disable insert_key=true by default https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/issues/2608 NOTE: this can be done globally for your own account as well: @TomyLobo: Not exactly true, you can also put this in a ~/.vagrant.d/Vagrantfile to apply it to all machines on your desktop. config.ssh.insert_key = false https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/pull/4707#issuecomment-132910396 --- vagrant-1.7.1/plugins/kernel_v2/config/ssh_connect.rb~ 2014-12-12 11:36:39.000000000 +0200 +++ vagrant-1.7.1/plugins/kernel_v2/config/ssh_connect.rb 2015-02-01 20:47:27.907465716 +0200 @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ @private_key_path = nil if @private_key_path == UNSET_VALUE @username = nil if @username == UNSET_VALUE @password = nil if @password == UNSET_VALUE - @insert_key = true if @insert_key == UNSET_VALUE + @insert_key = false if @insert_key == UNSET_VALUE @keys_only = true if @keys_only == UNSET_VALUE @paranoid = false if @paranoid == UNSET_VALUE @verify_host_key = false if @verify_host_key == UNSET_VALUE