diff --git a/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go b/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go
index 3424ef2ac..3ff13884f 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			SSHConfig:      sshConfig,
 			SSHWaitTimeout: b.config.sshTimeout,
 		},
-		&stepProvision{},
+		&common.StepProvision{},
 		&stepStopInstance{},
 		&stepCreateAMI{},
 	}
diff --git a/builder/amazon/ebs/step_provision.go b/builder/amazon/ebs/step_provision.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 385ebe81f..000000000
--- a/builder/amazon/ebs/step_provision.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-package ebs
-
-import (
-	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
-	"log"
-)
-
-type stepProvision struct{}
-
-func (*stepProvision) Run(state map[string]interface{}) multistep.StepAction {
-	comm := state["communicator"].(packer.Communicator)
-	hook := state["hook"].(packer.Hook)
-	ui := state["ui"].(packer.Ui)
-
-	log.Println("Running the provision hook")
-	if err := hook.Run(packer.HookProvision, ui, comm, nil); err != nil {
-		state["error"] = err
-		return multistep.ActionHalt
-	}
-
-	return multistep.ActionContinue
-}
-
-func (*stepProvision) Cleanup(map[string]interface{}) {}
diff --git a/builder/digitalocean/builder.go b/builder/digitalocean/builder.go
index df6f4750c..8dcc55537 100644
--- a/builder/digitalocean/builder.go
+++ b/builder/digitalocean/builder.go
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			SSHConfig:      sshConfig,
 			SSHWaitTimeout: 5 * time.Minute,
 		},
-		new(stepProvision),
+		new(common.StepProvision),
 		new(stepPowerOff),
 		new(stepSnapshot),
 	}
diff --git a/builder/digitalocean/step_provision.go b/builder/digitalocean/step_provision.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 32ad75c56..000000000
--- a/builder/digitalocean/step_provision.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-package digitalocean
-
-import (
-	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
-	"log"
-)
-
-type stepProvision struct{}
-
-func (*stepProvision) Run(state map[string]interface{}) multistep.StepAction {
-	comm := state["communicator"].(packer.Communicator)
-	hook := state["hook"].(packer.Hook)
-	ui := state["ui"].(packer.Ui)
-
-	log.Println("Running the provision hook")
-	if err := hook.Run(packer.HookProvision, ui, comm, nil); err != nil {
-		state["error"] = err
-		return multistep.ActionHalt
-	}
-
-	return multistep.ActionContinue
-}
-
-func (*stepProvision) Cleanup(map[string]interface{}) {}
diff --git a/builder/virtualbox/builder.go b/builder/virtualbox/builder.go
index 0cc6df57e..4effb76fd 100644
--- a/builder/virtualbox/builder.go
+++ b/builder/virtualbox/builder.go
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 		},
 		new(stepUploadVersion),
 		new(stepUploadGuestAdditions),
-		new(stepProvision),
+		new(common.StepProvision),
 		new(stepShutdown),
 		new(stepExport),
 	}
diff --git a/builder/virtualbox/step_provision.go b/builder/virtualbox/step_provision.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 6eaef456f..000000000
--- a/builder/virtualbox/step_provision.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-package virtualbox
-
-import (
-	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
-	"log"
-)
-
-type stepProvision struct{}
-
-func (*stepProvision) Run(state map[string]interface{}) multistep.StepAction {
-	comm := state["communicator"].(packer.Communicator)
-	hook := state["hook"].(packer.Hook)
-	ui := state["ui"].(packer.Ui)
-
-	log.Println("Running the provision hook")
-	if err := hook.Run(packer.HookProvision, ui, comm, nil); err != nil {
-		state["error"] = err
-		return multistep.ActionHalt
-	}
-
-	return multistep.ActionContinue
-}
-
-func (*stepProvision) Cleanup(map[string]interface{}) {}
diff --git a/builder/vmware/builder.go b/builder/vmware/builder.go
index c4fbe0931..7a2da502f 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/builder.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/builder.go
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			SSHWaitTimeout: b.config.sshWaitTimeout,
 		},
 		&stepUploadTools{},
-		&stepProvision{},
+		&common.StepProvision{},
 		&stepShutdown{},
 		&stepCleanFiles{},
 		&stepCleanVMX{},
diff --git a/builder/vmware/step_provision.go b/builder/vmware/step_provision.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 706d64e59..000000000
--- a/builder/vmware/step_provision.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-package vmware
-
-import (
-	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
-	"log"
-)
-
-type stepProvision struct{}
-
-func (*stepProvision) Run(state map[string]interface{}) multistep.StepAction {
-	comm := state["communicator"].(packer.Communicator)
-	hook := state["hook"].(packer.Hook)
-	ui := state["ui"].(packer.Ui)
-
-	log.Println("Running the provision hook")
-	if err := hook.Run(packer.HookProvision, ui, comm, nil); err != nil {
-		state["error"] = err
-		return multistep.ActionHalt
-	}
-
-	return multistep.ActionContinue
-}
-
-func (*stepProvision) Cleanup(map[string]interface{}) {}