diff --git a/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef.rb b/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef.rb
index 9606caaba..85781a8df 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module Vagrant
           @client_key_path = "/etc/chef/client.pem"
           @node_name = "client"
 
-          @cookbooks_path = "cookbooks"
+          @cookbooks_path = ["cookbooks", [:vm, "cookbooks"]]
           @roles_path = []
           @provisioning_path = "/tmp/vagrant-chef"
           @log_level = :info
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo.rb b/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo.rb
index a38c94990..473c5b8bb 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo.rb
@@ -106,10 +106,7 @@ module Vagrant
       end
 
       def cookbooks_path
-        result = folders_path(env.config.chef.cookbooks_path, "cookbooks")
-        result = [result, File.join(env.config.chef.provisioning_path, "cookbooks")].flatten if env.config.chef.recipe_url
-
-        result.to_json
+        folders_path(env.config.chef.cookbooks_path, "cookbooks").to_json
       end
 
       def roles_path
diff --git a/test/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo_test.rb b/test/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo_test.rb
index f74aa938f..80ffcacc4 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo_test.rb
@@ -142,14 +142,6 @@ class ChefSoloProvisionerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       @action.expects(:folders_path).with(@env.config.chef.cookbooks_path, "cookbooks").once.returns(result)
       assert_equal result.to_json, @action.cookbooks_path
     end
-
-    should "append a bare cookbooks path to the cookbooks path for recipe URL" do
-      @env.config.chef.recipe_url = "foo"
-      @action.stubs(:folders_path).returns([])
-      result = @action.cookbooks_path
-      assert result
-      assert result =~ /\/cookbooks"\]$/
-    end
   end
 
   context "roles path" do