diff --git a/builder/vmware/iso/ssh.go b/builder/vmware/iso/ssh.go
index 3c27c387b..32c7cb962 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/iso/ssh.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/iso/ssh.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	vmwcommon "github.com/mitchellh/packer/builder/vmware/common"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/communicator/ssh"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ func sshAddress(state multistep.StateBag) (string, error) {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	vmxData := ParseVMX(string(vmxBytes))
+	vmxData := vmwcommon.ParseVMX(string(vmxBytes))
 
 	var ok bool
 	macAddress := ""
diff --git a/builder/vmware/iso/step_clean_vmx.go b/builder/vmware/iso/step_clean_vmx.go
index 2b9d6f90c..119173a5b 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/iso/step_clean_vmx.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/iso/step_clean_vmx.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package iso
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	vmwcommon "github.com/mitchellh/packer/builder/vmware/common"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ func (s stepCleanVMX) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 	}
 
 	// Rewrite the VMX
-	if err := WriteVMX(vmxPath, vmxData); err != nil {
+	if err := vmwcommon.WriteVMX(vmxPath, vmxData); err != nil {
 		state.Put("error", fmt.Errorf("Error writing VMX: %s", err))
 		return multistep.ActionHalt
 	}
@@ -88,5 +89,5 @@ func (stepCleanVMX) readVMX(vmxPath string) (map[string]string, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return ParseVMX(string(vmxBytes)), nil
+	return vmwcommon.ParseVMX(string(vmxBytes)), nil
 }
diff --git a/builder/vmware/iso/step_configure_vnc.go b/builder/vmware/iso/step_configure_vnc.go
index 6e6c39a22..676439213 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/iso/step_configure_vnc.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/iso/step_configure_vnc.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package iso
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	vmwcommon "github.com/mitchellh/packer/builder/vmware/common"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
@@ -84,11 +85,11 @@ func (s *stepConfigureVNC) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 
 	log.Printf("Found available VNC port: %d", vncPort)
 
-	vmxData := ParseVMX(string(vmxBytes))
+	vmxData := vmwcommon.ParseVMX(string(vmxBytes))
 	vmxData["remotedisplay.vnc.enabled"] = "TRUE"
 	vmxData["remotedisplay.vnc.port"] = fmt.Sprintf("%d", vncPort)
 
-	if err := WriteVMX(vmxPath, vmxData); err != nil {
+	if err := vmwcommon.WriteVMX(vmxPath, vmxData); err != nil {
 		err := fmt.Errorf("Error writing VMX data: %s", err)
 		state.Put("error", err)
 		ui.Error(err.Error())
diff --git a/builder/vmware/iso/step_create_vmx.go b/builder/vmware/iso/step_create_vmx.go
index 46bbf77e1..8544a1405 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/iso/step_create_vmx.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/iso/step_create_vmx.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package iso
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	vmwcommon "github.com/mitchellh/packer/builder/vmware/common"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ func (s *stepCreateVMX) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 	}
 
 	vmxPath := filepath.Join(vmxDir, config.VMName+".vmx")
-	if err := WriteVMX(vmxPath, ParseVMX(vmxContents)); err != nil {
+	if err := vmwcommon.WriteVMX(vmxPath, vmwcommon.ParseVMX(vmxContents)); err != nil {
 		err := fmt.Errorf("Error creating VMX file: %s", err)
 		state.Put("error", err)
 		ui.Error(err.Error())
diff --git a/builder/vmware/iso/vmx.go b/builder/vmware/iso/vmx.go
deleted file mode 100644
index c4fc6d724..000000000
--- a/builder/vmware/iso/vmx.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-package iso
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"log"
-	"os"
-	"regexp"
-	"sort"
-	"strings"
-)
-
-// ParseVMX parses the keys and values from a VMX file and returns
-// them as a Go map.
-func ParseVMX(contents string) map[string]string {
-	results := make(map[string]string)
-
-	lineRe := regexp.MustCompile(`^(.+?)\s*=\s*"(.*?)"\s*$`)
-
-	for _, line := range strings.Split(contents, "\n") {
-		matches := lineRe.FindStringSubmatch(line)
-		if matches == nil {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		key := strings.ToLower(matches[1])
-		results[key] = matches[2]
-	}
-
-	return results
-}
-
-// EncodeVMX takes a map and turns it into valid VMX contents.
-func EncodeVMX(contents map[string]string) string {
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
-
-	i := 0
-	keys := make([]string, len(contents))
-	for k, _ := range contents {
-		keys[i] = k
-		i++
-	}
-
-	sort.Strings(keys)
-	for _, k := range keys {
-		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s = \"%s\"\n", k, contents[k]))
-	}
-
-	return buf.String()
-}
-
-// WriteVMX takes a path to a VMX file and contents in the form of a
-// map and writes it out.
-func WriteVMX(path string, data map[string]string) (err error) {
-	log.Printf("Writing VMX to: %s", path)
-	f, err := os.Create(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	defer f.Close()
-
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
-	buf.WriteString(EncodeVMX(data))
-	if _, err = io.Copy(f, &buf); err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	return
-}
diff --git a/builder/vmware/iso/vmx_test.go b/builder/vmware/iso/vmx_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b189b67b..000000000
--- a/builder/vmware/iso/vmx_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-package iso
-
-import "testing"
-
-func TestParseVMX(t *testing.T) {
-	contents := `
-.encoding = "UTF-8"
-config.version = "8"
-`
-
-	results := ParseVMX(contents)
-	if len(results) != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("not correct number of results: %d", len(results))
-	}
-
-	if results[".encoding"] != "UTF-8" {
-		t.Errorf("invalid .encoding: %s", results[".encoding"])
-	}
-
-	if results["config.version"] != "8" {
-		t.Errorf("invalid config.version: %s", results["config.version"])
-	}
-}
-
-func TestEncodeVMX(t *testing.T) {
-	contents := map[string]string{
-		".encoding":      "UTF-8",
-		"config.version": "8",
-	}
-
-	expected := `.encoding = "UTF-8"
-config.version = "8"
-`
-
-	result := EncodeVMX(contents)
-	if result != expected {
-		t.Errorf("invalid results: %s", result)
-	}
-}