diff --git a/config/default.rb b/config/default.rb
index ab0bfe93e..3a7987cca 100644
--- a/config/default.rb
+++ b/config/default.rb
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ Vagrant::Config.run do |config|
   # other Vagrantfiles, if they wish.
   config.vm.share_folder("v-root", "/vagrant", ".")
 
-  config.unison.folder_suffix = ".sync"
-  config.unison.script = "/tmp/vagrant-unison"
-  config.unison.options = "-terse -owner -group -batch"
-  config.unison.crontab_entry_file = "/tmp/vagrant-unison-crontab"
-  config.unison.log_file = "/tmp/v-unison-log-%s"
-
   config.nfs.map_uid = :auto
   config.nfs.map_gid = :auto
 
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/vm/share_folders.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/vm/share_folders.rb
index 3a6d4a61c..0898b6f10 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/vm/share_folders.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/vm/share_folders.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ module Vagrant
               # Only mount and setup shared folders in the absense of an
               # error
               mount_shared_folders
-              setup_unison
             end
           end
         end
@@ -36,29 +35,11 @@ module Vagrant
 
             # This to prevent overwriting the actual shared folders data
             value = value.dup
-
-            if value[:sync]
-              # Syncing this folder. Change the guestpath to reflect
-              # what we're actually mounting.
-              value[:original] = value.dup
-              value[:guestpath] = "#{value[:guestpath]}#{@env.env.config.unison.folder_suffix}"
-            end
-
             acc[key] = value
             acc
           end
         end
 
-        # This method returns the list of shared folders which are to
-        # be synced via unison.
-        def unison_folders
-          shared_folders.inject({}) do |acc, data|
-            key, value = data
-            acc[key] = value if !!value[:sync]
-            acc
-          end
-        end
-
         def create_metadata
           @env.ui.info "vagrant.actions.vm.share_folders.creating"
 
@@ -84,19 +65,6 @@ module Vagrant
             end
           end
         end
-
-        def setup_unison
-          return if unison_folders.empty?
-
-          @env["vm"].ssh.execute do |ssh|
-            @env["vm"].system.prepare_unison(ssh)
-
-            @env.ui.info "vagrant.actions.vm.share_folders.setup_unison"
-            unison_folders.each do |name, data|
-              @env["vm"].system.create_unison(ssh, data)
-            end
-          end
-        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/config.rb b/lib/vagrant/config.rb
index 7c357ef51..1bac67f8c 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/config.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/config.rb
@@ -78,14 +78,6 @@ module Vagrant
       end
     end
 
-    class UnisonConfig < Base
-      attr_accessor :folder_suffix
-      attr_accessor :script
-      attr_accessor :options
-      attr_accessor :crontab_entry_file
-      attr_accessor :log_file
-    end
-
     class NFSConfig < Base
       attr_accessor :map_uid
       attr_accessor :map_gid
@@ -227,7 +219,6 @@ module Vagrant
       configures :package, PackageConfig
       configures :nfs, NFSConfig
       configures :ssh, SSHConfig
-      configures :unison, UnisonConfig
       configures :vm, VMConfig
       configures :vagrant, VagrantConfig
 
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/systems/base.rb b/lib/vagrant/systems/base.rb
index 383849730..d2073c3db 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/systems/base.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/systems/base.rb
@@ -53,13 +53,6 @@ module Vagrant
       # via the host are already done.
       def mount_nfs(ip, folders); end
 
-      # Prepares the system for unison folder syncing. This is called
-      # once once prior to any `create_unison` calls.
-      def prepare_unison(ssh); end
-
-      # Creates an entry for folder syncing via unison.
-      def create_unison(ssh, options); end
-
       # Prepares the system for host only networks. This is called
       # once prior to any `enable_host_only_network` calls.
       def prepare_host_only_network; end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/systems/linux.rb b/lib/vagrant/systems/linux.rb
index 533a4078e..1a0fab98c 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/systems/linux.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/systems/linux.rb
@@ -63,30 +63,6 @@ module Vagrant
         end
       end
 
