		errorHandling = flag.ExitOnError
-	} else {
-		errorHandling = flag.ContinueOnError
-	}
-	flags := flag.NewFlagSet(name, errorHandling)
-	flags.Usage = func() {
-		flags.ShortUsage()
-		flags.PrintDefaults()
-	}
-
-	flags.ShortUsage = func() {
-		if len(synopses) == 0 {
-			synopses = []string{""}
-		}
-
-		// Allow for multiple command usage synopses.
-		for i, synopsis := range synopses {
-			lead := "\t"
-			if i == 0 {
-				// First line needs the word 'Usage'.
-				lead = "Usage:\t"
-			}
-
-			if synopsis != "" {
-				synopsis = " " + synopsis
-			}
-
-			fmt.Fprintf(flags.Out(), "\n%sdocker %s%s", lead, name, synopsis)
-		}
-
-		fmt.Fprintf(flags.Out(), "\n\n%s\n", description)
-	}
-
-	return flags
-}
-
-// StatusError reports an unsuccessful exit by a command.
-type StatusError struct {
-	Status     string
-	StatusCode int
-}
-
-func (e StatusError) Error() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("Status: %s, Code: %d", e.Status, e.StatusCode)
-}
diff --git a/cobraadaptor/adaptor.go b/cobra.go
similarity index 86%
rename from cobraadaptor/adaptor.go
rename to cobra.go
index 67263e1577..5e20c96003 100644
--- a/cobraadaptor/adaptor.go
+++ b/cobra.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package cobraadaptor
+package cli
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ func SetupRootCommand(rootCmd *cobra.Command) {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().MarkShorthandDeprecated("help", "please use --help")
 }
 
-// GetRootCommand returns the root command. Required to generate the man pages
-// and reference docs from a script outside this package.
-func (c CobraAdaptor) GetRootCommand() *cobra.Command {
-	return c.rootCmd
-}
-
 // FlagErrorFunc prints an error messages which matches the format of the
 // docker/docker/cli error messages
 func FlagErrorFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, err error) error {
diff --git a/error.go b/error.go
index e421c7f7c7..62f62433b8 100644
--- a/error.go
+++ b/error.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package cli
 
-import "strings"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
 
 // Errors is a list of errors.
 // Useful in a loop if you don't want to return the error right away and you want to display after the loop,
@@ -18,3 +21,13 @@ func (errList Errors) Error() string {
 	}
 	return strings.Join(out, ", ")
 }
+
+// StatusError reports an unsuccessful exit by a command.
+type StatusError struct {
+	Status     string
+	StatusCode int
+}
+
+func (e StatusError) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("Status: %s, Code: %d", e.Status, e.StatusCode)
+}
diff --git a/usage.go b/usage.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a8a0328643..0000000000
--- a/usage.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package cli
-
-// Command is the struct containing the command name and description
-type Command struct {
-	Name        string
-	Description string
-}
-
-// DockerCommandUsage lists the top level docker commands and their short usage
-var DockerCommandUsage = []Command{}
-
-// DockerCommands stores all the docker command
-var DockerCommands = make(map[string]Command)
-
-func init() {
-	for _, cmd := range DockerCommandUsage {
-		DockerCommands[cmd.Name] = cmd
-	}
-}