diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9ff8b9b71..128c0ac57 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
     `ssh_config` output. [GH-105]
   - Chef JSON can now be set with `chef.json =` instead of the old
     `merge` technique. [GH-314]
+  - Provisioner configuration is no longer cleared when the box
+    needs to be downloaded during an `up`. [GH-308]
 
 ## 0.7.6 (July 2, 2011)
 
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/vm/provision.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/vm/provision.rb
index 8de288d8c..fb818c033 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/vm/provision.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/vm/provision.rb
@@ -8,31 +8,22 @@ module Vagrant
           @app = app
           @env = env
           @env["provision.enabled"] = true if !@env.has_key?("provision.enabled")
-          @provisioners = []
-
-          load_provisioners if provisioning_enabled?
         end
 
         def call(env)
           @app.call(env)
 
-          @provisioners.each do |instance|
+          enabled_provisioners.each do |instance|
             @env.ui.info I18n.t("vagrant.actions.vm.provision.beginning", :provisioner => instance.class)
             instance.provision!
           end
         end
 
-        def provisioning_enabled?
-          !@env["config"].vm.provisioners.empty? && @env["provision.enabled"]
-        end
-
-        def load_provisioners
-          @env["config"].vm.provisioners.each do |provisioner|
-            @env.ui.info I18n.t("vagrant.actions.vm.provision.enabled", :provisioner => provisioner.shortcut)
-
+        def enabled_provisioners
+          @env["config"].vm.provisioners.map do |provisioner|
             instance = provisioner.provisioner.new(@env, provisioner.config)
             instance.prepare
-            @provisioners << instance
+            instance
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/templates/locales/en.yml b/templates/locales/en.yml
index 0df478d4e..208faf51c 100644
--- a/templates/locales/en.yml
+++ b/templates/locales/en.yml
@@ -395,7 +395,6 @@ en:
           persisting: "Persisting the VM UUID (%{uuid})..."
         provision:
           beginning: "Running provisioner: %{provisioner}..."
-          enabled: "Provisioning enabled with %{provisioner}..."
         resume:
           resuming: Resuming suspended VM...
         share_folders:
diff --git a/test/vagrant/action/vm/provision_test.rb b/test/vagrant/action/vm/provision_test.rb
index 9df61fc53..d5e6d8664 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/action/vm/provision_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/action/vm/provision_test.rb
@@ -15,29 +15,6 @@ class ProvisionVMActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     @vm.stubs(:vm).returns(@internal_vm)
   end
 
-  context "initializing" do
-    setup do
-      @klass.any_instance.stubs(:load_provisioners)
-    end
-
-    should "load provisioner if provisioning enabled" do
-      @env["config"].vm.provision :chef_solo
-      @klass.any_instance.expects(:load_provisioners).once
-      @klass.new(@app, @env)
-    end
-
-    should "not load provisioner if disabled" do
-      @klass.any_instance.expects(:load_provisioners).never
-      @klass.new(@app, @env)
-    end
-
-    should "not load provisioner if disabled through env hash" do
-      @env["provision.enabled"] = false
-      @klass.any_instance.expects(:load_provisioners).never
-      @klass.new(@app, @env)
-    end
-  end
-
   context "with an instance" do
     setup do
       # Set provisioner to nil so the provisioner isn't loaded on init
@@ -53,9 +30,9 @@ class ProvisionVMActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       should "instantiate and prepare each provisioner" do
         @env["config"].vm.provision :chef_solo
         @env["config"].vm.provision :chef_solo
-        @instance.load_provisioners
+        provisioners = @instance.enabled_provisioners
 
-        assert_equal 2, @instance.provisioners.length
+        assert_equal 2, provisioners.length
       end
 
       should "set the config for each provisioner" do
@@ -63,9 +40,9 @@ class ProvisionVMActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
           chef.cookbooks_path = "foo"
         end
 
-        @instance.load_provisioners
+        provisioners = @instance.enabled_provisioners
 
-        assert_equal "foo", @instance.provisioners.first.config.cookbooks_path
+        assert_equal "foo", provisioners.first.config.cookbooks_path
       end
     end
 
@@ -73,13 +50,14 @@ class ProvisionVMActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       setup do
         Vagrant::Provisioners::ChefSolo.any_instance.stubs(:prepare)
         @env["config"].vm.provision :chef_solo
-        @instance.load_provisioners
       end
 
       should "provision and continue chain" do
+        provisioners = [mock("one"), mock("two")]
         seq = sequence("seq")
         @app.expects(:call).with(@env).in_sequence(seq)
-        @instance.provisioners.each do |prov|
+        @instance.stubs(:enabled_provisioners).returns(provisioners)
+        provisioners.each do |prov|
           prov.expects(:provision!).in_sequence(seq)
         end