diff --git a/namespaces/init.go b/namespaces/init.go
index d357d164..5c7e1a71 100644
--- a/namespaces/init.go
+++ b/namespaces/init.go
@@ -314,12 +314,11 @@ func LoadContainerEnvironment(container *libcontainer.Config) error {
 func joinExistingNamespaces(namespaces []libcontainer.Namespace) error {
 	for _, ns := range namespaces {
 		if ns.Path != "" {
-			nsf := GetNamespace(ns.Name)
 			f, err := os.OpenFile(ns.Path, os.O_RDONLY, 0)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			err = system.Setns(f.Fd(), uintptr(nsf.Value))
+			err = system.Setns(f.Fd(), uintptr(namespaceInfo[ns.Name]))
 			f.Close()
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
diff --git a/namespaces/types.go b/namespaces/types.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 16ce981e..00000000
--- a/namespaces/types.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-package namespaces
-
-import "errors"
-
-type (
-	Namespace struct {
-		Key   string `json:"key,omitempty"`
-		Value int    `json:"value,omitempty"`
-		File  string `json:"file,omitempty"`
-	}
-	Namespaces []*Namespace
-)
-
-// namespaceList is used to convert the libcontainer types
-// into the names of the files located in /proc/<pid>/ns/* for
-// each namespace
-var (
-	namespaceList      = Namespaces{}
-	ErrUnkownNamespace = errors.New("Unknown namespace")
-	ErrUnsupported     = errors.New("Unsupported method")
-)
-
-func (ns *Namespace) String() string {
-	return ns.Key
-}
-
-func GetNamespace(key string) *Namespace {
-	for _, ns := range namespaceList {
-		if ns.Key == key {
-			cpy := *ns
-			return &cpy
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Contains returns true if the specified Namespace is
-// in the slice
-func (n Namespaces) Contains(ns string) bool {
-	return n.Get(ns) != nil
-}
-
-func (n Namespaces) Get(ns string) *Namespace {
-	for _, nsp := range n {
-		if nsp != nil && nsp.Key == ns {
-			return nsp
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/namespaces/types_linux.go b/namespaces/types_linux.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d3079944..00000000
--- a/namespaces/types_linux.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package namespaces
-
-import (
-	"syscall"
-)
-
-func init() {
-	namespaceList = Namespaces{
-		{Key: "NEWNS", Value: syscall.CLONE_NEWNS, File: "mnt"},
-		{Key: "NEWUTS", Value: syscall.CLONE_NEWUTS, File: "uts"},
-		{Key: "NEWIPC", Value: syscall.CLONE_NEWIPC, File: "ipc"},
-		{Key: "NEWUSER", Value: syscall.CLONE_NEWUSER, File: "user"},
-		{Key: "NEWPID", Value: syscall.CLONE_NEWPID, File: "pid"},
-		{Key: "NEWNET", Value: syscall.CLONE_NEWNET, File: "net"},
-	}
-}
diff --git a/namespaces/types_test.go b/namespaces/types_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d0a72c9..00000000
--- a/namespaces/types_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-package namespaces
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestNamespacesContains(t *testing.T) {
-	ns := Namespaces{
-		GetNamespace("NEWPID"),
-		GetNamespace("NEWNS"),
-		GetNamespace("NEWUTS"),
-	}
-
-	if ns.Contains("NEWNET") {
-		t.Fatal("namespaces should not contain NEWNET")
-	}
-
-	if !ns.Contains("NEWPID") {
-		t.Fatal("namespaces should contain NEWPID but does not")
-	}
-
-	withNil := Namespaces{
-		GetNamespace("UNDEFINED"), // this element will be nil
-		GetNamespace("NEWPID"),
-	}
-
-	if !withNil.Contains("NEWPID") {
-		t.Fatal("namespaces should contain NEWPID but does not")
-	}
-}
diff --git a/namespaces/utils.go b/namespaces/utils.go
index 88420fe5..556ea669 100644
--- a/namespaces/utils.go
+++ b/namespaces/utils.go
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ func (i initError) Error() string {
 	return i.Message
 }
 
+var namespaceInfo = map[string]int{
+	"NEWNET":  syscall.CLONE_NEWNET,
+	"NEWNS":   syscall.CLONE_NEWNS,
+	"NEWUSER": syscall.CLONE_NEWUSER,
+	"NEWIPC":  syscall.CLONE_NEWIPC,
+	"NEWUTS":  syscall.CLONE_NEWUTS,
+	"NEWPID":  syscall.CLONE_NEWPID,
+}
+
 // New returns a newly initialized Pipe for communication between processes
 func newInitPipe() (parent *os.File, child *os.File, err error) {
 	fds, err := syscall.Socketpair(syscall.AF_LOCAL, syscall.SOCK_STREAM|syscall.SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0)
@@ -30,9 +39,7 @@ func newInitPipe() (parent *os.File, child *os.File, err error) {
 // flags on clone, unshare, and setns
 func GetNamespaceFlags(namespaces []libcontainer.Namespace) (flag int) {
 	for _, v := range namespaces {
-		if ns := GetNamespace(v.Name); ns != nil {
-			flag |= ns.Value
-		}
+		flag |= namespaceInfo[v.Name]
 	}
 	return flag
 }