diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb b/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb
index 068dd88a0..e62e409b5 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb
@@ -98,9 +98,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           options = [config.options].flatten
           module_paths = @module_paths.map { |_, to| to }
           if !@module_paths.empty?
-            # Prepend the default module path
-            module_paths.unshift("/etc/puppet/modules")
-
             # Add the command line switch to add the module path
             options << "--modulepath '#{module_paths.join(':')}'"
           end