diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 13ca85e13..1022da98f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ gem "vagrant", :path => '.'
 # Use the following gems straight from git, since Vagrant dev
 # typically coincides with it
 gem "virtualbox", :git => "git://github.com/mitchellh/virtualbox.git"
-gem "net-ssh-shell", :git => "git://github.com/mitchellh/net-ssh-shell.git"
 
 # Gems required for testing only. To install run
 # gem bundle test
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/ssh.rb b/lib/vagrant/ssh.rb
index f7f7cc61e..a53d248f5 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/ssh.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/ssh.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 require 'timeout'
 require 'net/ssh'
-require 'net/ssh/shell'
 require 'net/scp'
 require 'mario'
 
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/ssh/session.rb b/lib/vagrant/ssh/session.rb
index 150437a68..f4d97b67b 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/ssh/session.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/ssh/session.rb
@@ -12,32 +12,6 @@ module Vagrant
         @session = session
       end
 
-      # Opens a shell with this SSH session, which forces things like the
-      # `/etc/profile` script to load, and for state to exist between commands,
-      # and so on. The overhead on this is much higher than simply calling
-      # {#exec!} and should really only be called when settings for the terminal
-      # may be needed (for things such as a PATH modifications and so on).
-      def shell
-        session.shell do |sh|
-          sh.on_process_run do |sh, process|
-            # Enable error checking by default
-            process.properties[:error_check] = true if !process.properties.has_key?(:error_check)
-
-            process.on_finish do |p|
-              # By default when a process finishes we want to check the exit
-              # status so we can properly raise an exception
-              self.check_exit_status(p.exit_status, p.command, p.properties) if p.properties[:error_check]
-            end
-          end
-
-          yield sh
-
-          # Exit and wait. We don't run shell commands in the background.
-          sh.execute "exit", :error_check => false
-          sh.wait!
-        end
-      end
-
       # Executes a given command and simply returns true/false if the
       # command succeeded or not.
       def test?(command)
diff --git a/vagrant.gemspec b/vagrant.gemspec
index a64dd1e45..9d2187706 100644
--- a/vagrant.gemspec
+++ b/vagrant.gemspec
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency "json", "~> 1.4.6"
   s.add_dependency "mario", "~> 0.0.6"
   s.add_dependency "net-ssh", "~> 2.0.23"
-  s.add_dependency "net-ssh-shell", "~> 0.2.0"
   s.add_dependency "net-scp", "~> 1.0.4"
   s.add_dependency "i18n", "~> 0.5.0"
   s.add_dependency "thor", "~> 0.14.6"