diff --git a/agent/coordinate_endpoint.go b/agent/coordinate_endpoint.go
index deaad933e..4e4ea1296 100644
--- a/agent/coordinate_endpoint.go
+++ b/agent/coordinate_endpoint.go
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) CoordinateNode(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request)
 	var out structs.IndexedCoordinates
 	defer setMeta(resp, &out.QueryMeta)
 	if err := s.agent.RPC("Coordinate.Node", &args, &out); err != nil {
-		sort.Sort(&sorter{out.Coordinates})
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/agent/coordinate_endpoint_test.go b/agent/coordinate_endpoint_test.go
index c7005e926..b34197c4a 100644
--- a/agent/coordinate_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/agent/coordinate_endpoint_test.go
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func TestCoordinate_Node(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	time.Sleep(300 * time.Millisecond)
 
-	// Query back and check the nodes are present and sorted correctly.
+	// Query back and check the nodes are present.
 	req, _ = http.NewRequest("GET", "/v1/coordinate/node/foo?dc=dc1", nil)
 	resp = httptest.NewRecorder()
 	obj, err = a.srv.CoordinateNode(resp, req)
diff --git a/api/coordinate_test.go b/api/coordinate_test.go
index aae1ddf1a..cf0f82c33 100644
--- a/api/coordinate_test.go
+++ b/api/coordinate_test.go
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 package api
 
 import (
-	"testing"
-
 	"strings"
+	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/testutil/retry"
 )