-      def prepare_unison(ssh)
-        ssh.exec!("which unison", :error_key => :unison_not_found)
-
-        vm.env.ui.info "Preparing system for unison sync..."
-        vm.ssh.upload!(StringIO.new(TemplateRenderer.render('/unison/script')), config.unison.script)
-        ssh.exec!("sudo chmod +x #{config.unison.script}")
-        ssh.exec!("sudo rm #{config.unison.crontab_entry_file}", :error_check => false)
-      end
-
-      def create_unison(ssh, opts)
-        sanitized_string = opts[:original][:guestpath].gsub(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]/, '-')
-        crontab_entry = TemplateRenderer.render('/unison/crontab_entry',
-                                                :from => opts[:guestpath],
-                                                :to => opts[:original][:guestpath],
-                                                :options => config.unison.options,
-                                                :script => config.unison.script,
-                                                :log_file => (config.unison.log_file % sanitized_string))
-
-        ssh.exec!("sudo rm -rf ~/.unison")
-        ssh.exec!("sudo rm -rf #{opts[:original][:guestpath]}")
-        ssh.exec!("sudo echo \"#{crontab_entry}\" >> #{config.unison.crontab_entry_file}")
-        ssh.exec!("crontab #{config.unison.crontab_entry_file}")
-      end
-
       def prepare_host_only_network
         # Remove any previous host only network additions to the
         # interface file.
diff --git a/templates/locales/en.yml b/templates/locales/en.yml
index acd697c31..353236d10 100644
--- a/templates/locales/en.yml
+++ b/templates/locales/en.yml
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ en:
           creating: Creating shared folders metadata...
           mounting: Mounting shared folders...
           mounting_entry: "-- %{name}: %{guest_path}"
-          setup_unison: Creating unison crontab entries...
         suspend:
           suspending: Saving VM state and suspending execution...
 
diff --git a/templates/strings.yml b/templates/strings.yml
index 91b32c73a..928130e11 100644
--- a/templates/strings.yml
+++ b/templates/strings.yml
@@ -137,11 +137,6 @@
 :system_unspecified: |-
   A VM system type must be specified! This is done via the `config.vm.system`
   configuration value. Please read the documentation online for more information.
-:unison_not_found: |-
-  The `unison` binary was not found on the guest machine. This is required
-  for folder syncing via unison. Please install unison on your system to
-  use folder syncing. You may also disable folder syncing, install unison,
-  re-enable syncing, then call a `vagrant reload` to enable syncing.
 :virtualbox_import_failure: |-
   The VM import failed! Try running `VBoxManage import` on the box file
   manually for more verbose error output.
diff --git a/templates/unison/crontab_entry.erb b/templates/unison/crontab_entry.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index c4df476cd..000000000
--- a/templates/unison/crontab_entry.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-* * * * * <%= script %> '<%= from %>' '<%= to %>' '<%= options %>' >> <%= log_file %> 2>&1
diff --git a/templates/unison/script.erb b/templates/unison/script.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index e23566838..000000000
--- a/templates/unison/script.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#------------------------------------------------------------
-# Author       : John Bender and Mitchell Hashimoto
-# Description  : Runs the `unison` folder synchronization
-#                utility for shared folders.
-#------------------------------------------------------------
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------
-# Argument verification
-#------------------------------------------------------------
-if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then
-    echo "Usage: `basename $0` from_folder to_folder options"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# Sanitization function which turns any non-alphanumeric char
-# into a dash '-' and returns it by echoing the result.
-function sanitize() {
-    local DATA=$1
-    DATA=${DATA//[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]/-}
-    echo ${DATA}
-}
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------
-# "Configuration"
-#------------------------------------------------------------
-# TODO Change lockfile to depend on the from/to folder to
-# allow multiple syncs of diff folders to happen at once.
-FROM=$1
-TO=$2
-OPTIONS=$3
-LOCK_FILE=`basename $0`-$(sanitize ${TO}).lck
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------
-# Am I Running?
-#------------------------------------------------------------
-if [ -f "${LOCK_FILE}" ]; then
-    # The file exists, verify its running and if so exit.
-    OUR_PID=`head -n 1 "${LOCK_FILE}"`
-    TEST_RUNNING=`ps -p ${OUR_PID} | grep ${OUR_PID}`
-
-    if [ "${TEST_RUNNING}" ]; then
-        # The process is running, echo and exit.
-        echo "Unison sync already running. [PID: ${OUR_PID}]"
-        exit 0
-    fi
-fi
-
-# We're not running if we reached this point, so lock
-# it up.
-echo $$ > "${LOCK_FILE}"
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------
-# The Meat
-#------------------------------------------------------------
-echo "Beginning Sync:"
-echo " -- From: ${FROM}"
-echo " -- To: ${TO}"
-echo " -- Options: ${OPTIONS}"
-while [ 1 ]; do
-  echo "Syncing: $(date)"
-  # TODO check result and output log data... somewhere!
-  sudo unison ${FROM} ${TO} ${OPTIONS}
-  sleep 1
-done
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------
-# Cleanup and Exit
-#------------------------------------------------------------
-rm -f "${LOCK_FILE}"
-exit 0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 07079bef5..749d26d7f 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ class Test::Unit::TestCase
 
