diff --git a/misc/make-deps.sh b/misc/make-deps.sh
index 6815ed41..69bd01e6 100755
--- a/misc/make-deps.sh
+++ b/misc/make-deps.sh
@@ -32,19 +32,6 @@ if [ $travis -eq 0 ]; then
 	fi
 fi
 
-# build etcd
-git clone --recursive https://github.com/coreos/etcd/ && cd etcd
-goversion=$(go version)
-# if 'go version' contains string 'devel', then use git master of etcd...
-if [ "${goversion#*devel}" == "$goversion" ]; then
-	git checkout v2.2.4	# TODO: update to newer versions as needed
-fi
-[ -x build ] && ./build
-mkdir -p ~/bin/
-cp bin/etcd ~/bin/
-cd - >/dev/null
-rm -rf etcd	# clean up to avoid failing on upstream gofmt errors
-
 go get ./...	# get all the go dependencies
 [ -e "$GOBIN/mgmt" ] && rm -f "$GOBIN/mgmt"	# the `go get` version has no -X
 # vet is built-in in go 1.6 - we check for go vet command
diff --git a/test/omv/helloworld.yaml b/test/omv/helloworld.yaml
index bbfb1d3d..49126de7 100644
--- a/test/omv/helloworld.yaml
+++ b/test/omv/helloworld.yaml
@@ -27,12 +27,11 @@
 :ansible_extras: {}
 :cachier: false
 :vms:
-- :name: etcd
+- :name: mgmt0
   :shell:
   - iptables -F
   - cd /vagrant/mgmt/ && make path
   - cd /vagrant/mgmt/ && make deps && make build && cp mgmt ~/bin/
-  - etcd -bind-addr "`hostname --ip-address`:2379" &
   - cd && mgmt --help
 :namespace: omv
 :count: 0
@@ -45,8 +44,7 @@
 :unsafe: false
 :nested: false
 :tests:
-- omv up etcd
-- vssh root@etcd -c pidof etcd
+- omv up mgmt0
 - omv destroy
 :comment: simple hello world test case for mgmt
 :reallyrm: false
diff --git a/test/omv/pkg1a.yaml b/test/omv/pkg1a.yaml
index 17d739ce..30445ad7 100644
--- a/test/omv/pkg1a.yaml
+++ b/test/omv/pkg1a.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
   - iptables -F
   - cd /vagrant/mgmt/ && make path
   - cd /vagrant/mgmt/ && make deps && make build && cp mgmt ~/bin/
-  - etcd -bind-addr "`hostname --ip-address`:2379" &
   - cd && mgmt run --file /vagrant/mgmt/examples/pkg1.yaml --converged-timeout=5
 :namespace: omv
 :count: 0
diff --git a/test/omv/pkg1b.yaml b/test/omv/pkg1b.yaml
index 7c886c79..6fe595d7 100644
--- a/test/omv/pkg1b.yaml
+++ b/test/omv/pkg1b.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
   - iptables -F
   - cd /vagrant/mgmt/ && make path
   - cd /vagrant/mgmt/ && make deps && make build && cp mgmt ~/bin/
-  - etcd -bind-addr "`hostname --ip-address`:2379" &
   - cd && mgmt run --file /vagrant/mgmt/examples/pkg1.yaml --converged-timeout=5
 :namespace: omv
 :count: 0
diff --git a/test/shell/etcd.sh b/test/shell/etcd.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index de55e29c..00000000
--- a/test/shell/etcd.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# NOTE: boiler plate to run etcd; source with: . etcd.sh; should NOT be +x
-cleanup ()
-{
-	echo "cleanup: $1"
-	killall etcd || killall -9 etcd || true	# kill etcd
-	rm -rf /tmp/etcd/
-}
-
-trap_with_arg() {
-	func="$1"
-	shift
-	for sig in "$@"
-	do
-		trap "$func $sig" "$sig"
-	done
-}
-
-trap_with_arg cleanup INT QUIT TERM EXIT	#	ERR
-mkdir -p /tmp/etcd/
-cd /tmp/etcd/ >/dev/null	# shush the cd operation
-etcd &	# start etcd as job # 1
-sleep 1s	# let etcd startup
-cd - >/dev/null
diff --git a/test/shell/t1.sh b/test/shell/t1.sh
index 34e5376f..bffe2e72 100755
--- a/test/shell/t1.sh
+++ b/test/shell/t1.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #	* it is recommended that you run mgmt with --no-watch
 #	* it is recommended that you run mgmt --converged-timeout=<seconds>
 #	* you can run mgmt with --max-runtime=<seconds> in special scenarios
-#	* you can get a separate etcd going by sourcing etcd.sh: . etcd.sh
 
 set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
diff --git a/test/shell/t2.sh b/test/shell/t2.sh
index 19c4ef27..a17c6f41 100755
--- a/test/shell/t2.sh
+++ b/test/shell/t2.sh
@@ -6,12 +6,10 @@ if env | grep -q -e '^TRAVIS=true$'; then
 	exit
 fi
 
