diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/salt/config.rb b/plugins/provisioners/salt/config.rb
index 007064ca3..c8e6cf929 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/salt/config.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/salt/config.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
       attr_accessor :master_pub
       attr_accessor :run_highstate
       attr_accessor :always_install
-      attr_accessor :accept_keys
       attr_accessor :bootstrap_script
       attr_accessor :verbose
       attr_accessor :seed_master
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         @master_pub = UNSET_VALUE
         @run_highstate = UNSET_VALUE
         @always_install = UNSET_VALUE
-        @accept_keys = UNSET_VALUE
         @bootstrap_script = UNSET_VALUE
         @verbose = UNSET_VALUE
         @seed_master = UNSET_VALUE
@@ -61,7 +59,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         @master_pub         = nil if @master_pub == UNSET_VALUE
         @run_highstate      = nil if @run_highstate == UNSET_VALUE
         @always_install     = nil if @always_install == UNSET_VALUE
-        @accept_keys        = nil if @accept_keys == UNSET_VALUE
         @bootstrap_script   = nil if @bootstrap_script == UNSET_VALUE
         @verbose            = nil if @verbose == UNSET_VALUE
         @seed_master        = nil if @seed_master == UNSET_VALUE
@@ -95,13 +92,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           end
         end
 
-        if @accept_keys && @no_minion
-          errors << I18n.t("salt.accept_key_no_minion")
-        elsif @accept_keys && !@install_master
-          errors << I18n.t("salt.accept_key_no_master")
-        end
-
-        if @install_master && !@no_minion && !@accept_keys && !@seed_master && @run_highstate
+        if @install_master && !@no_minion && !@seed_master && @run_highstate
           errors << I18n.t("salt.must_accept_keys")
         end
 
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/salt/provisioner.rb b/plugins/provisioners/salt/provisioner.rb
index dac98e948..c60f6ec35 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/salt/provisioner.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/salt/provisioner.rb
@@ -7,36 +7,9 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         upload_configs
         upload_keys
         run_bootstrap_script
-
-        # if @config.seed_master and @config.install_master
-        #   seed_master
-        # end
-
-        if @config.accept_keys
-          @machine.env.ui.warn "ATTENTION: 'salt.accept_keys' is deprecated. Please use salt.seed_master to upload your minion keys"
-          accept_keys
-        end
-
         call_highstate
       end
 
-      def seed_master
-        @machine.env.ui.info 'Uploading %d keys to /etc/salt/pki/master/minions/' % config.seed_master.length
-        staged_keys = keys('minions_pre')
-        @config.seed_master.each do |name, keyfile|
-          if staged_keys.include? name
-            @machine.env.ui.warn "Accepting staged key: %s" %name
-            @machine.communicate.sudo("salt-key -a %s" %name)
-            next
-          end
-          sourcepath = expanded_path(keyfile).to_s
-          dest = '/tmp/seed-%s.pub' %name
-
-          @machine.communicate.upload(sourcepath, dest)
-          @machine.communicate.sudo("mv /tmp/seed-%s.pub /etc/salt/pki/master/minions/%s" %[name, name])
-        end
-      end
-
       # Return a list of accepted keys
       def keys(group='minions')
         out = @machine.communicate.sudo("salt-key --out json") do |type, output|