diff --git a/lib/vagrant/util/resource_logger.rb b/lib/vagrant/util/resource_logger.rb
index ce9cf700b..3a256fc3a 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/util/resource_logger.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/util/resource_logger.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require 'thread'
-require 'mario'
 
 module Vagrant
   module Util
@@ -12,14 +11,8 @@ module Vagrant
     #
     # This class is thread safe. The backing class which actually does
     # all the logging IO is protected.
-    #
-    # This class also handles progress meters of multiple resources and
-    # handles all the proper interleaving and console updating to
-    # display the progress meters in a way which doesn't conflict with
-    # other incoming log messages.
     class ResourceLogger
       @@singleton_logger = nil
-      @@progress_reporters = nil
       @@writer_lock = Mutex.new
 
       # The resource which this logger represents.
@@ -49,12 +42,6 @@ module Vagrant
         def reset_singleton_logger!
           @@singleton_logger = nil
         end
-
-        # Returns the progress parts array which contains the various
-        # progress reporters.
-        def progress_reporters
-          @@progress_reporters ||= {}
-        end
       end
 
       def initialize(resource, env)
@@ -66,64 +53,10 @@ module Vagrant
       [:debug, :info, :error, :fatal].each do |method|
         define_method(method) do |message|
           @@writer_lock.synchronize do
-            # We clear the line in case progress reports have been going
-            # out.
-            print(cl_reset)
             logger.send(method, "[#{resource}] #{message}")
           end
-
-          # Once again flush the progress reporters since we probably
-          # cleared any existing ones.
-          flush_progress
         end
       end
-
-      # Sets a progress report for the resource that this logger
-      # represents. This progress report is interleaved within the output.
-      def report_progress(progress, total, show_parts=true)
-        # Simply add the progress reporter to the list of progress
-        # reporters
-        self.class.progress_reporters[resource] = {
-          :progress => progress,
-          :total => total,
-          :show_parts => show_parts
-        }
-
-        # And force an update to occur
-        flush_progress
-      end
-
-      # Clears the progress report for this resource
-      def clear_progress
-        self.class.progress_reporters.delete(resource)
-      end
-
-      def flush_progress
-        # Don't do anything if there are no progress reporters
-        return if self.class.progress_reporters.length <= 0
-
-        @@writer_lock.synchronize do
-          reports = []
-
-          # First generate all the report percentages and output
-          self.class.progress_reporters.each do |name, data|
-            percent = (data[:progress].to_f / data[:total].to_f) * 100
-            line = "#{name}: #{percent.to_i}%"
-            line << " (#{data[:progress]} / #{data[:total]})" if data[:show_parts]
-            reports << line
-          end
-
-          # Output it to stdout
-          print "#{cl_reset}[progress] #{reports.join(" ")}"
-          $stdout.flush
-        end
-      end
-
-      def cl_reset
-        reset = "\r"
-        reset += "\e[0K" unless Mario::Platform.windows?
-        reset
-      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/support/environment.rb b/test/support/environment.rb
index 29dcc99d6..4b3cb8f5f 100644
--- a/test/support/environment.rb
+++ b/test/support/environment.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ module VagrantTestHelpers
       str  = args.shift || ""
       File.open(path.to_s, "w") do |f|
         f.puts "Vagrant::Config.run do |config|"
+        f.puts "config.vagrant.log_output = nil"
+        f.puts "config.vagrant.home = '#{home_path}'"
         f.puts str
         f.puts "end"
       end
diff --git a/test/support/path.rb b/test/support/path.rb
index 23749a78f..495481e17 100644
--- a/test/support/path.rb
+++ b/test/support/path.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,21 @@
+require 'fileutils'
+
 module VagrantTestHelpers
   module Path
     # Path to the tmp directory for the tests
     def tmp_path
       Vagrant.source_root.join("test", "tmp")
     end
+
+    # Path to the "home" directory for the tests
+    def home_path
+      tmp_path.join("home")
+    end
+
+    # Cleans all the test temp paths
+    def clean_paths
+      FileUtils.rm_rf(tmp_path)
+      FileUtils.mkdir_p(tmp_path)
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 96b3351e2..1114879a4 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@
 $:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
 
 require 'vagrant'
+require 'mario'
 require 'contest'
 require 'mocha'
 require 'support/path'
 require 'support/environment'
 
+# Silence Mario by sending log output to black hole
+Mario::Platform.logger(nil)
+
 # Add the I18n locale for tests
 I18n.load_path << File.expand_path("../locales/en.yml", __FILE__)
 
diff --git a/test/tmp/.gitkeep b/test/tmp/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/test/vagrant/environment_test.rb b/test/vagrant/environment_test.rb
index d3f116bbb..98f2e4ff2 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/environment_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/environment_test.rb
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ class EnvironmentTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
     context "loading home directory" do
       setup do
-        @env = mock_environment
+        @env = vagrant_env
         @home_dir = File.expand_path(@env.config.vagrant.home)
 