       config.package.name = 'package'
 
-      # Unison
-      config.unison.folder_suffix = ".sync"
-      config.unison.log_file = "foo-%s"
-
       # Chef
       config.chef.chef_server_url = "http://localhost:4000"
       config.chef.validation_key_path = "validation.pem"
diff --git a/test/vagrant/action/vm/share_folders_test.rb b/test/vagrant/action/vm/share_folders_test.rb
index e147b079f..2bb5df986 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/action/vm/share_folders_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/action/vm/share_folders_test.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ class ShareFoldersVMActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       @instance.expects(:create_metadata).once.in_sequence(before_seq)
       @app.expects(:call).with(@env).in_sequence(before_seq)
       @instance.expects(:mount_shared_folders).once.in_sequence(before_seq)
-      @instance.expects(:setup_unison).once.in_sequence(before_seq)
 
       @instance.call(@env)
     end
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ class ShareFoldersVMActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       @instance.expects(:create_metadata).once.in_sequence(before_seq)
       @app.expects(:call).with(@env).in_sequence(before_seq)
       @instance.expects(:mount_shared_folders).never
-      @instance.expects(:setup_unison).never
 
       @instance.call(@env)
     end
@@ -96,20 +94,6 @@ class ShareFoldersVMActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       assert_equal %W[v-bar v-foo], @instance.shared_folders.keys.sort
     end
 
-    should "append sync suffix if sync enabled to a folder" do
-      name = "foo"
-      guest = "bar"
-      host = "baz"
-
-      stub_shared_folders do |config|
-        config.vm.share_folder(name, guest, host, :sync => true)
-      end
-
-      result = @instance.shared_folders
-      assert_equal "#{guest}#{@env.env.config.unison.folder_suffix}", result[name][:guestpath]
-      assert_equal guest, result[name][:original][:guestpath]
-    end
-
     should "not destroy original hash" do
       @folders = stub_shared_folders do |config|
         config.vm.share_folder("foo", "bar", "baz", :sync => true)
@@ -122,22 +106,6 @@ class ShareFoldersVMActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
   end
 
