diff --git a/plugins/communicators/winrm/shell.rb b/plugins/communicators/winrm/shell.rb
index f8a50a3a7..656a8b670 100644
--- a/plugins/communicators/winrm/shell.rb
+++ b/plugins/communicators/winrm/shell.rb
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
         client = ::WinRM::WinRMWebService.new(endpoint, @config.transport.to_sym, endpoint_options)
         client.set_timeout(@config.timeout)
-        client.toggle_nori_type_casting(:off) #we don't want coersion of types
         client
       end