diff --git a/lib/vagrant.rb b/lib/vagrant.rb
index 5fa92e82b..bd021743d 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant.rb
@@ -95,12 +95,6 @@ module Vagrant
   c.register([:"1", :provider])    { Plugin::V1::Provider }
   c.register([:"1", :provisioner]) { Plugin::V1::Provisioner }
 
-  # Returns a `Vagrant::Registry` object that contains all the built-in
-  # middleware stacks.
-  def self.actions
-    @actions ||= Vagrant::Action::Builtin.new
-  end
-
   # The source root is the path to the root directory of
   # the Vagrant gem.
   def self.source_root
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/runner.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/runner.rb
index a28551b44..832a38872 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/runner.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/runner.rb
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ module Vagrant
     class Runner
       @@reported_interrupt = false
 
-      def initialize(registry, globals=nil, &block)
-        @registry     = registry
+      def initialize(globals=nil, &block)
         @globals      = globals || {}
         @lazy_globals = block
         @logger       = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant::action::runner")
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ module Vagrant
       def run(callable_id, options=nil)
         callable = callable_id
         callable = Builder.new.use(callable_id) if callable_id.kind_of?(Class)
-        callable = registry_sequence(callable_id) if callable_id.kind_of?(Symbol)
         raise ArgumentError, "Argument to run must be a callable object or registered action." if !callable || !callable.respond_to?(:call)
 
         # Create the initial environment with the options given
@@ -48,28 +46,6 @@ module Vagrant
         @logger.info("Running action: #{callable_id}")
         Util::Busy.busy(int_callback) { callable.call(environment) }
       end
-
-      protected
-
-      def registry_sequence(id)
-        # Attempt to get the sequence
-        seq = @registry.get(id)
-        return nil if !seq
-
-        # Go through all the registered plugins and get all the hooks
-        # for this sequence.
-        Vagrant.plugin("1").registered.each do |plugin|
-          hooks  = plugin.action_hook(Vagrant::Plugin::V1::Plugin::ALL_ACTIONS)
-          hooks += plugin.action_hook(id)
-
-          hooks.each do |hook|
-            hook.call(seq)
-          end
-        end
-
-        # Return the sequence
-        seq
-      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/environment.rb b/lib/vagrant/environment.rb
index 9238dc283..532d1d030 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/environment.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/environment.rb
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ module Vagrant
     #
     # @return [Action::Runner]
     def action_runner
-      @action_runner ||= Action::Runner.new(action_registry) do
+      @action_runner ||= Action::Runner.new do
         {
           :action_runner  => action_runner,
           :box_collection => boxes,
@@ -218,16 +218,6 @@ module Vagrant
       end
     end
 
-    # Action registry for registering new actions with this environment.
-    #
-    # @return [Registry]
-    def action_registry
-      # For now we return the global built-in actions registry. In the future
-      # we may want to create an isolated registry that inherits from this
-      # global one, but for now there isn't a use case that calls for it.
-      Vagrant.actions
-    end
-
     # Loads on initial access and reads data from the global data store.
     # The global data store is global to Vagrant everywhere (in every environment),
     # so it can be used to store system-wide information. Note that "system-wide"