diff --git a/lib/vagrant/config/base.rb b/lib/vagrant/config/base.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index f3b95f960..000000000
--- a/lib/vagrant/config/base.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-module Vagrant
-  module Config
-    # The base class for all configuration classes. This implements
-    # basic things such as the environment instance variable which all
-    # config classes need as well as a basic `to_json` implementation.
-    class Base
-      # Loads configuration values from JSON back into the proper
-      # configuration classes. By default, this is done by simply
-      # iterating over all values in the JSON hash and assigning them
-      # to instance variables on the class.
-      def self.json_create(data)
-        data.inject(new) do |result, data|
-          key, value = data
-          result.instance_variable_set("@#{key}".to_sym, value) if key != "json_class"
-          result
-        end
-      end
-
-      # Allows setting options from a hash. By default this simply calls
-      # the `#{key}=` method on the config class with the value, which is
-      # the expected behavior most of the time.
-      def set_options(options)
-        options.each do |key, value|
-          send("#{key}=", value)
-        end
-      end
-
-      # Merge another configuration object into this one.
-      #
-      # @param [Object] other The other configuration object to merge from,
-      #   this must be the same type of object as this one.
-      # @return [Object] The merged object.
-      def merge(other)
-        result = self.class.new
-        instance_variables_hash.merge(other.instance_variables_hash).each do |key, value|
-          # Ignore keys that start with a double underscore. This allows
-          # configuration classes to still hold around internal state
-          # that isn't propagated.
-          if !key.start_with?("__")
-            result.instance_variable_set("@#{key}".to_sym, value)
-          end
-        end
-
-        result
-      end
-
-      # Called by {Top} after the configuration is loaded to validate
-      # the configuaration objects. Subclasses should implement this
-      # method and add any errors to the `errors` object given.
-      #
-      # @param [ErrorRecorder] errors
-      def validate(env, errors); end
-
-      # Converts the configuration to a raw hash by calling `#to_hash`
-      # on all instance variables (if it can) and putting them into
-      # a hash.
-      def to_hash
-        instance_variables_hash.inject({}) do |acc, data|
-          k,v = data
-          v = v.to_hash if v.respond_to?(:to_hash)
-          acc[k] = v
-          acc
-        end
-      end
-
-      # Converts to JSON, with the `json_class` field set so that when
-      # the JSON is parsed back, it can be loaded back into the proper class.
-      # See {json_create}.
-      def to_json(*a)
-        instance_variables_hash.to_json(*a)
-      end
-
-      # Returns the instance variables as a hash of key-value pairs.
-      def instance_variables_hash
-        instance_variables.inject({}) do |acc, iv|
-          acc[iv.to_s[1..-1]] = instance_variable_get(iv)
-          acc
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/config/v1.rb b/lib/vagrant/config/v1.rb
index 1eb4a775e..71b54898b 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/config/v1.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/config/v1.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require "vagrant/config/version_base"
-require "vagrant/config/v1/base"
 require "vagrant/config/v1/root"
 
 module Vagrant
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/config/v1/base.rb b/lib/vagrant/config/v1/base.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 349f0e973..000000000
--- a/lib/vagrant/config/v1/base.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-module Vagrant
-  module Config
-    class V1 < VersionBase
-      # Base class for configuration keys. It is not required to inherit
-      # from this class but this class provides useful helpers that config
-      # classes may wish to use.
-      class Base
-        # This is called as a last-minute hook that allows the configuration
-        # object to finalize itself before it will be put into use. This is
-        # a useful place to do some defaults in the case the user didn't
-        # configure something or so on.
-        #
-        # The configuration object is expected to mutate itself.
-        def finalize!
-        end
-
-        # Merge another configuration object into this one. This assumes that
-        # the other object is the same class as this one.
-        #
-        # @param [Object] other The other configuration object to merge from,
-        #   this must be the same type of object as this one.
-        # @return [Object] The merged object.
-        def merge(other)
-          result = self.class.new
-
-          # Set all of our instance variables on the new class
-          [self, other].each do |obj|
-            obj.instance_variables.each do |key|
-              # Ignore keys that start with a double underscore. This allows
-              # configuration classes to still hold around internal state
-              # that isn't propagated.
-              if !key.to_s.start_with?("__")
-                result.instance_variable_set(key, obj.instance_variable_get(key))
-              end
-            end
-          end
-
-          result
-        end
-
-        # Called by {Root} after the configuration is loaded to validate
-        # the configuaration objects. Subclasses should implement this
-        # method and add any errors to the `errors` object given.
-        #
-        # @param [ErrorRecorder] errors
-        def validate(env, errors); end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/plugin/v1.rb b/lib/vagrant/plugin/v1.rb
index b6de22963..0e21f7500 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/plugin/v1.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/plugin/v1.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ require "vagrant/plugin/v1/errors"
 module Vagrant
   module Plugin
     module V1
+      autoload :Config, "vagrant/plugin/v1/config"
       autoload :Plugin, "vagrant/plugin/v1/plugin"
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/plugin/v1/config.rb b/lib/vagrant/plugin/v1/config.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a5fa68bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vagrant/plugin/v1/config.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+module Vagrant
+  module Plugin
+    module V1
+      # This is the base class for a configuration key defined for
+      # V1. Any configuration key plugins for V1 should inherit from this
+      # class.
+      class Config
+        # This is called as a last-minute hook that allows the configuration
+        # object to finalize itself before it will be put into use. This is
+        # a useful place to do some defaults in the case the user didn't
+        # configure something or so on.
+        #
+        # An example of where this sort of thing is used or has been used:
+        # the "vm" configuration key uses this to make sure that at least
+        # one sub-VM has been defined: the default VM.
+        #
+        # The configuration object is expected to mutate itself.
+        def finalize!
+          # Default implementation is to do nothing.
+        end
+
+        # Merge another configuration object into this one. This assumes that
+        # the other object is the same class as this one. This should not
+        # mutate this object, but instead should return a new, merged object.
+        #
+        # The default implementation will simply iterate over the instance
+        # variables and merge them together, with this object overriding
+        # any conflicting instance variables of the older object. Instance
+        # variables starting with "__" (double underscores) will be ignored.
+        # This lets you set some sort of instance-specific state on your
+        # configuration keys without them being merged together later.
+        #
+        # @param [Object] other The other configuration object to merge from,
+        #   this must be the same type of object as this one.
+        # @return [Object] The merged object.
+        def merge(other)
+          result = self.class.new
+
+          # Set all of our instance variables on the new class
+          [self, other].each do |obj|
+            obj.instance_variables.each do |key|
+              # Ignore keys that start with a double underscore. This allows
+              # configuration classes to still hold around internal state
+              # that isn't propagated.
+              if !key.to_s.start_with?("@__")
+                result.instance_variable_set(key, obj.instance_variable_get(key))
+              end
+            end
+          end
+
+          result
+        end
+
+        # Allows setting options from a hash. By default this simply calls
+        # the `#{key}=` method on the config class with the value, which is
+        # the expected behavior most of the time.
+        #
+        # This is expected to mutate itself.
+        #
+        # @param [Hash] options A hash of options to set on this configuration
+        #   key.
+        def set_options(options)
+          options.each do |key, value|
+            send("#{key}=", value)
+          end
+        end
+
+        # Converts this configuration object to JSON.
+        def to_json(*a)
+          instance_variables_hash.to_json(*a)
+        end
+
+        # Returns the instance variables as a hash of key-value pairs.
+        def instance_variables_hash
+          instance_variables.inject({}) do |acc, iv|
+            acc[iv.to_s[1..-1]] = instance_variable_get(iv)
+            acc
+          end
+        end
+
+        # Called after the configuration is finalized and loaded to validate
+        # this object.
+        #
+        # @param [Environment] env Vagrant::Environment object of the
+        #   environment that this configuration has been loaded into. This
+        #   gives you convenient access to things like the the root path
+        #   and so on.
+        # @param [ErrorRecorder] errors
+        def validate(env, errors)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/plugins/guests/freebsd/config.rb b/plugins/guests/freebsd/config.rb
index d544bf7b6..0ad4cbccb 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/freebsd/config.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/freebsd/config.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module VagrantPlugins
   module GuestFreeBSD
-    class Config < Vagrant::Config::Base
+    class Config < Vagrant::Plugin::V1::Config
       attr_accessor :halt_timeout
       attr_accessor :halt_check_interval
 
diff --git a/plugins/guests/linux/config.rb b/plugins/guests/linux/config.rb
index 06e765ffb..87e27739c 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/linux/config.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/linux/config.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module VagrantPlugins
   module GuestLinux
-    class Config < Vagrant::Config::Base
+    class Config < Vagrant::Plugin::V1::Config
       attr_accessor :halt_timeout
       attr_accessor :halt_check_interval
 
diff --git a/plugins/guests/solaris/config.rb b/plugins/guests/solaris/config.rb
index e26c8205d..b47afc6db 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/solaris/config.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/solaris/config.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module VagrantPlugins
   module GuestSolaris
-    class Config < Vagrant::Config::Base
+    class Config < Vagrant::Plugin::V1::Config
       attr_accessor :halt_timeout
       attr_accessor :halt_check_interval
       # This sets the command to use to execute items as a superuser. sudo is default
diff --git a/plugins/kernel_v1/config/nfs.rb b/plugins/kernel_v1/config/nfs.rb
index 8df6f01d4..8d8546b83 100644
--- a/plugins/kernel_v1/config/nfs.rb
+++ b/plugins/kernel_v1/config/nfs.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require "vagrant"
 
 module VagrantPlugins
   module Kernel_V1
-    class NFSConfig < Vagrant::Config::V1::Base
+    class NFSConfig < Vagrant::Plugin::V1::Config
       attr_accessor :map_uid
       attr_accessor :map_gid
     end
diff --git a/plugins/kernel_v1/config/package.rb b/plugins/kernel_v1/config/package.rb
index 12d5a7e64..93b1f62c0 100644
--- a/plugins/kernel_v1/config/package.rb
+++ b/plugins/kernel_v1/config/package.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require "vagrant"
 
 module VagrantPlugins
   module Kernel_V1
-    class PackageConfig < Vagrant::Config::V1::Base
+    class PackageConfig < Vagrant::Plugin::V1::Config
       attr_accessor :name
     end
   end
diff --git a/plugins/kernel_v1/config/ssh.rb b/plugins/kernel_v1/config/ssh.rb
index 2302865d9..5cf6f20e2 100644
--- a/plugins/kernel_v1/config/ssh.rb
+++ b/plugins/kernel_v1/config/ssh.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require "vagrant"
 
 module VagrantPlugins
   module Kernel_V1
-    class SSHConfig < Vagrant::Config::V1::Base
+    class SSHConfig < Vagrant::Plugin::V1::Config
       attr_accessor :username
       attr_accessor :password
       attr_accessor :host
diff --git a/plugins/kernel_v1/config/vagrant.rb b/plugins/kernel_v1/config/vagrant.rb
index 6f6500161..e74e69e49 100644
--- a/plugins/kernel_v1/config/vagrant.rb
+++ b/plugins/kernel_v1/config/vagrant.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require "vagrant"
 
 module VagrantPlugins
   module Kernel_V1
-    class VagrantConfig < Vagrant::Config::V1::Base
+    class VagrantConfig < Vagrant::Plugin::V1::Config
       attr_accessor :dotfile_name
       attr_accessor :host
     end
diff --git a/plugins/kernel_v1/config/vm.rb b/plugins/kernel_v1/config/vm.rb
index 10b6dfe32..7bb6d49ad 100644
--- a/plugins/kernel_v1/config/vm.rb
+++ b/plugins/kernel_v1/config/vm.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require File.expand_path("../vm_subvm", __FILE__)
 
 module VagrantPlugins
   module Kernel_V1
-    class VMConfig < Vagrant::Config::V1::Base
+    class VMConfig < Vagrant::Plugin::V1::Config
       DEFAULT_VM_NAME = :default
 
       attr_accessor :name
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/base.rb b/plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/base.rb
index 1f558b72b..3b88aeb58 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/base.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/base.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         end
 
