diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/Cluster.scala b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/Cluster.scala
index c6e581b033..cfe1f0ddab 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/Cluster.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/Cluster.scala
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Cluster(val system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends Extension {
   import settings._
 
   val selfAddress: Address = system.provider match {
-    case c: ClusterActorRefProvider ⇒ c.transport.addresses.head // FIXME: temporary workaround. See #2663
+    case c: ClusterActorRefProvider ⇒ c.transport.defaultAddress
     case other ⇒ throw new ConfigurationException(
       "ActorSystem [%s] needs to have a 'ClusterActorRefProvider' enabled in the configuration, currently uses [%s]".
         format(system, other.getClass.getName))
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterSpec.scala
index 0cb564a69b..d010c823e8 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterSpec.scala
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class ClusterSpec extends AkkaSpec(ClusterSpec.config) with ImplicitSender {
   import ClusterSpec._
 
   // FIXME: temporary workaround. See #2663
-  val selfAddress = system.asInstanceOf[ExtendedActorSystem].provider.asInstanceOf[ClusterActorRefProvider].transport.addresses.head
+  val selfAddress = system.asInstanceOf[ExtendedActorSystem].provider.asInstanceOf[ClusterActorRefProvider].transport.defaultAddress
 
   val cluster = Cluster(system)
   def clusterView = cluster.readView
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/java/code/docs/serialization/SerializationDocTestBase.java b/akka-docs/rst/java/code/docs/serialization/SerializationDocTestBase.java
index 48c0d2fc62..78c85f3e9e 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/java/code/docs/serialization/SerializationDocTestBase.java
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/java/code/docs/serialization/SerializationDocTestBase.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public class SerializationDocTestBase {
     public Address getAddress() {
       final ActorRefProvider provider = system.provider();
       if (provider instanceof RemoteActorRefProvider) {
-        return ((RemoteActorRefProvider) provider).transport().addresses().head();
+        return ((RemoteActorRefProvider) provider).transport().defaultAddress();
       } else {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("need RemoteActorRefProvider");
       }
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/serialization/SerializationDocSpec.scala b/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/serialization/SerializationDocSpec.scala
index af49e48999..e428497039 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/serialization/SerializationDocSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/serialization/SerializationDocSpec.scala
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ package docs.serialization {
       object ExternalAddress extends ExtensionKey[ExternalAddressExt]
 
       class ExternalAddressExt(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends Extension {
-        def addressForAkka: Address = akka.transportOf(system).addresses.head
+        def addressForAkka: Address = akka.transportOf(system).defaultAddress
       }
 
       def serializeAkkaDefault(ref: ActorRef): String =
diff --git a/akka-remote-tests/src/main/scala/akka/remote/testconductor/Extension.scala b/akka-remote-tests/src/main/scala/akka/remote/testconductor/Extension.scala
index e407ecca13..479bc38b1d 100644
--- a/akka-remote-tests/src/main/scala/akka/remote/testconductor/Extension.scala
+++ b/akka-remote-tests/src/main/scala/akka/remote/testconductor/Extension.scala
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class TestConductorExt(val system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends Extension with C
   /**
    * Transport address of this Netty-like remote transport.
    */
-  val address = transport.addresses.head //FIXME: Workaround for old-remoting -- must be removed later
+  val address = transport.defaultAddress
 
   /**
    * INTERNAL API.
diff --git a/akka-remote-tests/src/main/scala/akka/remote/testkit/MultiNodeSpec.scala b/akka-remote-tests/src/main/scala/akka/remote/testkit/MultiNodeSpec.scala
index 3754406f83..645a96be89 100644
--- a/akka-remote-tests/src/main/scala/akka/remote/testkit/MultiNodeSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote-tests/src/main/scala/akka/remote/testkit/MultiNodeSpec.scala
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ abstract class MultiNodeSpec(val myself: RoleName, _system: ActorSystem, _roles:
   // useful to see which jvm is running which role, used by LogRoleReplace utility
   log.info("Role [{}] started with address [{}]", myself.name,
     //FIXME: Workaround for old-remoting -- must be removed later
-    system.asInstanceOf[ExtendedActorSystem].provider.asInstanceOf[RemoteActorRefProvider].transport.addresses.head)
+    system.asInstanceOf[ExtendedActorSystem].provider.asInstanceOf[RemoteActorRefProvider].transport.defaultAddress)
 
