diff --git a/plugins/guests/smartos/cap/rsync.rb b/plugins/guests/smartos/cap/rsync.rb
index f8ad11bd1..0217c4dcc 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/smartos/cap/rsync.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/smartos/cap/rsync.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           machine.communicate.test("which rsync")
         end
 
-        def self.rsync_install(machine, folder_opts)
+        def self.rsync_pre(machine, folder_opts)
           username = machine.ssh_info[:username]
           sudo = machine.config.smartos.suexec_cmd
 
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             comm.execute("#{sudo} chown -R #{username} '#{folder_opts[:guestpath]}'")
           end
         end
-
-        def self.rsync_pre(machine, folder_opts)
-          rsync_install(machine, folder_opts)
-        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/plugins/guests/smartos/plugin.rb b/plugins/guests/smartos/plugin.rb
index b691609ce..f99f7e498 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/smartos/plugin.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/smartos/plugin.rb
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         Cap::RSync
       end
 
-      guest_capability("smartos", "rsync_install") do
-        require_relative "cap/rsync"
-        Cap::RSync
-      end
-
       guest_capability("smartos", "rsync_pre") do
         require_relative "cap/rsync"
         Cap::RSync
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/guests/smartos/cap/rsync_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/guests/smartos/cap/rsync_test.rb
index d51910b7c..d95ae49a7 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/guests/smartos/cap/rsync_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/guests/smartos/cap/rsync_test.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require File.expand_path("../../../../../base", __FILE__)
 
 describe "VagrantPlugins::VagrantPlugins::Cap::Rsync" do
-  let(:plugin) { VagrantPlugins::GuestSmartos::Plugin.components.guest_capabilities[:smartos].get(:rsync_install) }
+  let(:plugin) { VagrantPlugins::GuestSmartos::Plugin.components.guest_capabilities[:smartos].get(:rsync_pre) }
   let(:machine) { double("machine") }
   let(:config) { double("config", smartos: VagrantPlugins::GuestSmartos::Config.new) }
   let(:communicator) { VagrantTests::DummyCommunicator::Communicator.new(machine) }
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe "VagrantPlugins::VagrantPlugins::Cap::Rsync" do
     end
   end
 
-  describe ".rsync_install" do
+  describe ".rsync_pre" do
     let(:username) { "some_user" }
 
     before do
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ describe "VagrantPlugins::VagrantPlugins::Cap::Rsync" do
 
     it "creates a local directory" do
       communicator.expect_command(%Q(pfexec mkdir -p '/mountpoint'))
-      plugin.rsync_install(machine, {guestpath: '/mountpoint'})
+      plugin.rsync_pre(machine, {guestpath: '/mountpoint'})
     end
 
     it "chowns local directory to ssh user" do
       communicator.expect_command(%Q(pfexec chown -R #{username} '/mountpoint'))
-      plugin.rsync_install(machine, {guestpath: '/mountpoint'})
+      plugin.rsync_pre(machine, {guestpath: '/mountpoint'})
     end
   end
 end