diff --git a/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/forward_ports.rb b/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/forward_ports.rb
index 95e2c6bf3..66da66232 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/forward_ports.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/forward_ports.rb
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ module Vagrant
     module VM
       class ForwardPorts < Base
         def prepare
-          ActiveList.vms.each do |vagrant_vm|
-            vm = vagrant_vm.vm
+          VirtualBox::VM.all.each do |vm|
             next unless vm.running?
 
             vm.forwarded_ports.each do |fp|
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ module Vagrant
                 if fp.hostport.to_s == options[:hostport].to_s
                   raise ActionException.new(<<-msg)
 Vagrant cannot forward the specified ports on this VM, since they
-would collide with another Vagrant-managed virtual machine's forwarded
+would collide with another VirtualBox virtual machine's forwarded
 ports! The "#{name}" forwarded port (#{fp.hostport}) is already in use on the host
 machine.
 
diff --git a/test/vagrant/actions/vm/forward_ports_test.rb b/test/vagrant/actions/vm/forward_ports_test.rb
index da290fac6..7fae1ff3d 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/actions/vm/forward_ports_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/actions/vm/forward_ports_test.rb
@@ -15,10 +15,8 @@ class ForwardPortsActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       @vm = mock("vm")
       @vm.stubs(:forwarded_ports).returns(@forwarded_ports)
       @vm.stubs(:running?).returns(true)
-      vagrant_vm = mock("vagrant_vm")
-      vagrant_vm.stubs(:vm).returns(@vm)
-      vms = [vagrant_vm]
-      Vagrant::ActiveList.stubs(:vms).returns(vms)
+      vms = [@vm]
+      VirtualBox::VM.stubs(:all).returns(vms)
 
       mock_config do |config|
         config.vm.forwarded_ports.clear