diff --git a/plugins/guests/darwin/cap/rsync.rb b/plugins/guests/darwin/cap/rsync.rb
index f8cdc2e3e..e98d6e5ae 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/darwin/cap/rsync.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/darwin/cap/rsync.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
           machine.communicate.sudo(
             "find '#{opts[:guestpath]}' '(' ! -user #{opts[:owner]} -or ! -group #{opts[:group]} ')' -print0 | " +
-            "xargs -0 -r chown #{opts[:owner]}:#{opts[:group]}")
+            "xargs -0 chown #{opts[:owner]}:#{opts[:group]}")
         end
       end
     end