diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5513e95..53b87fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+* Remove broken flag `crane start --attach`. This flag was introduced in 3.3.0 but did not work properly, and doesn't add much value anyway. It would make more sense to have this flag on `crane run`, but that is left for another version.
+
+* Apply `--interactive` to `docker start` only if `--attach` is already passed to it.
+
 ## 3.3.1 (2017-11-20)
 
 * Do not add `--interactive` to non-targeted containers, otherwise
diff --git a/crane/cli.go b/crane/cli.go
index bfeb730..44f3df3 100644
--- a/crane/cli.go
+++ b/crane/cli.go
@@ -131,10 +131,6 @@ var (
 		"start",
 		"Start the containers.",
 	)
-	startAttachFlag = startCommand.Flag(
-		"attach",
-		"Attach to container",
-	).Short('a').Bool()
 	startTargetArg = startCommand.Arg("target", "Target of command").String()
 
 	stopCommand = app.Command(
@@ -404,7 +400,7 @@ func runCli() {
 
 	case startCommand.FullCommand():
 		commandAction(*startTargetArg, func(uow *UnitOfWork) {
-			uow.Start(*startAttachFlag)
+			uow.Start()
 		}, true)
 
 	case stopCommand.FullCommand():
diff --git a/crane/container.go b/crane/container.go
index c422d05..9142136 100644
--- a/crane/container.go
+++ b/crane/container.go
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ type Container interface {
 	Provision(nocache bool)
 	PullImage()
 	Create(cmds []string)
-	Run(cmds []string, detachFlag bool)
-	Start(targeted bool, attachFlag bool)
+	Run(cmds []string, targeted bool, detachFlag bool)
+	Start(targeted bool)
 	Kill()
 	Stop()
 	Pause()
@@ -950,10 +950,8 @@ func (c *container) Create(cmds []string) {
 // Implemented as create+start as we also need to connect to networks,
 // and that might fail if we used "docker run" and
 // have a very short-lived container.
-func (c *container) Run(cmds []string, detachFlag bool) {
+func (c *container) Run(cmds []string, targeted bool, detachFlag bool) {
 	adHoc := (len(cmds) > 0)
-	targeted := true
-	attachFlag := false
 
 	if !adHoc {
 		c.Rm(true, false)
@@ -966,7 +964,7 @@ func (c *container) Run(cmds []string, detachFlag bool) {
 
 	c.connectWithNetworks(adHoc)
 
-	c.start(adHoc, targeted, attachFlag, detachFlag)
+	c.start(adHoc, targeted, detachFlag)
 }
 
 // Connects container with default network if required,
@@ -1375,17 +1373,17 @@ func (c *container) createArgs(cmds []string) []string {
 }
 
 // Start container
-func (c *container) Start(targeted bool, attachFlag bool) {
+func (c *container) Start(targeted bool) {
 	adHoc := false
 	detachFlag := false
 	if c.Exists() {
 		if !c.Running() {
 			c.startAcceleratedMounts()
 			fmt.Fprintf(c.CommandsOut(), "Starting container %s ...\n", c.ActualName(adHoc))
-			c.start(adHoc, targeted, attachFlag, detachFlag)
+			c.start(adHoc, targeted, detachFlag)
 		}
 	} else {
-		c.Run([]string{}, detachFlag)
+		c.Run([]string{}, targeted, detachFlag)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1399,34 +1397,33 @@ func (c *container) startAcceleratedMounts() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *container) start(adHoc bool, targeted bool, attachFlag bool, detachFlag bool) {
+func (c *container) start(adHoc bool, targeted bool, detachFlag bool) {
 	executeHook(c.Hooks().PreStart(), c.ActualName(adHoc))
 
 	args := []string{"start"}
 
-	// Attach or detach?
-	// Precedence: ad-hoc > flags > config > default (targeted)
-	if attachFlag || adHoc {
-		args = append(args, "--attach")
-	} else if !detachFlag {
-		detach := !targeted
-		if c.Detach != nil {
-			detach = *c.Detach
-		}
-		if !detach {
+	// If detach is not configured, it is false by default
+	configDetach := false
+	if c.Detach != nil {
+		configDetach = *c.Detach
+	}
+
+	// It is only possible to attach to targeted containers
+	if targeted {
+		// adHoc always attaches because of --rm
+		if adHoc || (!detachFlag && !configDetach) {
 			args = append(args, "--attach")
+			// Interactive - implies attaching!
+			if c.Stdin_Open || c.Interactive {
+				args = append(args, "--interactive")
+			}
 		}
 	}
+
 	// DetachKeys
 	if len(c.DetachKeys()) > 0 {
 		args = append(args, "--detach-keys", c.DetachKeys())
 	}
-	// Interactive
-	// Implies attaching to the container, so only applicable
-	// if the container is being targeted.
-	if targeted && (c.Stdin_Open || c.Interactive) {
-		args = append(args, "--interactive")
-	}
 
 	args = append(args, c.ActualName(adHoc))
 
@@ -1486,7 +1483,7 @@ func (c *container) Unpause() {
 func (c *container) Exec(cmds []string, privileged bool, user string) {
 	name := c.ActualName(false)
 	if !c.Running() {
-		c.Start(false, false)
+		c.Start(false)
 	}
 	args := []string{"exec"}
 	if privileged {
diff --git a/crane/unit_of_work.go b/crane/unit_of_work.go
index 4152872..ffc57a3 100644
--- a/crane/unit_of_work.go
+++ b/crane/unit_of_work.go
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ func (uow *UnitOfWork) Run(cmds []string, detach bool) {
 	uow.prepareRequirements()
 	for _, container := range uow.Containers() {
 		if includes(uow.targeted, container.Name()) {
-			container.Run(cmds, detach)
+			container.Run(cmds, true, detach)
 		} else if includes(uow.requireStarted, container.Name()) || !container.Exists() {
-			container.Start(false, false)
+			container.Start(false)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ func (uow *UnitOfWork) Up(cmds []string, detach bool, noCache bool, parallel int
 	uow.prepareRequirements()
 	for _, container := range uow.Containers() {
 		if includes(uow.targeted, container.Name()) {
-			container.Run(cmds, detach)
+			container.Run(cmds, true, detach)
 		} else if includes(uow.requireStarted, container.Name()) || !container.Exists() {
-			container.Start(false, false)
+			container.Start(false)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -141,13 +141,13 @@ func (uow *UnitOfWork) Pause() {
 }
 
 // Start containers.
-func (uow *UnitOfWork) Start(attach bool) {
+func (uow *UnitOfWork) Start() {
 	uow.prepareRequirements()
 	for _, container := range uow.Containers() {
 		if includes(uow.targeted, container.Name()) {
-			container.Start(true, attach)
+			container.Start(true)
 		} else if includes(uow.requireStarted, container.Name()) || !container.Exists() {
-			container.Start(false, false)
+			container.Start(false)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func (uow *UnitOfWork) Exec(cmds []string, privileged bool, user string) {
 		if includes(uow.targeted, container.Name()) {
 			container.Exec(cmds, privileged, user)
 		} else if includes(uow.requireStarted, container.Name()) || !container.Exists() {
-			container.Start(false, false)
+			container.Start(false)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func (uow *UnitOfWork) Create(cmds []string) {
 		if includes(uow.targeted, container.Name()) {
 			container.Create(cmds)
 		} else if includes(uow.requireStarted, container.Name()) || !container.Exists() {
-			container.Start(false, false)
+			container.Start(false)
 		}
 	}
 }