diff --git a/lib/vagrant/hosts/bsd.rb b/lib/vagrant/hosts/bsd.rb
index 0e8c85800..da79a3422 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/hosts/bsd.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/hosts/bsd.rb
@@ -56,14 +56,10 @@ module Vagrant
         return if !File.exist?("/etc/exports")
 
         retryable(:tries => 10, :on => TypeError) do
-          system("cat /etc/exports | grep 'VAGRANT-BEGIN: #{id}' > /dev/null 2>&1")
-
-          if $?.to_i == 0
-            # Use sed to just strip out the block of code which was inserted
-            # by Vagrant, and restart NFS.
-            system("sudo sed -e '/^# VAGRANT-BEGIN: #{id}/,/^# VAGRANT-END: #{id}/ d' -ibak /etc/exports")
-            system(@nfs_restart_command)
-          end
+          # Use sed to just strip out the block of code which was inserted
+          # by Vagrant, and restart NFS.
+          system("sudo sed -e '/^# VAGRANT-BEGIN: #{id}/,/^# VAGRANT-END: #{id}/ d' -ibak /etc/exports")
+          system(@nfs_restart_command)
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/hosts/linux.rb b/lib/vagrant/hosts/linux.rb
index f7107d2cf..c6e4a755d 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/hosts/linux.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/hosts/linux.rb
@@ -52,13 +52,10 @@ module Vagrant
 
       def nfs_cleanup(id)
         return if !File.exist?("/etc/exports")
-        system("cat /etc/exports | grep 'VAGRANT-BEGIN: #{id}' > /dev/null 2>&1")
 
-        if $?.to_i == 0
-          # Use sed to just strip out the block of code which was inserted
-          # by Vagrant
-          system("sudo sed -e '/^# VAGRANT-BEGIN: #{id}/,/^# VAGRANT-END: #{id}/ d' -ibak /etc/exports")
-        end
+        # Use sed to just strip out the block of code which was inserted
+        # by Vagrant
+        system("sudo sed -e '/^# VAGRANT-BEGIN: #{id}/,/^# VAGRANT-END: #{id}/ d' -ibak /etc/exports")
       end
     end
   end