diff --git a/tools/benchmark/cmd/put.go b/tools/benchmark/cmd/put.go
index 29d9b117e..aa0904e44 100644
--- a/tools/benchmark/cmd/put.go
+++ b/tools/benchmark/cmd/put.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/cheggaaa/pb"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/Godeps/_workspace/src/golang.org/x/net/context"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/Godeps/_workspace/src/google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/etcdserverpb"
 )
 
@@ -67,22 +66,14 @@ func putFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 	k, v := make([]byte, keySize), mustRandBytes(valSize)
 
-	conns := make([]*grpc.ClientConn, totalConns)
-	for i := range conns {
-		conns[i] = mustCreateConn()
-	}
-
-	clients := make([]etcdserverpb.KVClient, totalClients)
-	for i := range clients {
-		clients[i] = etcdserverpb.NewKVClient(conns[i%int(totalConns)])
-	}
+	clients := mustCreateClients(totalClients, totalConns)
 
 	bar.Format("Bom !")
 	bar.Start()
 
 	for i := range clients {
 		wg.Add(1)
-		go doPut(context.Background(), clients[i], requests)
+		go doPut(context.Background(), clients[i].KV, requests)
 	}
 
 	pdoneC := printReport(results)
diff --git a/tools/benchmark/cmd/range.go b/tools/benchmark/cmd/range.go
index fd6d150bb..eb7a8394a 100644
--- a/tools/benchmark/cmd/range.go
+++ b/tools/benchmark/cmd/range.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/cheggaaa/pb"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/Godeps/_workspace/src/golang.org/x/net/context"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/Godeps/_workspace/src/google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/etcdserverpb"
 )
 
@@ -59,22 +58,14 @@ func rangeFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	requests := make(chan etcdserverpb.RangeRequest, totalClients)
 	bar = pb.New(rangeTotal)
 
-	conns := make([]*grpc.ClientConn, totalConns)
-	for i := range conns {
-		conns[i] = mustCreateConn()
-	}
-
-	clients := make([]etcdserverpb.KVClient, totalClients)
-	for i := range clients {
-		clients[i] = etcdserverpb.NewKVClient(conns[i%int(totalConns)])
-	}
+	clients := mustCreateClients(totalClients, totalConns)
 
 	bar.Format("Bom !")
 	bar.Start()
 
 	for i := range clients {
 		wg.Add(1)
-		go doRange(clients[i], requests)
+		go doRange(clients[i].KV, requests)
 	}
 
 	pdoneC := printReport(results)
diff --git a/tools/benchmark/cmd/util.go b/tools/benchmark/cmd/util.go
index 163289e03..13de08fd7 100644
--- a/tools/benchmark/cmd/util.go
+++ b/tools/benchmark/cmd/util.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/Godeps/_workspace/src/google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/clientv3"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -29,16 +29,29 @@ var (
 	dialTotal int
 )
 
-func mustCreateConn() *grpc.ClientConn {
+func mustCreateConn() *clientv3.Client {
 	eps := strings.Split(endpoints, ",")
 	endpoint := eps[dialTotal%len(eps)]
 	dialTotal++
-	conn, err := grpc.Dial(endpoint, grpc.WithInsecure())
+	client, err := clientv3.NewFromURL(endpoint)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "dial error: %v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
-	return conn
+	return client
+}
+
+func mustCreateClients(totalClients, totalConns uint) []*clientv3.Client {
+	conns := make([]*clientv3.Client, totalConns)
+	for i := range conns {
+		conns[i] = mustCreateConn()
+	}
+
+	clients := make([]*clientv3.Client, totalClients)
+	for i := range clients {
+		clients[i] = conns[i%int(totalConns)].Clone()
+	}
+	return clients
 }
 
 func mustRandBytes(n int) []byte {
diff --git a/tools/benchmark/cmd/watch.go b/tools/benchmark/cmd/watch.go
index 98da8b297..3f3ec0a68 100644
--- a/tools/benchmark/cmd/watch.go
+++ b/tools/benchmark/cmd/watch.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/cheggaaa/pb"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/Godeps/_workspace/src/golang.org/x/net/context"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/Godeps/_workspace/src/google.golang.org/grpc"
 )
 
 // watchCmd represents the watch command
@@ -72,20 +71,12 @@ func watchFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 	requests := make(chan etcdserverpb.WatchRequest, totalClients)
 
-	conns := make([]*grpc.ClientConn, totalConns)
-	for i := range conns {
-		conns[i] = mustCreateConn()
-	}
-
-	clients := make([]etcdserverpb.WatchClient, totalClients)
-	for i := range clients {
-		clients[i] = etcdserverpb.NewWatchClient(conns[i%int(totalConns)])
-	}
+	clients := mustCreateClients(totalClients, totalConns)
 
 	streams := make([]etcdserverpb.Watch_WatchClient, watchTotalStreams)
 	var err error
 	for i := range streams {
-		streams[i], err = clients[i%int(totalClients)].Watch(context.TODO())
+		streams[i], err = clients[i%len(clients)].Watch.Watch(context.TODO())
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Failed to create watch stream:", err)
 			os.Exit(1)
@@ -124,7 +115,6 @@ func watchFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	<-pdoneC
 
 	// put phase
-	kv := etcdserverpb.NewKVClient(conns[0])
 	// total number of puts * number of watchers on each key
 	eventsTotal := watchPutTotal * (watchTotal / watchedKeyTotal)
 
@@ -138,7 +128,7 @@ func watchFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 	for i := 0; i < watchPutTotal; i++ {
 		wg.Add(1)
-		go doPut(context.TODO(), kv, putreqc)
+		go doPut(context.TODO(), clients[i%len(clients)].KV, putreqc)
 	}
 
 	pdoneC = printRate(results)