 }
 
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala
index 399f24b2e6..df100249c7 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ class RemoteActorRefProvider(
     // this enables reception of remote requests
     _transport.start()
 
-    //FIXME defaultaddress maybe?
     _rootPath = RootActorPath(local.rootPath.address.copy(
-      host = transport.addresses.head.host,
-      port = transport.addresses.head.port))
+      protocol = transport.defaultAddress.protocol,
+      host = transport.defaultAddress.host,
+      port = transport.defaultAddress.port))
 
     val remoteClientLifeCycleHandler = system.systemActorOf(Props(new Actor {
       def receive = {
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteTransport.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteTransport.scala
index ecd56cfbb3..d18abf7126 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteTransport.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteTransport.scala
@@ -179,6 +179,12 @@ abstract class RemoteTransport(val system: ExtendedActorSystem, val provider: Re
    */
   def addresses: immutable.Set[Address]
 
+  /**
+   * The default transport address of the actorsystem
+   * @return The listen address of the default transport
+   */
+  def defaultAddress: Address
+
   /**
    * Resolves the correct local address to be used for contacting the given remote address
    * @param remote the remote address
@@ -245,7 +251,7 @@ abstract class RemoteTransport(val system: ExtendedActorSystem, val provider: Re
    * Serializes the ActorRef instance into a Protocol Buffers (protobuf) Message.
    */
   def toRemoteActorRefProtocol(actor: ActorRef): ActorRefProtocol =
-    ActorRefProtocol.newBuilder.setPath(actor.path.toStringWithAddress(addresses.head)).build
+    ActorRefProtocol.newBuilder.setPath(actor.path.toStringWithAddress(defaultAddress)).build
 
   /**
    * Returns a new RemoteMessageProtocol containing the serialized representation of the given parameters.
@@ -254,7 +260,7 @@ abstract class RemoteTransport(val system: ExtendedActorSystem, val provider: Re
     val messageBuilder = RemoteMessageProtocol.newBuilder.setRecipient(toRemoteActorRefProtocol(recipient))
     if (senderOption.isDefined) messageBuilder.setSender(toRemoteActorRefProtocol(senderOption.get))
 
-    Serialization.currentTransportAddress.withValue(addresses.head) {
+    Serialization.currentTransportAddress.withValue(defaultAddress) {
       messageBuilder.setMessage(MessageSerializer.serialize(system, message.asInstanceOf[AnyRef]))
     }
 
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Remoting.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Remoting.scala
index 22a6cdd0b0..6858a8188f 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Remoting.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Remoting.scala
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 import java.net.URLEncoder
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException
 import scala.util.{ Failure, Success }
+import scala.collection.immutable
+import akka.japi.Util.immutableSeq
 
 class RemotingSettings(config: Config) {
 
@@ -40,10 +42,10 @@ class RemotingSettings(config: Config) {
   val BackoffPeriod: FiniteDuration =
     Duration(getMilliseconds("akka.remoting.backoff-interval"), MILLISECONDS)
 
-  val Transports: List[(String, Config)] =
-    config.getConfigList("akka.remoting.transports").asScala.map {
+  val Transports: immutable.Seq[(String, Config)] =
+    immutableSeq(config.getConfigList("akka.remoting.transports")).map {
       conf ⇒ (conf.getString("transport-class"), conf.getConfig("settings"))
-    }.toList
+    }
 }
 
 private[remote] object Remoting {
@@ -82,8 +84,11 @@ private[remote] object Remoting {
 private[remote] class Remoting(_system: ExtendedActorSystem, _provider: RemoteActorRefProvider) extends RemoteTransport(_system, _provider) {
 
   @volatile private var endpointManager: ActorRef = _
-  @volatile var transportMapping: Map[String, Set[(Transport, Address)]] = _
+  @volatile private var transportMapping: Map[String, Set[(Transport, Address)]] = _
   @volatile var addresses: Set[Address] = _
+  // FIXME: Temporary workaround until next Pull Request as the means of configuration changed
+  override def defaultAddress: Address = addresses.head
+
   private val settings = new RemotingSettings(provider.remoteSettings.config)
 
   override def localAddressForRemote(remote: Address): Address = Remoting.localAddressForRemote(transportMapping, remote)
@@ -320,14 +325,6 @@ private[remote] class EndpointManager(conf: Config, log: LoggingAdapter) extends
 
     listens.onComplete {
       case Success(results) ⇒
-        val transportsAndAddresses = (for ((transport, (address, promise)) ← results) yield {
-          promise.success(self)
-          transport -> address
-        }).toSet
-        addressesPromise.success(transportsAndAddresses)
-
-        context.become(accepting)
-
         transportMapping = HashMap() ++ results.groupBy { case (_, (transportAddress, _)) ⇒ transportAddress }.map {
           case (a, t) ⇒
             if (t.size > 1)
@@ -336,6 +333,14 @@ private[remote] class EndpointManager(conf: Config, log: LoggingAdapter) extends
             a -> t.head._1
         }
 
