diff --git a/lib/vagrant.rb b/lib/vagrant.rb
index 89126adc7..4697c3fa7 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ require 'pathname'
 require 'childprocess'
 require 'json'
 require 'i18n'
-require 'virtualbox'
 
 # OpenSSL must be loaded here since when it is loaded via `autoload`
 # there are issues with ciphers not being properly loaded.
diff --git a/vagrant.gemspec b/vagrant.gemspec
index ce8185e34..a6bcd5908 100644
--- a/vagrant.gemspec
+++ b/vagrant.gemspec
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency "net-ssh", "~> 2.1.4"
   s.add_dependency "net-scp", "~> 1.0.4"
   s.add_dependency "i18n", "~> 0.6.0"
-  s.add_dependency "virtualbox", "~> 0.9.1"
 
   s.add_development_dependency "rake"
   s.add_development_dependency "contest", ">= 0.1.2"