diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 084b62797..70647cc8f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ BUG FIXES:
   - Cygwin will always output color by default. Specify `--no-color` to
     override this.
   - Assume Cygwin has a TTY for asking for input. [GH-1430]
+  - Expand Cygwin paths to Windows paths for calls to VBoxManage.
 
 ## 1.1.6 (April 3, 2013)
 
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/util/platform.rb b/lib/vagrant/util/platform.rb
index 2f2e1b266..aaa7a92da 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/util/platform.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/util/platform.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require 'rbconfig'
-require 'tempfile'
 
 require "vagrant/util/subprocess"
 
@@ -8,14 +7,6 @@ module Vagrant
     # This class just contains some platform checking code.
     class Platform
       class << self
-        def tiger?
-          platform.include?("darwin8")
-        end
-
-        def leopard?
-          platform.include?("darwin9")
-        end
-
         def cygwin?
           return true if ENV["VAGRANT_DETECTED_OS"] &&
             ENV["VAGRANT_DETECTED_OS"].downcase.include?("cygwin")
@@ -37,32 +28,14 @@ module Vagrant
           false
         end
 
-        # Returns boolean noting whether this is a 64-bit CPU. This
-        # is not 100% accurate and there could easily be false negatives.
+        # This takes any path and converts it to a full-length Windows
+        # path on Windows machines in Cygwin.
         #
-        # @return [Boolean]
-        def bit64?
-          ["x86_64", "amd64"].include?(RbConfig::CONFIG["host_cpu"])
-        end
-
-        # Returns boolean noting whether this is a 32-bit CPU. This
-        # can easily throw false positives since it relies on {#bit64?}.
-        #
-        # @return [Boolean]
-        def bit32?
-          !bit64?
-        end
-
-        # This takes as input a path as a string and converts it into
-        # a platform-friendly version of the path. This is most important
-        # when using the path in shell environments with Cygwin.
-        #
-        # @param [String] path
         # @return [String]
-        def platform_path(path)
+        def cygwin_windows_path(path)
           return path if !cygwin?
 
-          process = Subprocess.execute("cygpath", "-u", path.to_s)
+          process = Subprocess.execute("cygpath", "-w", "-l", "-a", path.to_s)
           process.stdout.chomp
         end
 
@@ -76,11 +49,6 @@ module Vagrant
           true
         end
 
-        def tar_file_options
-          # create, write only, fail if the file exists, binary if windows
-          File::WRONLY | File::EXCL | File::CREAT | (windows? ? File::BINARY : 0)
-        end
-
         def platform
           RbConfig::CONFIG["host_os"].downcase
         end
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/base.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/base.rb
index 179a4bd38..8ec8ed194 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/base.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/base.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
                 # and break out
                 vboxmanage = "#{path}VBoxManage.exe"
                 if File.file?(vboxmanage)
-                  @vboxmanage_path = Vagrant::Util::Platform.platform_path(vboxmanage)
+                  @vboxmanage_path = Vagrant::Util::Platform.cygwin_windows_path(vboxmanage)
                   break
                 end
               end
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_0.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_0.rb
index bdbfa3ae0..828d0e1b4 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_0.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_0.rb
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         end
 
         def import(ovf)
-          ovf = Vagrant::Util::Platform.platform_path(ovf)
+          ovf = Vagrant::Util::Platform.cygwin_windows_path(ovf)
 
           output = ""
           total = ""
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_1.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_1.rb
index 923240466..c6cb3a6f2 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_1.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_1.rb
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         end
 
         def import(ovf)
-          ovf = Vagrant::Util::Platform.platform_path(ovf)
+          ovf = Vagrant::Util::Platform.cygwin_windows_path(ovf)
 
           output = ""
           total = ""
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_2.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_2.rb
index 75d1ab56d..a145a6e69 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_2.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_2.rb
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         end
 
         def import(ovf)
-          ovf = Vagrant::Util::Platform.platform_path(ovf)
+          ovf = Vagrant::Util::Platform.cygwin_windows_path(ovf)
 
           output = ""
           total = ""