+        val transportsAndAddresses = (for ((transport, (address, promise)) ← results) yield {
+          promise.success(self)
+          transport -> address
+        }).toSet
+        addressesPromise.success(transportsAndAddresses)
+
+        context.become(accepting)
+
       case Failure(reason) ⇒ addressesPromise.failure(reason)
     }
   }
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/netty/NettyRemoteSupport.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/netty/NettyRemoteSupport.scala
index fa28dd9f4c..5fdaa23ba2 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/netty/NettyRemoteSupport.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/netty/NettyRemoteSupport.scala
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ private[akka] class NettyRemoteTransport(_system: ExtendedActorSystem, _provider
   val settings = new NettySettings(remoteSettings.config.getConfig("akka.remote.netty"), remoteSettings.systemName)
 
   // Workaround to emulate the support of multiple local addresses
-  override def localAddressForRemote(remote: Address): Address = addresses.head
+  override def localAddressForRemote(remote: Address): Address = defaultAddress
 
   // TODO replace by system.scheduler
   val timer: HashedWheelTimer = new HashedWheelTimer(system.threadFactory)
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ private[akka] class NettyRemoteTransport(_system: ExtendedActorSystem, _provider
    * the normal one, e.g. for inserting security hooks. Get this transport’s
    * address from `this.address`.
    */
-  protected def createClient(recipient: Address): RemoteClient = new ActiveRemoteClient(this, recipient, addresses.head)
+  protected def createClient(recipient: Address): RemoteClient = new ActiveRemoteClient(this, recipient, defaultAddress)
 
   // the address is set in start() or from the RemoteServerHandler, whichever comes first
   private val _address = new AtomicReference[Address]
@@ -177,8 +177,9 @@ private[akka] class NettyRemoteTransport(_system: ExtendedActorSystem, _provider
   }
 
   // Workaround to emulate the support of multiple local addresses
-  def addresses = Set(address)
+  override def addresses = Set(address)
   def address = _address.get
+  override def defaultAddress: Address = _address.get
 
   lazy val log = Logging(system.eventStream, "NettyRemoteTransport(" + addresses + ")")
 
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/Ticket1978CommunicationSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/Ticket1978CommunicationSpec.scala
index 8b4fc8a444..ba9918d120 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/Ticket1978CommunicationSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/Ticket1978CommunicationSpec.scala
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ abstract class Ticket1978CommunicationSpec(val cipherConfig: CipherConfig) exten
   ("-") must {
     if (cipherConfig.runTest) {
       val ignoreMe = other.actorOf(Props(new Actor { def receive = { case ("ping", x) ⇒ sender ! ((("pong", x), sender)) } }), "echo")
-      val otherAddress = other.asInstanceOf[ExtendedActorSystem].provider.asInstanceOf[RemoteActorRefProvider].transport.addresses.head
+      val otherAddress = other.asInstanceOf[ExtendedActorSystem].provider.asInstanceOf[RemoteActorRefProvider].transport.defaultAddress
 
       "support tell" in {
         val here = system.actorFor(otherAddress.toString + "/user/echo")
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/UntrustedSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/UntrustedSpec.scala
index e2f9f1e6ee..bddfd6d39b 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/UntrustedSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/UntrustedSpec.scala
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ akka.loglevel = DEBUG
       akka.actor.provider = akka.remote.RemoteActorRefProvider
       akka.remote.netty.port = 0
       """))
-  val addr = system.asInstanceOf[ExtendedActorSystem].provider.asInstanceOf[RemoteActorRefProvider].transport.addresses.head
+  val addr = system.asInstanceOf[ExtendedActorSystem].provider.asInstanceOf[RemoteActorRefProvider].transport.defaultAddress
   val target1 = other.actorFor(RootActorPath(addr) / "remote")
   val target2 = other.actorFor(RootActorPath(addr) / testActor.path.elements)