diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterInterface.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterInterface.scala
index 3ca8fe5f58..2eacad344b 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterInterface.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterInterface.scala
@@ -299,6 +299,11 @@ trait ClusterNode {
    */
   def store(actorRef: ActorRef, replicationFactor: Int, replicationScheme: ReplicationScheme, serializeMailbox: Boolean, serializer: Serializer): ClusterNode
 
+  /**
+   * Removes actor from the cluster.
+   */
+  def remove(actorRef: ActorRef)
+
   /**
    * Removes actor with uuid from the cluster.
    */
@@ -346,6 +351,11 @@ trait ClusterNode {
    */
   def useActorOnNode(node: String, uuid: UUID)
 
+  /**
+   * Checks in an actor after done using it on this node.
+   */
+  def release(actorRef: ActorRef)
+
   /**
    * Checks in an actor after done using it on this node.
    */
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/Cluster.scala b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/Cluster.scala
index 4f26881d56..2d91fc2345 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/Cluster.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/Cluster.scala
@@ -691,6 +691,13 @@ class DefaultClusterNode private[akka] (
     this
   } else throw new ClusterException("Not connected to cluster")
 
+  /**
+   * Removes actor from the cluster.
+   */
+  def remove(actorRef: ActorRef) {
+    remove(actorRef.uuid)
+  }
+
   /**
    * Removes actor with uuid from the cluster.
    */
@@ -825,10 +832,20 @@ class DefaultClusterNode private[akka] (
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Checks in an actor after done using it on this node.
+   */
+  def release(actorRef: ActorRef) {
+    release(actorRef.address)
+  }
+
   /**
    * Checks in an actor after done using it on this node.
    */
   def release(actorAddress: String) {
+
+    // FIXME 'Cluster.release' needs to notify all existing ClusterActorRef's that are using the instance that it is no longer available. Then what to do? Should we even remove this method?
+
     isConnected ifOn {
       actorUuidsForActorAddress(actorAddress) foreach { uuid ⇒
         EventHandler.debug(this,
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterSpec.scala
index 9699be171f..1d3b8b8df1 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterSpec.scala
@@ -42,120 +42,6 @@ class ClusterSpec extends WordSpec with MustMatchers with BeforeAndAfterAll with
 
   "A ClusterNode" should {
 
-    "be able to use an actor by actor address" in {
-      val node = Cluster.newNode(nodeAddress = NodeAddress("test-cluster", "use-actor-id", port = 9001))
-      node.start
-
-      // create actor
-      val actorRef1 = actorOf[MyJavaSerializableActor]("actor-address").start
-      (actorRef1 !! "hello").getOrElse("_") must equal("world 1")
-      (actorRef1 !! "hello").getOrElse("_") must equal("world 2")
-
-      // register actor
-      var serializeMailbox = true
-      import BinaryFormatMyJavaSerializableActor._
-      node.store(actorRef1, serializeMailbox)
-      node.isClustered(actorRef1.address) must be(true)
-      node.addressesForClusteredActors.exists(_ == actorRef1.address) must be(true)
-
-      // check out actor
-      val actorRef2 = node.use(actorRef1.address).head
-      node.isInUseOnNode(actorRef1.address, node = NodeAddress("test-cluster", "use-actor-id")) must be(true)
-      (actorRef2 !! "hello").getOrElse("_") must equal("world 3")
-
-      actorRef1.stop
-      actorRef2.stop
-
-      node.stop
-    }
-
-    "be able to release an actor by address" in {
-      val node = Cluster.newNode(nodeAddress = NodeAddress("test-cluster", "release-actor-id", port = 9001))
-      node.start
-
-      // create actor
-      val actorRef1 = actorOf[MyJavaSerializableActor]("actor-address").start
-      (actorRef1 !! "hello").getOrElse("_") must equal("world 1")
-      (actorRef1 !! "hello").getOrElse("_") must equal("world 2")
-
-      // register actor
-      var serializeMailbox = true
-      import BinaryFormatMyJavaSerializableActor._
-      node.store(actorRef1, serializeMailbox)
-      node.isClustered(actorRef1.address) must be(true)
-      node.addressesForClusteredActors.exists(_ == actorRef1.address) must be(true)
-
-      // check out actor
-      val actorRef2 = node.use(actorRef1.address).head
-      node.isInUseOnNode(actorRef1.address, node = NodeAddress("test-cluster", "release-actor-id")) must be(true)
-      (actorRef2 !! "hello").getOrElse("_") must equal("world 3")
-
-      // check in actor
-      node.release(actorRef2.address)
-      node.isInUseOnNode(actorRef1.address, node = NodeAddress("test-cluster", "release-actor-id")) must be(false)
-
-      actorRef1.stop
-      actorRef2.stop
-
-      node.stop
-    }
-
-    "be able to release used actor on remove an actor by actor address" in {
-      // create actor
-      val actorRef = actorOf[MyJavaSerializableActor]("actor-address").start
-
-      val node  = Cluster.newNode(nodeAddress = NodeAddress("test-cluster", "remove-actor-id", port = 9001)).start
-      val node2 = Cluster.newNode(nodeAddress = NodeAddress("test-cluster", "remove-actor-uuid-2", port = 9002)).start
-
-      // register actor
-      import BinaryFormatMyJavaSerializableActor._
-      var serializeMailbox = true
-      node.store(actorRef, serializeMailbox)
-      val actorRef2 = node2.use(actorRef.address).head
-
-      node2.isClustered(actorRef.address) must be(true)
-      node.addressesForClusteredActors.exists(_ == actorRef.address) must be(true)
-      node.nodesForActorsInUseWithAddress(actorRef.address) must have length (1)
-
-      // deregister actor
-      node.remove(actorRef.address)
-      node.addressesForClusteredActors.exists(_ == actorRef.address) must be(false)
-
-      node.nodesForActorsInUseWithAddress(actorRef.address) must have length (0)
-      node.stop
-    }
-
-    "be able to get home address for a clustered actor" in {
-      val node = Cluster.newNode(nodeAddress = NodeAddress("test-cluster", "get-home-address", port = 9001))
-      node.start
-
-      // create actor
-      val actorRef1 = actorOf[MyJavaSerializableActor]("actor-address").start
-      (actorRef1 !! "hello").getOrElse("_") must equal("world 1")
-      (actorRef1 !! "hello").getOrElse("_") must equal("world 2")
-
-      // register actor
-      var serializeMailbox = true
-      import BinaryFormatMyJavaSerializableActor._
-      node.store(actorRef1, serializeMailbox)
-      node.isClustered(actorRef1.address) must be(true)
-      node.uuidsForClusteredActors.exists(_ == actorRef1.uuid) must be(true)
-
-      // check out actor
-      val actorRef2 = node.use(actorRef1.address).head
-      node.isInUseOnNode(actorRef1.address, node = NodeAddress("test-cluster", "get-home-address")) must be(true)
-      (actorRef2 !! "hello").getOrElse("_") must equal("world 3")
-
-      val addresses = node.addressesForActor(actorRef1.address)
-      addresses.length must be > (0)
-      addresses(0)._2.getPort must equal(9001)
-
-      actorRef1.stop
-      actorRef2.stop
-
-      node.stop
-    }
-
     "be able to migrate an actor between two nodes using address" in {
       val node1 = Cluster.newNode(nodeAddress = NodeAddress("test-cluster", "migrate-id-1", port = 9001))
       val node2 = Cluster.newNode(nodeAddress = NodeAddress("test-cluster", "migrate-id-2", port = 9002))