@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (

 	"io/ioutil"

 	"reflect"

 	"runtime"

-	"sort"

 	"strings"

 	"sync"

@@ -503,19 +502,6 @@ func Validate(config *Config) error {

 	return nil

 }

-// GetAuthorizationPlugins returns daemon's sorted authorization plugins

-func (conf *Config) GetAuthorizationPlugins() []string {

-	conf.Lock()

-	defer conf.Unlock()

-

-	authPlugins := make([]string, 0, len(conf.AuthorizationPlugins))

-	for _, p := range conf.AuthorizationPlugins {

-		authPlugins = append(authPlugins, p)

-	}

-	sort.Strings(authPlugins)

-	return authPlugins

-}

-

 // ModifiedDiscoverySettings returns whether the discovery configuration has been modified or not.

 func ModifiedDiscoverySettings(config *Config, backendType, advertise string, clusterOpts map[string]string) bool {

 	if config.ClusterStore != backendType || config.ClusterAdvertise != advertise {

@@ -175,7 +175,9 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) showPluginsInfo() types.PluginsInfo {

 	pluginsInfo.Volume = volumedrivers.GetDriverList()

 	pluginsInfo.Network = daemon.GetNetworkDriverList()

-	pluginsInfo.Authorization = daemon.configStore.GetAuthorizationPlugins()

+	// The authorization plugins are returned in the order they are

+	// used as they constitute a request/response modification chain.

+	pluginsInfo.Authorization = daemon.configStore.AuthorizationPlugins

 	pluginsInfo.Log = logger.ListDrivers()

 	return pluginsInfo