diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/chef_zero.rb b/plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/chef_zero.rb
index 53eb81bf7..70fff6854 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/chef_zero.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/chef_zero.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           upload_encrypted_data_bag_secret
           setup_json
           setup_zero_config
-          verify_chef_nodes_folder
           run_chef_zero
           delete_encrypted_data_bag_secret
         end
@@ -102,12 +101,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           end
         end
 
-        def verify_chef_nodes_folder
-          if !File.exists? @config.nodes_path[0][1]
-            raise ChefError, :missing_chef_node_folder
-          end
-        end
-
         protected
 
         # Extracts only the remote paths from a list of folders
diff --git a/templates/locales/en.yml b/templates/locales/en.yml
index a05c267c2..deae43256 100644
--- a/templates/locales/en.yml
+++ b/templates/locales/en.yml
@@ -2192,8 +2192,6 @@ en:
         running_solo_again: "Running chef-solo again (failed to converge)..."
         running_zero: "Running chef-client (local-mode)..."
         running_zero_again: "Running chef-client (local-mode) again (failed to converge)..."
-        missing_chef_node_folder: |-
-          Nodes folder that Chef requires is missing in this Vagrant project
         missing_shared_folders: |-
           Shared folders that Chef requires are missing on the virtual machine.
           This is usually due to configuration changing after already booting the