diff --git a/test/vagrant-spec/Vagrantfile.spec b/test/vagrant-spec/Vagrantfile.spec
index a8043a636..554e8cf4f 100644
--- a/test/vagrant-spec/Vagrantfile.spec
+++ b/test/vagrant-spec/Vagrantfile.spec
@@ -51,17 +51,23 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |global_config|
         config.vm.synced_folder '.', '/vagrant', disable: true
         config.vm.synced_folder '../../', '/vagrant'
         config.vm.provider :vmware_workstation do |vmware|
-          vmware.vmx["memsize"] = "2048"
+          vmware.vmx["memsize"] = ENV.fetch("VAGRANT_HOST_MEMORY", "2048")
           vmware.vmx['vhv.enable'] = 'TRUE'
           vmware.vmx['vhv.allow'] = 'TRUE'
         end
-        config.vm.provision :shell, path: "./scripts/#{platform}-setup.#{provider_name}.sh"
-        GUEST_BOXES.each do |guest_box, box_version|
+        config.vm.provision :shell, path: "./scripts/#{platform}-setup.#{provider_name}.sh", run: "once"
+        GUEST_BOXES.each_with_index do |box_info, idx|
+          guest_box, box_version = box_info
+          spec_cmd_args = ENV["VAGRANT_SPEC_ARGS"]
+          if idx != 0
+            spec_cmd_args = "#{spec_cmd_args} --without-component 'cli/*'".strip
+          end
           config.vm.provision(
             :shell,
             path: "./scripts/#{platform}-run.#{provider_name}.sh",
             keep_color: true,
             env: {
+              "VAGRANT_SPEC_ARGS" => "--no-builtin #{spec_cmd_args}".strip,
               "VAGRANT_SPEC_BOX" => "/vagrant/test/vagrant-spec/boxes/#{guest_box.sub('/', '_')}.#{provider_name}.#{box_version}.box"
             }
           )
diff --git a/test/vagrant-spec/scripts/ubuntu-run.virtualbox.sh b/test/vagrant-spec/scripts/ubuntu-run.virtualbox.sh
index 17153557f..35f993609 100644
--- a/test/vagrant-spec/scripts/ubuntu-run.virtualbox.sh
+++ b/test/vagrant-spec/scripts/ubuntu-run.virtualbox.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -x
 
 export VAGRANT_SPEC_BOX="${VAGRANT_SPEC_BOX}"
-vagrant vagrant-spec /vagrant/test/vagrant-spec/configs/vagrant-spec.config.virtualbox.rb
+vagrant vagrant-spec ${VAGRANT_SPEC_ARGS} /vagrant/test/vagrant-spec/configs/vagrant-spec.config.virtualbox.rb
 result=$?
 
 exit $result