diff --git a/lib/vagrant.rb b/lib/vagrant.rb
index d980521c6..c775b5f37 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant.rb
@@ -65,12 +65,6 @@ require 'i18n'
 # there are issues with ciphers not being properly loaded.
 require 'openssl'
 
-# If we are on Windows, load in File helpers
-if Vagrant::Util::Platform.windows?
-  require "ffi-win32-extensions"
-  require "win32/file/security"
-end
-
 # Always make the version available
 require 'vagrant/version'
 global_logger = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant::global")
diff --git a/vagrant.gemspec b/vagrant.gemspec
index 4096fd684..edc12f032 100644
--- a/vagrant.gemspec
+++ b/vagrant.gemspec
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency "rb-kqueue", "~> 0.2.0"
   s.add_dependency "rest-client", ">= 1.6.0", "< 3.0"
   s.add_dependency "wdm", "~> 0.1.0"
-  s.add_dependency "win32-file", "~> 0.8.1"
-  s.add_dependency "win32-file-security", "~> 1.0.10"
   s.add_dependency "winrm", "~> 2.1"
   s.add_dependency "winrm-fs", "~> 1.0"
   s.add_dependency "winrm-elevated", "~> 1.1"