diff --git a/lib/vagrant/ssh.rb b/lib/vagrant/ssh.rb
index c11324709..d36870c6d 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/ssh.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/ssh.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 require 'net/ssh'
 require 'net/scp'
-require 'mario'
 
 module Vagrant
   # Manages SSH access to a specific environment. Allows an environment to
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ module Vagrant
     # process with an SSH process. This method optionally takes a hash
     # of options which override the configuration values.
     def connect(opts={})
-      if Mario::Platform.windows?
+      if Util::Platform.windows?
         raise Errors::SSHUnavailableWindows, :key_path => env.config.ssh.private_key_path,
                                              :ssh_port => port(opts)
       end
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ module Vagrant
     # if needed, or on failure erroring.
     def check_key_permissions(key_path)
       # Windows systems don't have this issue
-      return if Mario::Platform.windows?
+      return if Util::Platform.windows?
 
       stat = File.stat(key_path)
 
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/ui.rb b/lib/vagrant/ui.rb
index 4fb1b04bb..1b7cfc3f8 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/ui.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/ui.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'mario'
-
 module Vagrant
   # Vagrant UIs handle communication with the outside world (typically
   # through a shell). They must respond to the typically logger methods
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@ module Vagrant
 
       def line_reset
         reset = "\r"
-        reset += "\e[0K" unless Mario::Platform.windows?
+        reset += "\e[0K" unless Util::Platform.windows?
         reset
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/util/platform.rb b/lib/vagrant/util/platform.rb
index 603abe61e..cbe3a3709 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/util/platform.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/util/platform.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require 'rbconfig'
-require 'mario'
 
 module Vagrant
   module Util
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ module Vagrant
 
         def tar_file_options
           # create, write only, fail if the file exists, binary if windows
-          File::WRONLY|File::EXCL|File::CREAT|(Mario::Platform.windows? ? File::BINARY : 0)
+          File::WRONLY | File::EXCL | File::CREAT | (windows? ? File::BINARY : 0)
         end
 
         def platform
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index d98ec2ecb..c50dee490 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 $:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
 
 require 'vagrant'
-require 'mario'
 require 'contest'
 require 'mocha'
 
@@ -14,9 +13,6 @@ begin
 rescue LoadError
 end
 
-# Silence Mario by sending log output to black hole
-Mario::Platform.logger(nil)
-
 # Add the I18n locale for tests
 I18n.load_path << File.expand_path("../locales/en.yml", __FILE__)
 
diff --git a/test/vagrant/ssh_test.rb b/test/vagrant/ssh_test.rb
index 25ddd5eea..ecd700354 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/ssh_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/ssh_test.rb
@@ -80,17 +80,13 @@ class SshTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
 
     context "checking windows" do
-      teardown do
-        Mario::Platform.forced = Mario::Platform::Linux
-      end
-
       should "error and exit if the platform is windows" do
-        Mario::Platform.forced = Mario::Platform::Windows7
+        Vagrant::Util::Platform.stubs(:windows?).returns(true)
         assert_raises(Vagrant::Errors::SSHUnavailableWindows) { @ssh.connect }
       end
 
       should "not error and exit if the platform is anything other that windows" do
-        Mario::Platform.forced = Mario::Platform::Linux
+        Vagrant::Util::Platform.stubs(:windows?).returns(false)
         assert_nothing_raised { @ssh.connect }
       end
     end
@@ -256,15 +252,11 @@ class SshTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       @stat.stubs(:owned?).returns(true)
       File.stubs(:stat).returns(@stat)
 
-      Mario::Platform.forced = Mario::Platform::Linux
-    end
-
-    teardown do
-      Mario::Platform.forced = Mario::Platform::Linux
+      Vagrant::Util::Platform.stubs(:windows?).returns(false)
     end
 
     should "do nothing if on windows" do
-      Mario::Platform.forced = Mario::Platform::Windows7
+      Vagrant::Util::Platform.stubs(:windows?).returns(true)
       File.expects(:stat).never
       @ssh.check_key_permissions(@key_path)
     end
diff --git a/test/vagrant/util/platform_test.rb b/test/vagrant/util/platform_test.rb
index ab6789c97..8370cb234 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/util/platform_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/util/platform_test.rb
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ class PlatformTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       # This constant is not defined on non-windows platforms, so define it here
       File::BINARY = 4096 unless defined?(File::BINARY)
 
-      Mario::Platform.expects(:windows?).returns(true)
+      Vagrant::Util::Platform.stubs(:windows?).returns(true)
       assert_equal Vagrant::Util::Platform.tar_file_options, File::CREAT|File::EXCL|File::WRONLY|File::BINARY
     end
 
     should "not include binary bit on other platforms" do
-      Mario::Platform.expects(:windows?).returns(false)
+      Vagrant::Util::Platform.stubs(:windows?).returns(false)
       assert_equal Vagrant::Util::Platform.tar_file_options, File::CREAT|File::EXCL|File::WRONLY
     end
   end
diff --git a/vagrant.gemspec b/vagrant.gemspec
index d63e89c64..a58cd09be 100644
--- a/vagrant.gemspec
+++ b/vagrant.gemspec
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency "archive-tar-minitar", "= 0.5.2"
   s.add_dependency "erubis", "~> 2.7.0"
   s.add_dependency "json", "~> 1.5.1"
-  s.add_dependency "mario", "~> 0.0.6"
   s.add_dependency "net-ssh", "~> 2.1.4"
   s.add_dependency "net-scp", "~> 1.0.4"
   s.add_dependency "i18n", "~> 0.5.0"