diff --git a/plugins/guests/debian/guest.rb b/plugins/guests/debian/guest.rb
index be08b3605..a7f3d65de 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/debian/guest.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/debian/guest.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
   module GuestDebian
     class Guest < Vagrant.plugin("2", :guest)
       def detect?(machine)
-        machine.communicate.test("cat /etc/issue | grep 'Debian' | grep -v '8'")
+        machine.communicate.test("cat /etc/issue | grep 'Debian'")
       end
     end
   end