diff --git a/lib/vagrant/systems/linux.rb b/lib/vagrant/systems/linux.rb
index 62ee4ac22..10dc7021c 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/systems/linux.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/systems/linux.rb
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ module Vagrant
                                                 :options => config.unison.options,
                                                 :script => config.unison.script,
                                                 :log_file => (config.unison.log_file % sanitized_string))
+
+        ssh.exec!("sudo rm -rf #{opts[:original][:guestpath]}")
         ssh.exec!("sudo echo \"#{crontab_entry}\" >> #{config.unison.crontab_entry_file}")
         ssh.exec!("crontab #{config.unison.crontab_entry_file}")
       end
diff --git a/test/vagrant/systems/linux_test.rb b/test/vagrant/systems/linux_test.rb
index 3708c695b..e10220069 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/systems/linux_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/systems/linux_test.rb
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ class LinuxSystemTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       @instance.create_unison(@ssh, @options)
     end
 
+    should "remove the original guestpath" do
+      @ssh.expects(:exec!).with("sudo rm -rf #{@options[:original][:guestpath]}")
+      @instance.create_unison(@ssh, @options)
+    end
+
     should "enable the crontab file" do
       @ssh.expects(:exec!).with("crontab #{@mock_env.config.unison.crontab_entry_file}")
       @instance.create_unison(@ssh, @options)