diff --git a/builder/hyperv/common/run_config.go b/builder/hyperv/common/run_config.go
index 4b73ae532..3ac72471c 100644
--- a/builder/hyperv/common/run_config.go
+++ b/builder/hyperv/common/run_config.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package common
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/template/interpolate"
 	"time"
@@ -11,10 +10,6 @@ type RunConfig struct {
 	Headless    bool   `mapstructure:"headless"`
 	RawBootWait string `mapstructure:"boot_wait"`
 
-	HTTPDir     string `mapstructure:"http_directory"`
-	HTTPPortMin uint   `mapstructure:"http_port_min"`
-	HTTPPortMax uint   `mapstructure:"http_port_max"`
-
 	BootWait time.Duration ``
 }
 
@@ -23,14 +18,6 @@ func (c *RunConfig) Prepare(ctx *interpolate.Context) []error {
 		c.RawBootWait = "10s"
 	}
 
-	if c.HTTPPortMin == 0 {
-		c.HTTPPortMin = 8000
-	}
-
-	if c.HTTPPortMax == 0 {
-		c.HTTPPortMax = 9000
-	}
-
 	var errs []error
 	var err error
 
@@ -42,10 +29,5 @@ func (c *RunConfig) Prepare(ctx *interpolate.Context) []error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if c.HTTPPortMin > c.HTTPPortMax {
-		errs = append(errs,
-			errors.New("http_port_min must be less than http_port_max"))
-	}
-
 	return errs
 }
diff --git a/builder/hyperv/common/step_http_server.go b/builder/hyperv/common/step_http_server.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 55874992e..000000000
--- a/builder/hyperv/common/step_http_server.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-package common
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
-	"log"
-	"math/rand"
-	"net"
-	"net/http"
-)
-
-// This step creates and runs the HTTP server that is serving files from the
-// directory specified by the 'http_directory` configuration parameter in the
-// template.
-//
-// Uses:
-//   ui     packer.Ui
-//
-// Produces:
-//   http_port int - The port the HTTP server started on.
-type StepHTTPServer struct {
-	HTTPDir     string
-	HTTPPortMin uint
-	HTTPPortMax uint
-
-	l net.Listener
-}
-
-func (s *StepHTTPServer) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
-	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
-
-	var httpPort uint = 0
-	if s.HTTPDir == "" {
-		state.Put("http_port", httpPort)
-		return multistep.ActionContinue
-	}
-
-	// Find an available TCP port for our HTTP server
-	var httpAddr string
-	portRange := int(s.HTTPPortMax - s.HTTPPortMin)
-	for {
-		var err error
-		var offset uint = 0
-
-		if portRange > 0 {
-			// Intn will panic if portRange == 0, so we do a check.
-			offset = uint(rand.Intn(portRange))
-		}
-
-		httpPort = offset + s.HTTPPortMin
-		httpAddr = fmt.Sprintf("0.0.0.0:%d", httpPort)
-		log.Printf("Trying port: %d", httpPort)
-		s.l, err = net.Listen("tcp", httpAddr)
-		if err == nil {
-			break
-		}
-	}
-
-	ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Starting HTTP server on port %d", httpPort))
-
-	// Start the HTTP server and run it in the background
-	fileServer := http.FileServer(http.Dir(s.HTTPDir))
-	server := &http.Server{Addr: httpAddr, Handler: fileServer}
-	go server.Serve(s.l)
-
-	// Save the address into the state so it can be accessed in the future
-	state.Put("http_port", httpPort)
-
-	return multistep.ActionContinue
-}
-
-func (s *StepHTTPServer) Cleanup(multistep.StateBag) {
-	if s.l != nil {
-		// Close the listener so that the HTTP server stops
-		s.l.Close()
-	}
-}
diff --git a/builder/hyperv/iso/builder.go b/builder/hyperv/iso/builder.go
index 430499e48..c98e584ca 100644
--- a/builder/hyperv/iso/builder.go
+++ b/builder/hyperv/iso/builder.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ type Builder struct {
 
 type Config struct {
 	common.PackerConfig         `mapstructure:",squash"`
+	common.HTTPConfig           `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	hypervcommon.FloppyConfig   `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	hypervcommon.OutputConfig   `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	hypervcommon.SSHConfig      `mapstructure:",squash"`
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) ([]string, error) {
 	// Accumulate any errors and warnings
 	var errs *packer.MultiError
 	errs = packer.MultiErrorAppend(errs, b.config.FloppyConfig.Prepare(&b.config.ctx)...)
+	errs = packer.MultiErrorAppend(errs, b.config.HTTPConfig.Prepare(&b.config.ctx)...)
 	errs = packer.MultiErrorAppend(errs, b.config.RunConfig.Prepare(&b.config.ctx)...)
 	errs = packer.MultiErrorAppend(errs, b.config.OutputConfig.Prepare(&b.config.ctx, &b.config.PackerConfig)...)
 	errs = packer.MultiErrorAppend(errs, b.config.SSHConfig.Prepare(&b.config.ctx)...)
@@ -348,7 +350,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 		&common.StepCreateFloppy{
 			Files: b.config.FloppyFiles,
 		},
-		&hypervcommon.StepHTTPServer{
+		&common.StepHTTPServer{
 			HTTPDir:     b.config.HTTPDir,
 			HTTPPortMin: b.config.HTTPPortMin,
 			HTTPPortMax: b.config.HTTPPortMax,