diff --git a/plugins/guests/alpine/cap/nfs_client.rb b/plugins/guests/alpine/cap/nfs_client.rb
index f9f065db2..b9d803134 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/alpine/cap/nfs_client.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/alpine/cap/nfs_client.rb
@@ -3,42 +3,10 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         module Cap
             class NFSClient
                 def self.nfs_client_install(machine)
-                    comm = machine.communicate
-                    comm.sudo <<-EOS.gsub(/^\s+\|\s?/, '')
-                        | # work around defunct repository in configuration
-                        | # box: maier/apline-3.3
-                        | repo_file="/etc/apk/repositories"
-                        | if [ $(grep -c "repos.dfw.lax-noc.com" $repo_file) -ne 0 ]; then
-                        |     repo_file_bak="${repo_file}.orig"
-                        |     echo "updating repositories"
-                        |     cp $repo_file $repo_file_bak
-                        |     sed -e 's/repos.dfw.lax-noc.com/dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/' $repo_file_bak > $repo_file
-                        | fi
-                        |
-                        | echo "updating repository indices"
-                        | apk update
-                        | if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-                        |     exit 1
-                        | fi
-                        |
-                        | echo "installing nfs-utils"
-                        | apk add --upgrade nfs-utils
-                        | if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-                        |     exit 1
-                        | fi
-                        |
-                        | echo "installing rpc.statd"
-                        | rc-update add rpc.statd
-                        | if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-                        |     exit 1
-                        | fi
-                        |
-                        | echo "starting rpc.statd service"
-                        | rc-service rpc.statd start
-                        | if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-                        |     exit 1
-                        | fi
-                    EOS
+                    machine.communicate.sudo('apk update')
+                    machine.communicate.sudo('apk add --upgrade nfs-utils')
+                    machine.communicate.sudo('rc-update add rpc.statd')
+                    machine.communicate.sudo('rc-service rpc.statd start')
                 end
             end
         end
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/guests/alpine/cap/nfs_client_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/guests/alpine/cap/nfs_client_test.rb
index 11a03ed9b..9273707c3 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/guests/alpine/cap/nfs_client_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/guests/alpine/cap/nfs_client_test.rb
@@ -17,43 +17,11 @@ describe 'VagrantPlugins::GuestAlpine::Cap::NFSClient' do
     end
 
     it 'should install nfs client' do
-        x = <<-EOS.gsub(/^\s+\|\s?/, '')
-            | # work around defunct repository in configuration
-            | # box: maier/apline-3.3
-            | repo_file="/etc/apk/repositories"
-            | if [ $(grep -c "repos.dfw.lax-noc.com" $repo_file) -ne 0 ]; then
-            |     repo_file_bak="${repo_file}.orig"
-            |     echo "updating repositories"
-            |     cp $repo_file $repo_file_bak
-            |     sed -e 's/repos.dfw.lax-noc.com/dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/' $repo_file_bak > $repo_file
-            | fi
-            |
-            | echo "updating repository indices"
-            | apk update
-            | if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-            |     exit 1
-            | fi
-            |
-            | echo "installing nfs-utils"
-            | apk add --upgrade nfs-utils
-            | if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-            |     exit 1
-            | fi
-            |
-            | echo "installing rpc.statd"
-            | rc-update add rpc.statd
-            | if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-            |     exit 1
-            | fi
-            |
-            | echo "starting rpc.statd service"
-            | rc-service rpc.statd start
-            | if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-            |     exit 1
-            | fi
-        EOS
-        expect(communicator).to receive(:sudo).with(x)
-        allow_message_expectations_on_nil
         described_class.nfs_client_install(machine)
+
+        expect(communicator.received_commands[0]).to match(/apk update/)
+        expect(communicator.received_commands[1]).to match(/apk add --upgrade nfs-utils/)
+        expect(communicator.received_commands[2]).to match(/rc-update add rpc.statd/)
+        expect(communicator.received_commands[3]).to match(/rc-service rpc.statd start/)
     end
 end