         File.stubs(:directory?).returns(true)
@@ -398,33 +398,27 @@ class EnvironmentTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
 
     context "loading box" do
-      setup do
-        @box = mock("box")
-        @box.stubs(:env=)
-
-        @env = mock_environment
-        @env.stubs(:root_path).returns("foo")
-      end
-
       should "do nothing if the root path is nil" do
+        env = @klass.new(:cwd => "/")
         Vagrant::Box.expects(:find).never
-        @env.stubs(:root_path).returns(nil)
-        @env.load_box!
+        env.load_box!
       end
 
       should "not load the box if its not set" do
-        @env = mock_environment do |config|
-          config.vm.box = nil
-        end
-
+        env = vagrant_env
+        assert env.config.vm.box.nil?
         Vagrant::Box.expects(:find).never
-        @env.load_box!
+        env.load_box!
       end
 
       should "set the box to what is found by the Box class" do
-        Vagrant::Box.expects(:find).with(@env, @env.config.vm.box).once.returns(@box)
-        @env.load_box!
-        assert @box.equal?(@env.box)
+        env = vagrant_env(vagrantfile("config.vm.box = 'foo'"))
+
+        @box = mock("box")
+        @box.stubs(:env=)
+        Vagrant::Box.expects(:find).with(env, env.config.vm.box).once.returns(@box)
+        env.load_box!
+        assert @box.equal?(env.box)
       end
     end
 
@@ -475,35 +469,29 @@ class EnvironmentTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
 
     context "loading blank VMs" do
-      setup do
-        @env = mock_environment
-      end
-
       should "blank the VMs" do
-        @env = mock_environment do |config|
-          config.vm.define :foo do |foo_config|
-          end
+        env = vagrant_env(vagrantfile(<<-vf))
+          config.vm.define :foo
+          config.vm.define :bar
+        vf
 
-          config.vm.define :bar do |bar_config|
-          end
-        end
+        env.load_blank_vms!
 
-        @env.load_blank_vms!
+        assert_equal 2, env.vms.length
+        assert(env.vms.all? { |name, vm| !vm.created? })
 
-        assert_equal 2, @env.vms.length
-        assert(@env.vms.all? { |name, vm| !vm.created? })
-
-        sorted_vms = @env.vms.keys.sort { |a,b| a.to_s <=> b.to_s }
+        sorted_vms = env.vms.keys.sort { |a,b| a.to_s <=> b.to_s }
         assert_equal [:bar, :foo], sorted_vms
       end
 
       should "load the default VM blank if no multi-VMs are specified" do
-        assert @env.config.vm.defined_vms.empty? # sanity
+        env = vagrant_env
+        assert env.config.vm.defined_vms.empty? # sanity
 
-        @env.load_blank_vms!
+        env.load_blank_vms!
 
-        assert_equal 1, @env.vms.length
-        assert !@env.vms.values.first.created?
+        assert_equal 1, env.vms.length
+        assert !env.vms.values.first.created?
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/test/vagrant/util/resource_logger_test.rb b/test/vagrant/util/resource_logger_test.rb
index dec8307d6..0784ae0a2 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/util/resource_logger_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/util/resource_logger_test.rb
@@ -71,11 +71,6 @@ class ResourceLoggerUtilTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
 
     context "logging methods" do
-      setup do
-        @instance.stubs(:flush_progress)
-        @instance.stubs(:cl_reset).returns("")
-      end
-
       [:debug, :info, :error, :fatal].each do |method|
         should "log with the proper format on #{method}" do
           message = "bar"
@@ -84,62 +79,5 @@ class ResourceLoggerUtilTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
         end
       end
     end
-
-    context "reporting progress" do
-      setup do
-        @instance.stubs(:flush_progress)
-      end
-
-      should "flush progress" do
-        @instance.expects(:flush_progress).once
-        @instance.report_progress(72, 100)
-      end
-
-      should "add the reporter to the progress reporters" do
-        @instance.report_progress(72, 100)
-        assert @klass.progress_reporters.has_key?(@instance.resource)
-      end
-    end
-
-    context "clearing progress" do
-      setup do
-        @instance.stubs(:flush_progress)
-
-        @klass.progress_reporters.clear
-        @instance.report_progress(72, 100)
-      end
-
-      should "remove the key from the reporters" do
-        assert @klass.progress_reporters.has_key?(@instance.resource)
-        @instance.clear_progress
-        assert !@klass.progress_reporters.has_key?(@instance.resource)
-      end
-    end
-
-    context "command line reset" do
-      setup do
-        Mario::Platform.logger(nil)
-      end
-
-      context "on windows" do
-        setup do
-          Mario::Platform.forced = Mario::Platform::Windows7
-        end
-
-        should "just return \\r for the clear screen" do
-          assert_equal  "\r", @instance.cl_reset
-        end
-      end
-
-      context "on other platforms" do
-        setup do
-          Mario::Platform.forced = Mario::Platform::Linux
-        end
-
-        should "return the full clear screen" do
-          assert_equal "\r\e[0K", @instance.cl_reset
-        end
-      end
-    end
   end
 end