diff --git a/builder/azure/arm/deployment_poller.go b/builder/azure/arm/deployment_poller.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b98fd8404..000000000
--- a/builder/azure/arm/deployment_poller.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
-// Licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file in builder/azure for license information.
-
-package arm
-
-import (
-	"time"
-)
-
-const (
-	DeployCanceled  = "Canceled"
-	DeployFailed    = "Failed"
-	DeployDeleted   = "Deleted"
-	DeploySucceeded = "Succeeded"
-)
-
-type DeploymentPoller struct {
-	getProvisioningState func() (string, error)
-	pause                func()
-}
-
-func NewDeploymentPoller(getProvisioningState func() (string, error)) *DeploymentPoller {
-	pollDuration := time.Second * 15
-
-	return &DeploymentPoller{
-		getProvisioningState: getProvisioningState,
-		pause:                func() { time.Sleep(pollDuration) },
-	}
-}
-
-func (t *DeploymentPoller) PollAsNeeded() (string, error) {
-	for {
-		res, err := t.getProvisioningState()
-
-		if err != nil {
-			return res, err
-		}
-
-		switch res {
-		case DeployCanceled, DeployDeleted, DeployFailed, DeploySucceeded:
-			return res, nil
-		default:
-			break
-		}
-
-		t.pause()
-	}
-}
diff --git a/builder/azure/arm/deployment_poller_test.go b/builder/azure/arm/deployment_poller_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ec25c0dd..000000000
--- a/builder/azure/arm/deployment_poller_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
-// Licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file in builder/azure for license information.
-
-package arm
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestCanceledShouldImmediatelyStopPolling(t *testing.T) {
-	var testSubject = NewDeploymentPoller(func() (string, error) { return "Canceled", nil })
-	testSubject.pause = func() { t.Fatal("Did not expect this to be called!") }
-
-	res, err := testSubject.PollAsNeeded()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Expected PollAsNeeded to not return an error, but got '%s'.", err)
-	}
-
-	if res != "Canceled" {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected PollAsNeeded to return a result of 'Canceled', but got '%s' instead.", res)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestFailedShouldImmediatelyStopPolling(t *testing.T) {
-	var testSubject = NewDeploymentPoller(func() (string, error) { return "Failed", nil })
-	testSubject.pause = func() { t.Fatal("Did not expect this to be called!") }
-
-	res, err := testSubject.PollAsNeeded()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected PollAsNeeded to not return an error, but got '%s'.", err)
-	}
-
-	if res != "Failed" {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected PollAsNeeded to return a result of 'Failed', but got '%s' instead.", res)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestDeletedShouldImmediatelyStopPolling(t *testing.T) {
-	var testSubject = NewDeploymentPoller(func() (string, error) { return "Deleted", nil })
-	testSubject.pause = func() { t.Fatal("Did not expect this to be called!") }
-
-	res, err := testSubject.PollAsNeeded()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected PollAsNeeded to not return an error, but got '%s'.", err)
-	}
-
-	if res != "Deleted" {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected PollAsNeeded to return a result of 'Deleted', but got '%s' instead.", res)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestSucceededShouldImmediatelyStopPolling(t *testing.T) {
-	var testSubject = NewDeploymentPoller(func() (string, error) { return "Succeeded", nil })
-	testSubject.pause = func() { t.Fatal("Did not expect this to be called!") }
-
-	res, err := testSubject.PollAsNeeded()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected PollAsNeeded to not return an error, but got '%s'.", err)
-	}
-
-	if res != "Succeeded" {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected PollAsNeeded to return a result of 'Succeeded', but got '%s' instead.", res)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestPollerShouldPollOnNonStoppingStatus(t *testing.T) {
-	count := 0
-
-	var testSubject = NewDeploymentPoller(func() (string, error) { return "Succeeded", nil })
-	testSubject.pause = func() { count += 1 }
-	testSubject.getProvisioningState = func() (string, error) {
-		count += 1
-		switch count {
-		case 0, 1:
-			return "Working", nil
-		default:
-			return "Succeeded", nil
-		}
-	}
-
-	res, err := testSubject.PollAsNeeded()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected PollAsNeeded to not return an error, but got '%s'.", err)
-	}
-
-	if res != "Succeeded" {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected PollAsNeeded to return a result of 'Succeeded', but got '%s' instead.", res)
-	}
-
-	if count != 3 {
-		t.Fatal("Expected DeploymentPoller to poll until 'Succeeded', but it did not.")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestPollerShouldReturnErrorImmediately(t *testing.T) {
-	var testSubject = NewDeploymentPoller(func() (string, error) { return "bad-bad-bad", fmt.Errorf("BOOM") })
-	testSubject.pause = func() { t.Fatal("Did not expect this to be called!") }
-
-	res, err := testSubject.PollAsNeeded()
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("Expected PollAsNeeded to return an error, but it did not.")
-	}
-
-	if res != "bad-bad-bad" {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected PollAsNeeded to return a result of 'bad-bad-bad', but got '%s' instead.", res)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/builder/azure/arm/step_deploy_template.go b/builder/azure/arm/step_deploy_template.go
index b41e199d0..9ad9d1ba9 100644
--- a/builder/azure/arm/step_deploy_template.go
+++ b/builder/azure/arm/step_deploy_template.go
@@ -41,29 +41,7 @@ func (s *StepDeployTemplate) deployTemplate(resourceGroupName string, deployment
 	}
 
 	_, err = s.client.DeploymentsClient.CreateOrUpdate(resourceGroupName, deploymentName, *deployment, cancelCh)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	poller := NewDeploymentPoller(func() (string, error) {
-		r, e := s.client.DeploymentsClient.Get(resourceGroupName, deploymentName)
-		if r.Properties != nil && r.Properties.ProvisioningState != nil {
-			return *r.Properties.ProvisioningState, e
-		}
-
-		return "UNKNOWN", e
-	})
-
-	pollStatus, err := poller.PollAsNeeded()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if pollStatus != DeploySucceeded {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Deployment failed with a status of '%s'.", pollStatus)
-	}
-
-	return nil
+	return err
 }
 
 func (s *StepDeployTemplate) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {