diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/docker/cap/redhat/docker_install.rb b/plugins/provisioners/docker/cap/redhat/docker_install.rb
index dd5220db3..2d6bd1e51 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/docker/cap/redhat/docker_install.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/docker/cap/redhat/docker_install.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
               if ! comm.test("rpm -qa | grep epel-release")
                 comm.sudo("rpm -ivh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm")
               end
-              comm.sudo("yum -y upgrade")
               comm.sudo("yum -y install docker-io")
             end
           end