diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c6702f454f..ac162a1b54 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ options | Additional options to pass to docker. These could be flags like "-api-
 pidfile | Path to use for daemon PID file | String | nil (implicitly /var/run/docker.pid)
 ramdisk | Set DOCKER_RAMDISK when using RAM disk | TrueClass or FalseClass | false
 registry-mirror | List of docker registry mirrors | String, Array | nil
-restart (*DEPRECATED*) | Restart containers on boot | TrueClass or FalseClass | auto-detected (see attributes/default.rb)
+restart (*DEPRECATED*) | Restart containers on boot | TrueClass or FalseClass | nil
 selinux_enabled | Enable SELinux | TrueClass or FalseClass | nil
 storage_driver | Storage driver for docker | String | nil
 storage_opt | Storage driver options | String, Array | nil
diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 90c7dc386a..2c8a30d0d0 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -199,4 +199,4 @@
 # Other attributes
 
 # DEPRECATED: will be removed in chef-docker 1.0
-default['docker']['restart'] = false if node['docker']['container_init_type']
+default['docker']['restart'] = nil
diff --git a/spec/systemd_spec.rb b/spec/systemd_spec.rb
index 5905393efb..eda2b87d44 100644
--- a/spec/systemd_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/systemd_spec.rb
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@
   end
 
   # DEPRECATED: will be removed in chef-docker 1.0
-  context 'when container_init_type is set' do
+  context 'when restart is set' do
     let(:chef_run) do
       runner = ChefSpec::SoloRunner.new
-      runner.node.set['docker']['container_init_type'] = 'upstart'
+      runner.node.set['docker']['restart'] = false
       runner.converge(described_recipe)
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/sysv_spec.rb b/spec/sysv_spec.rb
index 65a74b3904..e98c97e5a1 100644
--- a/spec/sysv_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/sysv_spec.rb
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@
   end
 
   # DEPRECATED: will be removed in chef-docker 1.0
-  context 'when container_init_type is set' do
+  context 'when restart is set' do
     let(:chef_run) do
       runner = ChefSpec::SoloRunner.new
-      runner.node.set['docker']['container_init_type'] = 'upstart'
+      runner.node.set['docker']['restart'] = false
       runner.converge(described_recipe)
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/upstart_spec.rb b/spec/upstart_spec.rb
index 259f899750..8b09e0154e 100644
--- a/spec/upstart_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/upstart_spec.rb
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@
   end
 
   # DEPRECATED: will be removed in chef-docker 1.0
-  context 'when container_init_type is set' do
+  context 'when restart is set' do
     let(:chef_run) do
       runner = ChefSpec::SoloRunner.new
-      runner.node.set['docker']['container_init_type'] = 'upstart'
+      runner.node.set['docker']['restart'] = false
       runner.converge(described_recipe)
     end