-. etcd.sh	# start etcd as job # 1
-
 # run till completion
 timeout --kill-after=15s 10s ./mgmt run --file t2.yaml --converged-timeout=5 --no-watch &
 
-. wait.sh	# wait for everything except etcd
+. wait.sh	# wait for mgmt
 
 test -e /tmp/mgmt/f1
 test -e /tmp/mgmt/f2
diff --git a/test/shell/t3.sh b/test/shell/t3.sh
index 6e524236..d71ea270 100755
--- a/test/shell/t3.sh
+++ b/test/shell/t3.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ if env | grep -q -e '^TRAVIS=true$'; then
 	exit
 fi
 
-. etcd.sh	# start etcd as job # 1
-
 # setup
 mkdir -p "${MGMT_TMPDIR}"mgmt{A..C}
 
@@ -16,7 +14,7 @@ timeout --kill-after=15s 10s ./mgmt run --file t3-a.yaml --converged-timeout=5 -
 timeout --kill-after=15s 10s ./mgmt run --file t3-b.yaml --converged-timeout=5 --no-watch &
 timeout --kill-after=15s 10s ./mgmt run --file t3-c.yaml --converged-timeout=5 --no-watch &
 
-. wait.sh	# wait for everything except etcd
+. wait.sh	# wait for mgmt
 
 # A: collected
 test -e "${MGMT_TMPDIR}"mgmtA/f3b
diff --git a/test/shell/t4.sh b/test/shell/t4.sh
index 302a51ad..34231c24 100755
--- a/test/shell/t4.sh
+++ b/test/shell/t4.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
-. etcd.sh	# start etcd as job # 1
-
 # should take slightly more than 25s, but fail if we take 35s)
 timeout --kill-after=35s 30s ./mgmt run --file t4.yaml --converged-timeout=5 --no-watch &
 
-#jobs	# etcd is 1
-#wait -n 2	# wait for mgmt to exit
-. wait.sh	# wait for everything except etcd
+. wait.sh	# wait for mgmt
diff --git a/test/shell/t5.sh b/test/shell/t5.sh
index 57399d13..a3a8d656 100755
--- a/test/shell/t5.sh
+++ b/test/shell/t5.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
-. etcd.sh	# start etcd as job # 1
-
 # should take slightly more than 35s, but fail if we take 45s)
 timeout --kill-after=45s 40s ./mgmt run --file t5.yaml --converged-timeout=5 --no-watch &
 
-#jobs	# etcd is 1
-#wait -n 2	# wait for mgmt to exit
-. wait.sh	# wait for everything except etcd
+. wait.sh	# wait for mgmt
diff --git a/test/shell/t6.sh b/test/shell/t6.sh
index 779beee1..64e7674c 100755
--- a/test/shell/t6.sh
+++ b/test/shell/t6.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ if env | grep -q -e '^TRAVIS=true$'; then
 	exit
 fi
 
-. etcd.sh	# start etcd as job # 1
-
 # run till completion
 timeout --kill-after=20s 15s ./mgmt run --file t6.yaml --no-watch &
 sleep 1s	# let it converge
@@ -30,4 +28,4 @@ test -e /tmp/mgmt/f2
 
 killall -SIGINT mgmt	# send ^C to exit mgmt
 
-. wait.sh	# wait for everything except etcd
+. wait.sh	# wait for mgmt
diff --git a/test/shell/wait.sh b/test/shell/wait.sh
index fa47d76c..86aab21d 100644
--- a/test/shell/wait.sh
+++ b/test/shell/wait.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # NOTE: boiler plate to wait on mgmt; source with: . wait.sh; should NOT be +x
-while test "`jobs -p`" != "" && test "`jobs -p`" != "`pidof etcd`"
+while test "`jobs -p`" != ""
 do
 	for j in `jobs -p`
 	do
-		[ "$j" = "`pidof etcd`" ] && continue	# don't wait for etcd
 		wait $j || continue	# wait for mgmt job $j
 	done
 done