diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
index 9e2960465e..8fdb6f62e3 100755
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ trait AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec {
     listOpt getOrElse List.fill(NrOfNodes)("localhost")
   }
 
+  def specString(count: Int): String = {
+    val specs = for ((host, idx) <- remotes.take(count).zipWithIndex) yield
+      "\"akka://AkkaRemoteSpec@%s:%d\"".format(host, 9991+idx)
+    specs.mkString(",")
+  }
+
   val nodeConfigs = ((1 to NrOfNodes).toList zip remotes) map {
     case (idx, host) =>
       ConfigFactory.parseString("""
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
index 11a1d2fe86..1b7a561cda 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ object DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSp
       actor {
         provider = "akka.remote.RemoteActorRefProvider"
         deployment {
-          /service-hello.remote = "akka://AkkaRemoteSpec@localhost:9991"
+          /service-hello.remote = %s
         }
       }
-    }""")
+    }""" format specString(1))
 }
 
 class DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(0)) {
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
index a8fbffff4d..f7a02c3988 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ object NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec {
       actor {
         provider = "akka.remote.RemoteActorRefProvider"
         deployment {
-          /service-hello.remote = "akka://AkkaRemoteSpec@localhost:9991"
+          /service-hello.remote = %s
         }
       }
-    }""")
+    }""" format specString(1))
 }
 
 class NewRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(0)) {
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
index 33bb8cd36e..b9440d28b3 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ object RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSp
         provider = "akka.remote.RemoteActorRefProvider"
         deployment {
           /service-hello.router = "random"
-          /service-hello.nr-of-instances = 3
-          /service-hello.target.nodes = ["akka://AkkaRemoteSpec@localhost:9991","akka://AkkaRemoteSpec@localhost:9992","akka://AkkaRemoteSpec@localhost:9993"]
+          /service-hello.nr-of-instances = %d
+          /service-hello.target.nodes = [%s]
         }
       }
-    }""")
+    }""" format (3, specString(3)))
 }
 
 class RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(0)) {
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
index a04d7bd855..5b5c6cbf6d 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ object RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends AbstractRemoteActorMultiJ
         provider = "akka.remote.RemoteActorRefProvider"
         deployment {
           /service-hello.router = "round-robin"
-          /service-hello.nr-of-instances = 3
-          /service-hello.target.nodes = ["akka://AkkaRemoteSpec@localhost:9991","akka://AkkaRemoteSpec@localhost:9992","akka://AkkaRemoteSpec@localhost:9993"]
+          /service-hello.nr-of-instances = %d
+          /service-hello.target.nodes = [%s]
         }
       }
-    }""")
+    }""" format (3, specString(3)))
 }
 
 class RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(RoundRobinRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(0)) {
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
index 04800d7c89..c34de28882 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ object ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends AbstractRemoteActorMul
         provider = "akka.remote.RemoteActorRefProvider"
         deployment {
           /service-hello.router = "scatter-gather"
-          /service-hello.nr-of-instances = 3
-          /service-hello.target.nodes = ["akka://AkkaRemoteSpec@localhost:9991","akka://AkkaRemoteSpec@localhost:9992","akka://AkkaRemoteSpec@localhost:9993"]
+          /service-hello.nr-of-instances = %d
+          /service-hello.target.nodes = [%s]
         }
       }
-    }""")
+    }""" format (3, specString(3)))
 }
 
 class ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode1 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(ScatterGatherRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.nodeConfigs(0)) {