diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/puppet/config/puppet.rb b/plugins/provisioners/puppet/config/puppet.rb
index 3117f9f6f..1810b989b 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/puppet/config/puppet.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/puppet/config/puppet.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
-require "vagrant/util/counter"
-
 module VagrantPlugins
   module Puppet
     module Config
       class Puppet < Vagrant.plugin("2", :config)
-        extend Vagrant::Util::Counter
-
         attr_accessor :facter
         attr_accessor :hiera_config_path
         attr_accessor :manifest_file
@@ -65,15 +61,8 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           @manifest_file  = "default.pp" if @manifest_file == UNSET_VALUE
           @module_path    = nil if @module_path == UNSET_VALUE
           @synced_folder_type = nil if @synced_folder_type == UNSET_VALUE
-          @temp_dir       = nil if @temp_dir == UNSET_VALUE
+          @temp_dir       = "/tmp/vagrant-puppet" if @temp_dir == UNSET_VALUE
           @working_directory = nil if @working_directory == UNSET_VALUE
-
-          # Set a default temp dir that has an increasing counter so
-          # that multiple Puppet definitions won't overwrite each other
-          if !@temp_dir
-            counter   = self.class.get_and_update_counter(:puppet_config)
-            @temp_dir = "/tmp/vagrant-puppet-#{counter}"
-          end
         end
 
         # Returns the module paths as an array of paths expanded relative to the
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb b/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb
index 62c32efa2..495340466 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require "digest/md5"
+
 require "log4r"
 
 module VagrantPlugins
@@ -22,8 +24,9 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
           # Setup the module paths
           @module_paths = []
-          @expanded_module_paths.each_with_index do |path, i|
-            @module_paths << [path, File.join(config.temp_dir, "modules-#{i}")]
+          @expanded_module_paths.each_with_index do |path, _|
+            key = Digest::MD5.hexdigest(path)
+            @module_paths << [path, File.join(config.temp_dir, "modules-#{key}")]
           end
 
           folder_opts = {}
@@ -85,7 +88,8 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         def manifests_guest_path
           if config.manifests_path[0] == :host
             # The path is on the host, so point to where it is shared
-            File.join(config.temp_dir, "manifests")
+            key = Digest::MD5.hexdigest(config.manifests_path[1])
+            File.join(config.temp_dir, "manifests-#{key}")
           else
             # The path is on the VM, so just point directly to it
             config.manifests_path[1]