diff --git a/plugins/guests/debian/guest.rb b/plugins/guests/debian/guest.rb
index be08b3605..a7f3d65de 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/debian/guest.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/debian/guest.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
   module GuestDebian
     class Guest < Vagrant.plugin("2", :guest)
       def detect?(machine)
-        machine.communicate.test("cat /etc/issue | grep 'Debian' | grep -v '8'")
+        machine.communicate.test("cat /etc/issue | grep 'Debian'")
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/plugins/guests/debian8/cap/halt.rb b/plugins/guests/debian8/cap/halt.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index b2e5a141b..000000000
--- a/plugins/guests/debian8/cap/halt.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-module VagrantPlugins
-  module GuestDebian8
-    module Cap
-      class Halt
-        def self.halt(machine)
-          begin
-            machine.communicate.sudo("shutdown -h now")
-          rescue IOError
-            # Do nothing, because it probably means the machine shut down
-            # and SSH connection was lost.
-          end
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/plugins/guests/debian8/guest.rb b/plugins/guests/debian8/guest.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index ec95e9e85..000000000
--- a/plugins/guests/debian8/guest.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-module VagrantPlugins
-  module GuestDebian8
-    class Guest < Vagrant.plugin("2", :guest)
-      def detect?(machine)
-        machine.communicate.test("cat /etc/issue | grep 'Debian' | grep '8'")
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/plugins/guests/debian8/plugin.rb b/plugins/guests/debian8/plugin.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f566f5fa..000000000
--- a/plugins/guests/debian8/plugin.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-require "vagrant"
-
-module VagrantPlugins
-  module GuestDebian8
-    class Plugin < Vagrant.plugin("2")
-      name "Debian Jessie guest"
-      description "Debian Jessie guest support."
-
-      guest("debian8", "debian") do
-        require File.expand_path("../guest", __FILE__)
-        Guest
-      end
-
-      guest_capability("debian8", "halt") do
-        require_relative "cap/halt"
-        Cap::Halt
-      end
-
-    end
-  end
-end