diff --git a/lib/vagrant/util/downloader.rb b/lib/vagrant/util/downloader.rb
index d815b692a..f805132b6 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/util/downloader.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/util/downloader.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ module Vagrant
         # Build the list of parameters to execute with cURL
         options = [
           "--fail",
+          "--max-redirs", "10",
           "--output", @destination
         ]
 
diff --git a/plugins/kernel_v2/config/downloader.rb b/plugins/kernel_v2/config/downloader.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index ddf60032c..000000000
--- a/plugins/kernel_v2/config/downloader.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-module VagrantPlugins
-  module Kernel_V2
-    class DownloaderConfig < Vagrant.plugin("2", :config)
-      attr_accessor :insecure
-
-      def initialize
-        super
-
-        @insecure = UNSET_VALUE
-      end
-
-      def finalize!
-        @insecure = false if @insecure == UNSET_VALUE
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/plugins/kernel_v2/plugin.rb b/plugins/kernel_v2/plugin.rb
index 5e010cfa9..55cfcc0dc 100644
--- a/plugins/kernel_v2/plugin.rb
+++ b/plugins/kernel_v2/plugin.rb
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
       # "kernel_v1", none of these configuration classes are upgradable.
       # This is by design, since we can't be sure if they're upgradable
       # until another version is available.
-      config("downloader") do
-        require File.expand_path("../config/downloader", __FILE__)
-        DownloaderConfig
-      end
-
       config("ssh") do
         require File.expand_path("../config/ssh", __FILE__)
         SSHConfig