diff --git a/containers/vagrant/.gitignore b/containers/vagrant/.gitignore
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--- a/containers/vagrant/.gitignore
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-.vagrant
diff --git a/containers/vagrant/Vagrantfile b/containers/vagrant/Vagrantfile
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-# -*- mode: ruby -*-
-# vi: set ft=ruby :
-
-require 'yaml'
-
-VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = 2
-VM_RAM = 2048
-
-Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
-
-  config.vm.define "ubuntu", :primary => true do |ubuntu| 
-    ubuntu.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty64"
-    ubuntu.vm.provision "shell", :path => "provisioners/shell/ubuntu.sh"
-  end
-
-  config.vm.define "debian", :primary => true do |debian|
-    debian.vm.box = "debian/jessie64"
-    debian.vm.provision "shell", :path => "provisioners/shell/debian.sh"
-  end
-  
-  config.vm.define "centos", :autostart => false do |centos| 
-    centos.vm.box = "centos/7"
-    centos.vm.provision "shell", :path => "provisioners/shell/centos.sh"
-  end
-  
-  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
-    vb.memory = VM_RAM
-  end
-
-  config.vm.provider "libvirt" do |lv|
-    lv.memory = VM_RAM
-
-    config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/home/vagrant/sync", :disabled => true
-  end
-  
-  config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", :disabled => true
-  config.vm.synced_folder "../../", "/home/vagrant/go/src/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum"
-end
diff --git a/containers/vagrant/provisioners/shell/centos.sh b/containers/vagrant/provisioners/shell/centos.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-sudo yum install -y git wget
-sudo yum update -y
-
-wget --continue https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.8.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
-sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.8.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
-
-GETH_PATH="~vagrant/go/src/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/build/bin/"
-
-echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$GETH_PATH" >> ~vagrant/.bashrc 
diff --git a/containers/vagrant/provisioners/shell/debian.sh b/containers/vagrant/provisioners/shell/debian.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-sudo apt-get install -y build-essential git-all wget
-sudo apt-get update
-
-wget --continue https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.8.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
-sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.8.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
-
-GETH_PATH="~vagrant/go/src/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/build/bin/"
-
-echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$GETH_PATH" >> ~vagrant/.bashrc 
diff --git a/containers/vagrant/provisioners/shell/ubuntu.sh b/containers/vagrant/provisioners/shell/ubuntu.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-sudo apt-get install -y build-essential git-all wget
-sudo apt-get update
-
-wget --continue https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.8.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
-sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.8.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
-
-GETH_PATH="~vagrant/go/src/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/build/bin/"
-
-echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$GETH_PATH" >> ~vagrant/.bashrc