diff --git a/builder/vmware/driver.go b/builder/vmware/driver.go
index 94a3551e7..2acf20adf 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/driver.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/driver.go
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ type Fusion5Driver struct {
 }
 
 func (d *Fusion5Driver) CompactDisk(diskPath string) error {
-	cmd := exec.Command(d.vdiskManagerPath(), "-d", diskPath)
-	if _, _, err := d.runAndLog(cmd); err != nil {
+	defragCmd := exec.Command(d.vdiskManagerPath(), "-d", diskPath)
+	if _, _, err := d.runAndLog(defragCmd); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	cmd := exec.Command(d.vdiskManagerPath(), "-k", diskPath)
-	if _, _, err := d.runAndLog(cmd); err != nil {
+	shrinkCmd := exec.Command(d.vdiskManagerPath(), "-k", diskPath)
+	if _, _, err := d.runAndLog(shrinkCmd); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/builder/vmware/step_compact_disk.go b/builder/vmware/step_compact_disk.go
index c4f67fa77..18034bb87 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/step_compact_disk.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/step_compact_disk.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
-	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 // This step compacts the virtual disks for the VM.
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ func (stepCompactDisk) Run(state map[string]interface{}) multistep.StepAction {
 	ui := state["ui"].(packer.Ui)
 
 	ui.Say("Compacting the disk image")
-	if err := driver.CompactDisk(config.FullDiskPath, fmt.Sprintf("%dM", config.DiskSize)); err != nil {
+	if err := driver.CompactDisk(config.FullDiskPath); err != nil {
 		err := fmt.Errorf("Error compacting disk: %s", err)
 		state["error"] = err
 		ui.Error(err.Error())
diff --git a/builder/vmware/step_create_disk.go b/builder/vmware/step_create_disk.go
index 5997bf998..7a6ce21b2 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/step_create_disk.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/step_create_disk.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
-	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 // This step creates the virtual disks for the VM.