diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Routing.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Routing.scala
index 4ef7cff330..ff05a4aac0 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Routing.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Routing.scala
@@ -448,14 +448,14 @@ case class RandomRouter(nrOfInstances: Int = 0, routees: Iterable[String] = Nil,
 
 trait RandomLike { this: RouterConfig ⇒
 
-  import java.security.SecureRandom
+  import java.util.Random
 
   def nrOfInstances: Int
 
   def routees: Iterable[String]
 
-  private val random = new ThreadLocal[SecureRandom] {
-    override def initialValue = SecureRandom.getInstance("SHA1PRNG")
+  private val random = new ThreadLocal[Random] {
+    override def initialValue = new Random
   }
 
   def createRoute(props: Props, routeeProvider: RouteeProvider): Route = {
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 a9422b2b8f..1c7d4b2602 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import akka.pattern.ask
 
 object DirectRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec {
   override def NrOfNodes = 2
-//  override def PortRangeStart = 3990
 
   class SomeActor extends Actor with Serializable {
     def receive = {
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 0899b60c6a..a91b203707 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ import akka.pattern.ask
 object NewRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec extends AbstractRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec {
   override def NrOfNodes = 2
 
-//  override def PortRangeStart = 2990
-
   class SomeActor extends Actor with Serializable {
     def receive = {
       case "identify" ⇒ sender ! self
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 f895708294..bc69b2dd76 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmSpec.scala
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class RandomRoutedRemoteActorMultiJvmNode4 extends AkkaRemoteSpec(RandomRoutedRe
     "be locally instantiated on a remote node and be able to communicate through its RemoteActorRef" in {
 
       barrier("start")
-      val actor = system.actorOf(Props[SomeActor].withRouter(RoundRobinRouter()), "service-hello")
+      val actor = system.actorOf(Props[SomeActor].withRouter(RandomRouter()), "service-hello")
       actor.isInstanceOf[RoutedActorRef] must be(true)
 
       val connectionCount = NrOfNodes - 1