diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh b/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh
index 663fde3077..561f0c65c7 100755
--- a/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ EOF
 
   # Install Salt
   #
-  # We specify -X to avoid a race condition that can cause minion failure to
-  # install.  See https://github.com/saltstack/salt-bootstrap/issues/270
-  #
   # -M installs the master
   curl -sS -L --connect-timeout 20 --retry 6 --retry-delay 10 https://bootstrap.saltstack.com | sh -s -- -M
 
diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/provision-minion.sh b/cluster/vagrant/provision-minion.sh
index f6f9bc8c60..f8610d21af 100755
--- a/cluster/vagrant/provision-minion.sh
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/provision-minion.sh
@@ -43,14 +43,7 @@ EOF
 # we will run provision to update code each time we test, so we do not want to do salt install each time
 if ! which salt-minion >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   # Install Salt
-  #
-  # We specify -X to avoid a race condition that can cause minion failure to
-  # install.  See https://github.com/saltstack/salt-bootstrap/issues/270
-  curl -sS -L --connect-timeout 20 --retry 6 --retry-delay 10 https://bootstrap.saltstack.com | sh -s -- -X
-
-  ## TODO this only works on systemd distros, need to find a work-around as removing -X above fails to start the services installed
-  systemctl enable salt-minion
-  systemctl start salt-minion
+  curl -sS -L --connect-timeout 20 --retry 6 --retry-delay 10 https://bootstrap.saltstack.com | sh -s
 fi
 
 # run the networking setup