diff --git a/lib/vagrant/actions/base.rb b/lib/vagrant/actions/base.rb
index 411c13505..e621cd8cc 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/actions/base.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/actions/base.rb
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ module Vagrant
       end
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/vm.rb b/lib/vagrant/vm.rb
index 52ce232fa..2446dd949 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/vm.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/vm.rb
@@ -151,13 +151,11 @@ error
 
       logger.info "Packaging VM into #{tar_path} ..."
       Zlib::GzipWriter.open(tar_path) do |gz|
-        first_file = true
         Dir.new(folder).each do  |file|
           next if File.directory?(file)
           # Delimit the files, and guarantee new line for next file if not the first
           gz.write "#{delimiter}#{file}#{delimiter}"
           File.open(File.join(folder, file)).each { |line| gz.write(line) }
-          first_file = false
         end
       end