          # This is the configuration which is available through `config.chef`
-        class Config < Vagrant::Config::Base
+        class Config < Vagrant::Plugin::V1::Config
           # Shared config
           attr_accessor :node_name
           attr_accessor :provisioning_path
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb b/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb
index e036bb71d..30d7cf12c 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
       end
 
       class Puppet < Vagrant::Provisioners::Base
-        class Config < Vagrant::Config::Base
+        class Config < Vagrant::Plugin::V1::Config
           attr_accessor :manifest_file
           attr_accessor :manifests_path
           attr_accessor :module_path
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         def set_module_paths
           @module_paths = []
           @expanded_module_paths.each_with_index do |path, i|
-            @module_paths << [path, File.join(config.pp_path, "modules-#{i}"]
+            @module_paths << [path, File.join(config.pp_path, "modules-#{i}")]
           end
         end
 
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet_server.rb b/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet_server.rb
index 11d74b94d..537a3d94f 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet_server.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet_server.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
       end
 
       class PuppetServer < Base
-        class Config < Vagrant::Config::Base
+        class Config < Vagrant::Plugin::V1::Config
           attr_accessor :puppet_server
           attr_accessor :puppet_node
           attr_accessor :options
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/shell/provisioner.rb b/plugins/provisioners/shell/provisioner.rb
index 6811361de..1f7ef866d 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/shell/provisioner.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/shell/provisioner.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require "tempfile"
 module VagrantPlugins
   module Shell
     class Provisioner < Vagrant::Provisioners::Base
-      class Config < Vagrant::Config::Base
+      class Config < Vagrant::Plugin::V1::Config
         attr_accessor :inline
         attr_accessor :path
         attr_accessor :upload_path
diff --git a/test/unit/vagrant/config/base_test.rb b/test/unit/vagrant/config/base_test.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a0a5266a..000000000
--- a/test/unit/vagrant/config/base_test.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-require File.expand_path("../../../base", __FILE__)
-
-describe Vagrant::Config::Base do
-  include_context "unit"
-
-  let(:foo_class) do
-    Class.new(described_class) do
-      attr_accessor :one
-      attr_accessor :two
-    end
-  end
-
-  it "should merge by default by simply copying each instance variable" do
-    one = foo_class.new
-    one.one = 2
-    one.two = 1
-
-    two = foo_class.new
-    two.two = 5
-
-    result = one.merge(two)
-    result.one.should == 2
-    result.two.should == 5
-  end
-
-  it "doesn't merge values that start with a double underscore" do
-    bar_class = Class.new(foo_class) do
-      class_variable_set(:@@counter, 0)
-
-      def initialize
-        @__test = self.class.send(:class_variable_get, :@@counter)
-        self.class.send(:class_variable_set, :@@counter, @__test + 1)
-      end
-    end
-
-    one = bar_class.new
-    one.one = 2
-    one.two = 1
-
-    two = bar_class.new
-    two.two = 5
-
-    # Verify the counters
-    one.instance_variable_get(:@__test).should == 0
-    two.instance_variable_get(:@__test).should == 1
-    one.merge(two).instance_variable_get(:@__test).should == 2
-  end
-end
diff --git a/test/unit/vagrant/plugin/v1/config_test.rb b/test/unit/vagrant/plugin/v1/config_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32e08c518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/vagrant/plugin/v1/config_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+require File.expand_path("../../../../base", __FILE__)
+
+describe Vagrant::Plugin::V1::Config do
+  include_context "unit"
+
+  let(:foo_class) do
+    Class.new(described_class) do
+      attr_accessor :one
+      attr_accessor :two
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "merging" do
+    it "should merge by default by simply copying each instance variable" do
+      one = foo_class.new
+      one.one = 2
+      one.two = 1
+
+      two = foo_class.new
+      two.two = 5
+
+      result = one.merge(two)
+      result.one.should == 2
+      result.two.should == 5
+    end
+
+    it "doesn't merge values that start with a double underscore" do
+      one = foo_class.new
+      one.one = 1
+      one.two = 1
+      one.instance_variable_set(:@__bar, "one")
+
+      two = foo_class.new
+      two.two = 2
+      two.instance_variable_set(:@__bar, "two")
+
+      # Merge and verify
+      result = one.merge(two)
+      result.one.should == 1
+      result.two.should == 2
+      result.instance_variable_get(:@__bar).should be_nil
+    end
+  end
+end