diff --git a/plugins/guests/arch/cap/change_host_name.rb b/plugins/guests/arch/cap/change_host_name.rb
index 39bc5e586..6717f342e 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/arch/cap/change_host_name.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/arch/cap/change_host_name.rb
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           if !comm.test("hostname -f | grep '^#{name}$'", sudo: false)
             basename = name.split(".", 2)[0]
             comm.sudo <<-EOH.gsub(/^ {14}/, "")
-              # Remove comments and blank lines from /etc/hosts
-              sed -i'' -e 's/#.*$//' -e '/^$/d' /etc/hosts
-
               # Set hostname
               hostnamectl set-hostname '#{basename}'
 
diff --git a/plugins/guests/atomic/cap/change_host_name.rb b/plugins/guests/atomic/cap/change_host_name.rb
index 1833cf32a..40a74a3e7 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/atomic/cap/change_host_name.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/atomic/cap/change_host_name.rb
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           if !comm.test("hostname -f | grep '^#{name}$'", sudo: false)
             basename = name.split(".", 2)[0]
             comm.sudo <<-EOH.gsub(/^ {14}/, "")
-              # Remove comments and blank lines from /etc/hosts
-              sed -i'' -e 's/#.*$//' -e '/^$/d' /etc/hosts
-
               # Set hostname
               hostnamectl set-hostname '#{basename}'
 
diff --git a/plugins/guests/darwin/cap/change_host_name.rb b/plugins/guests/darwin/cap/change_host_name.rb
index 03bc70840..9bb37cc0d 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/darwin/cap/change_host_name.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/darwin/cap/change_host_name.rb
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
               hostname '#{name}'
 
-              # Remove comments and blank lines from /etc/hosts
-              sed -i'' -e 's/#.*$//' /etc/hosts
-              sed -i'' -e '/^$/d' /etc/hosts
-
               # Prepend ourselves to /etc/hosts - sed on bsd is sad
               grep -w '#{name}' /etc/hosts || {
                 echo -e '127.0.0.1\\t#{name}\\t#{basename}' | cat - /etc/hosts > /tmp/tmp-hosts &&
diff --git a/plugins/guests/debian/cap/change_host_name.rb b/plugins/guests/debian/cap/change_host_name.rb
index e496004ad..877416cc3 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/debian/cap/change_host_name.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/debian/cap/change_host_name.rb
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
                 hostnamectl set-hostname '#{basename}'
               fi
 
-              # Remove comments and blank lines from /etc/hosts
-              sed -i'' -e 's/#.*$//' -e '/^$/d' /etc/hosts
-
               # Prepend ourselves to /etc/hosts
               grep -w '#{name}' /etc/hosts || {
                 sed -i'' '1i 127.0.0.1\\t#{name}\\t#{basename}' /etc/hosts
diff --git a/plugins/guests/freebsd/cap/change_host_name.rb b/plugins/guests/freebsd/cap/change_host_name.rb
index 35b924af3..9ddd0a614 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/freebsd/cap/change_host_name.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/freebsd/cap/change_host_name.rb
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
               hostname '#{name}'
               sed -i '' 's/^hostname=.*$/hostname=\"#{name}\"/' /etc/rc.conf
 
-              # Remove comments and blank lines from /etc/hosts
-              sed -i'' -e 's/#.*$//' /etc/hosts
-              sed -i'' -e '/^$/d' /etc/hosts
-
               # Prepend ourselves to /etc/hosts
               grep -w '#{name}' /etc/hosts || {
                 echo -e '127.0.0.1\\t#{name}\\t#{basename}' | cat - /etc/hosts > /tmp/tmp-hosts
diff --git a/plugins/guests/gentoo/cap/change_host_name.rb b/plugins/guests/gentoo/cap/change_host_name.rb
index bf79d02a3..dea5176a1 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/gentoo/cap/change_host_name.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/gentoo/cap/change_host_name.rb
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
                 echo "hostname=#{basename}" > /etc/conf.d/hostname
               fi
 
-              # Remove comments and blank lines from /etc/hosts
-              sed -i'' -e 's/#.*$//' /etc/hosts
-              sed -i'' -e '/^$/d' /etc/hosts
-
               # Prepend ourselves to /etc/hosts
               grep -w '#{name}' /etc/hosts || {
                 echo -e '127.0.0.1\\t#{name}\\t#{basename}' | cat - /etc/hosts > /tmp/tmp-hosts &&
diff --git a/plugins/guests/omnios/cap/change_host_name.rb b/plugins/guests/omnios/cap/change_host_name.rb
index 9cf9d5b2f..1fdcdd4b7 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/omnios/cap/change_host_name.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/omnios/cap/change_host_name.rb
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
               echo '#{name}' > /etc/nodename
               hostname '#{name}'
 
