diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9ba1a7b96e5adf1d5a09d66805ac4ebd5cd5168c..1c131e5d518ed4e786e54ac627d3f350fa399ce8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Upcoming version:
 -----------------
+  - removed provider definition from gradle (only needed within vagrant) (Nikolaus Krismer)
   - fixed syntax error in Vagrantfile (Nikolaus Krismer)
   - preparations to use libvirt on dbis-ci test system (Nikolaus Krismer)
   - preparations to use libvirt on dbis-ci test system (Nikolaus Krismer)
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d0ba51291e4b1217075039ea497536ed6b440e6f..ba1e6610d80d6f5c62bdf89a5ce7e419bba83c44 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -87,10 +87,6 @@ scmversion {
 	releaseTagPattern = 'v([0-9.]*)'
 }
 
-vagrant {
-	provider = 'virtualbox'
-}
-
 vagrantDestroy.doFirst {
 	if (!vagrantDir.isDirectory()) {
 		throw new StopExecutionException()