diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/vm/check_box.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/vm/check_box.rb
index c7e3befb6..cf86cbae8 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/vm/check_box.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/vm/check_box.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ module Vagrant
 
             env.ui.info I18n.t("vagrant.actions.vm.check_box.not_found", :name => box_name)
             Vagrant::Box.add(env.env, box_name, box_url)
-            env.env.load_box!
           end
 
           @app.call(env)
diff --git a/test/vagrant/action/vm/check_box_test.rb b/test/vagrant/action/vm/check_box_test.rb
index c8dea75d4..9e372d861 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/action/vm/check_box_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/action/vm/check_box_test.rb
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ class CheckBoxVMActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       seq = sequence("seq")
       env.env.boxes.expects(:find).returns(nil)
       Vagrant::Box.expects(:add).with(env.env, env["config"].vm.box, env["config"].vm.box_url).in_sequence(seq)
-      env.env.expects(:load_box!).in_sequence(seq)
       app.expects(:call).with(env).once.in_sequence(seq)
 
       assert_nothing_raised {