-              # Remove comments and blank lines from /etc/hosts
-              sed -i'' -e 's/#.*$//' -e '/^$/d' /etc/hosts
-
               # Prepend ourselves to /etc/hosts
               grep -w '#{name}' /etc/hosts || {
                 echo -e '127.0.0.1\\t#{name}\\t#{basename}' | cat - /etc/hosts > /tmp/tmp-hosts
diff --git a/plugins/guests/openbsd/cap/change_host_name.rb b/plugins/guests/openbsd/cap/change_host_name.rb
index 20f879d81..131c8fc45 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/openbsd/cap/change_host_name.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/openbsd/cap/change_host_name.rb
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
               sed -i'' 's/^hostname=.*$/hostname=\"#{name}\"/' /etc/rc.conf
               echo '#{name}' > /etc/myname
 
-              # Remove comments and blank lines from /etc/hosts
-              sed -i'' -e 's/#.*$//' /etc/hosts
-              sed -i'' -e '/^$/d' /etc/hosts
-
               # Prepend ourselves to /etc/hosts
               grep -w '#{name}' /etc/hosts || {
                 echo -e '127.0.0.1\\t#{name}\\t#{basename}' | cat - /etc/hosts > /tmp/tmp-hosts
diff --git a/plugins/guests/photon/cap/change_host_name.rb b/plugins/guests/photon/cap/change_host_name.rb
index 49fe25c5b..a2cf2adce 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/photon/cap/change_host_name.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/photon/cap/change_host_name.rb
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
               echo '#{name}' > /etc/hostname
               hostname '#{name}'
 
-              # Remove comments and blank lines from /etc/hosts
-              sed -i'' -e 's/#.*$//' -e '/^$/d' /etc/hosts
-
               # Prepend ourselves to /etc/hosts
               grep -w '#{name}' /etc/hosts || {
                 sed -i'' '1i 127.0.0.1\\t#{name}\\t#{basename}' /etc/hosts
diff --git a/plugins/guests/pld/cap/change_host_name.rb b/plugins/guests/pld/cap/change_host_name.rb
index 7697c4a20..5ac55c1e7 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/pld/cap/change_host_name.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/pld/cap/change_host_name.rb
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
               sed -i 's/\\(DHCP_HOSTNAME=\\).*/\\1\"#{name}\"/' /etc/sysconfig/interfaces/ifcfg-*
 
-              # Remove comments and blank lines from /etc/hosts
-              sed -i'' -e 's/#.*$//' -e '/^$/d' /etc/hosts
-
               # Prepend ourselves to /etc/hosts
               grep -w '#{name}' /etc/hosts || {
                 sed -i'' '1i 127.0.0.1\\t#{name}\\t#{basename}' /etc/hosts
diff --git a/plugins/guests/redhat/cap/change_host_name.rb b/plugins/guests/redhat/cap/change_host_name.rb
index afe461d4f..55fcdc4b4 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/redhat/cap/change_host_name.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/redhat/cap/change_host_name.rb
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
                 hostname -F /etc/hostname
               fi
 
-              # Remove comments and blank lines from /etc/hosts
-              sed -i'' -e 's/#.*$//' -e '/^$/d' /etc/hosts
-
               # Prepend ourselves to /etc/hosts
               grep -w '#{name}' /etc/hosts || {
                 sed -i'' '1i 127.0.0.1\\t#{name}\\t#{basename}' /etc/hosts
diff --git a/plugins/guests/slackware/cap/change_host_name.rb b/plugins/guests/slackware/cap/change_host_name.rb
index c8f51e0d6..6b3f6610d 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/slackware/cap/change_host_name.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/slackware/cap/change_host_name.rb
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
               chmod o-w /etc/hostname
               hostname -F /etc/hostname
 
-              # Remove comments and blank lines from /etc/hosts
-              sed -i'' -e 's/#.*$//' -e '/^$/d' /etc/hosts
-
               # Prepend ourselves to /etc/hosts
               grep -w '#{name}' /etc/hosts || {
                 sed -i'' '1i 127.0.0.1\\t#{name}\\t#{basename}' /etc/hosts
diff --git a/plugins/guests/suse/cap/change_host_name.rb b/plugins/guests/suse/cap/change_host_name.rb
index 2e8cc1940..c168885f3 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/suse/cap/change_host_name.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/suse/cap/change_host_name.rb
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
               echo '#{name}' > /etc/HOSTNAME
               hostname '#{name}'
 
-              # Remove comments and blank lines from /etc/hosts
-              sed -i'' -e 's/#.*$//' -e '/^$/d' /etc/hosts
-
               # Prepend ourselves to /etc/hosts
               grep -w '#{name}' /etc/hosts || {
                 sed -i'' '1i 127.0.0.1\\t#{name}\\t#{basename}' /etc/hosts