diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6d3b3ab0b..18adf1b92 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ## 0.6.0 (unreleased)
 
+  - "vagrant_main" is no longer the default run list. Instead, chef
+    run list starts empty. It is up to you to specify all recipes in
+    the Vagrantfile now.
   - Fixed various issues with certain action middleware not working if
     the VM was not created.
   - SSH connection is retried 5 times if there is a connection refused.
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef.rb b/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef.rb
index d72553ee9..cd27a2c55 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef.rb
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ module Vagrant
           @log_level = :info
           @json = {
             :instance_role => "vagrant",
-            :run_list => ["recipe[vagrant_main]"]
+            :run_list => []
           }
         end