diff --git a/libnetwork_test.go b/libnetwork_test.go
index f70288ba..0f259306 100644
--- a/libnetwork_test.go
+++ b/libnetwork_test.go
@@ -1232,10 +1232,6 @@ func TestExternalKey(t *testing.T) {
 	externalKeyTest(t, false)
 }
 
-func TestExternalKeyWithReexec(t *testing.T) {
-	externalKeyTest(t, true)
-}
-
 func externalKeyTest(t *testing.T, reexec bool) {
 	if !testutils.IsRunningInContainer() {
 		defer testutils.SetupTestOSContext(t)()
diff --git a/sandbox_externalkey_unix.go b/sandbox_externalkey_unix.go
index 3e5cee1c..898cedd2 100644
--- a/sandbox_externalkey_unix.go
+++ b/sandbox_externalkey_unix.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/docker/libnetwork/types"
-	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/configs"
 )
 
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ const success = "success"
 
 // processSetKeyReexec is a private function that must be called only on an reexec path
 // It expects 3 args { [0] = "libnetwork-setkey", [1] = <container-id>, [2] = <controller-id> }
-// It also expects libcontainer.State as a json string in <stdin>
+// It also expects configs.HookState as a json string in <stdin>
 // Refer to https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/pull/160/ for more information
 func processSetKeyReexec() {
 	var err error
@@ -40,20 +39,19 @@ func processSetKeyReexec() {
 	}
 	containerID := os.Args[1]
 
-	// We expect libcontainer.State as a json string in <stdin>
+	// We expect configs.HookState as a json string in <stdin>
 	stateBuf, err := ioutil.ReadAll(os.Stdin)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
-	var state libcontainer.State
+	var state configs.HookState
 	if err = json.Unmarshal(stateBuf, &state); err != nil {
 		return
 	}
 
 	controllerID := os.Args[2]
-	key := state.NamespacePaths[configs.NamespaceType("NEWNET")]
 
-	err = SetExternalKey(controllerID, containerID, key)
+	err = SetExternalKey(controllerID, containerID, fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/ns/net", state.Pid))
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/sandbox_externalkey_windows.go b/sandbox_externalkey_windows.go
index 3c4113e2..340cd173 100644
--- a/sandbox_externalkey_windows.go
+++ b/sandbox_externalkey_windows.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 // processSetKeyReexec is a private function that must be called only on an reexec path
 // It expects 3 args { [0] = "libnetwork-setkey", [1] = <container-id>, [2] = <controller-id> }
-// It also expects libcontainer.State as a json string in <stdin>
+// It also expects configs.HookState as a json string in <stdin>
 // Refer to https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/pull/160/ for more information
 func processSetKeyReexec() {
 }