-  context "unison shared folders" do
-    setup do
-      @folders = stub_shared_folders do |config|
-        config.vm.share_folder("foo", "bar", "baz", :sync => true)
-        config.vm.share_folder("bar", "foo", "baz")
-      end
-    end
-
-    should "only return the folders marked for syncing" do
-      result = @instance.unison_folders
-      assert_equal 1, result.length
-      assert result.has_key?("foo")
-      assert !result.has_key?("bar")
-    end
-  end
-
   context "setting up shared folder metadata" do
     setup do
       stub_shared_folders
@@ -177,39 +145,4 @@ class ShareFoldersVMActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       @instance.mount_shared_folders
     end
   end
-
-  context "setting up unison" do
-    setup do
-      @ssh = mock("ssh")
-      @vm.ssh.stubs(:execute).yields(@ssh)
-
-      @folders = stub_shared_folders do |config|
-        config.vm.share_folder("foo", "bar", "baz", :sync => true)
-        config.vm.share_folder("bar", "foo", "baz")
-      end
-    end
-
-    should "do nothing if unison folders is empty" do
-      @instance.stubs(:unison_folders).returns({})
-      @vm.ssh.expects(:execute).never
-      @instance.setup_unison
-    end
-
-    should "prepare unison then create for each folder" do
-      seq = sequence("unison seq")
-      @vm.system.expects(:prepare_unison).with(@ssh).once.in_sequence(seq)
-      @instance.unison_folders.each do |name, data|
-        if data[:sync]
-          @vm.system.expects(:create_unison).with do |ssh, opts|
-            assert_equal @ssh, ssh
-            assert_equal data, opts
-
-            true
-          end
-        end
-      end
-
-      @instance.setup_unison
-    end
-  end
 end
diff --git a/test/vagrant/systems/linux_test.rb b/test/vagrant/systems/linux_test.rb
index 186229e65..1e0c16223 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/systems/linux_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/systems/linux_test.rb
@@ -43,71 +43,6 @@ class LinuxSystemTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
   end
 
-  context "preparing unison" do
-    setup do
-      @ssh.stubs(:exec!)
-      @ssh.stubs(:upload!)
-      @vm.stubs(:ssh).returns(@ssh)
-    end
-
-    should "upload the script" do
-      @vm.ssh.expects(:upload!).with do |script, path|
-        assert_equal @mock_env.config.unison.script, path
-        true
-      end
-
-      @instance.prepare_unison(@ssh)
-    end
-
-    should "make the script executable" do
-      @ssh.expects(:exec!).with("sudo chmod +x #{@mock_env.config.unison.script}").once
-      @instance.prepare_unison(@ssh)
-    end
-
-    should "remove old crontab entry file" do
-      @ssh.expects(:exec!).with("sudo rm #{@mock_env.config.unison.crontab_entry_file}", :error_check => false).once
-      @instance.prepare_unison(@ssh)
-    end
-  end
-
-  context "creating unison entry" do
-    setup do
-      @ssh.stubs(:exec!)
-      @options = {
-        :guestpath => "foo",
-        :original => { :guestpath => "bar!" }
-      }
-    end
-
-    should "render the crontab entry with proper variables" do
-      variables = {
-        :from => @options[:guestpath],
-        :to => @options[:original][:guestpath],
-        :options => @mock_env.config.unison.options,
-        :script => @mock_env.config.unison.script,
-        :log_file => @mock_env.config.unison.log_file % "bar-"
-      }
-      Vagrant::Util::TemplateRenderer.expects(:render).with('/unison/crontab_entry',
-                                                            variables).once
-      @instance.create_unison(@ssh, @options)
-    end
-
-    should "remove the .unison directory" do
-      @ssh.expects(:exec!).with("sudo rm -rf ~/.unison")
-      @instance.create_unison(@ssh, @options)
-    end
-
-    should "remove the original guestpath" do
-      @ssh.expects(:exec!).with("sudo rm -rf #{@options[:original][:guestpath]}")
-      @instance.create_unison(@ssh, @options)
-    end
-
-    should "enable the crontab file" do
-      @ssh.expects(:exec!).with("crontab #{@mock_env.config.unison.crontab_entry_file}")
-      @instance.create_unison(@ssh, @options)
-    end
-  end
-
   #-------------------------------------------------------------------
   # "Private" methods tests
   #-------------------------------------------------------------------