diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index a61f6a321af..da243b3f89c 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ END
 end
 
 # The number of minions to provision
-$num_minion = (ENV['NUM_MINIONS'] || 2).to_i
+$num_minion = (ENV['NUM_MINIONS'] || 1).to_i
 
 # ip configuration
 $master_ip = ENV['MASTER_IP']
diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh b/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh
index 67b248779ae..f831bf32c74 100755
--- a/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ## Contains configuration values for interacting with the Vagrant cluster
 
 # Number of minions in the cluster
-NUM_MINIONS=${NUM_MINIONS-"2"}
+NUM_MINIONS=${NUM_MINIONS-"1"}
 export NUM_MINIONS
 
 # The IP of the master