diff --git a/scripts/build-vbox-vm b/scripts/build-vbox-vm
index 6980b0fa..e05a5ee7 100755
--- a/scripts/build-vbox-vm
+++ b/scripts/build-vbox-vm
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -x -e
 
-vboxnet=vboxnet1
-
-## DOC: create a RancherOS VM for VirtualBox
-## the VM uses 2 network interfaces:  eth0 (NAT) is for Internet access
-##                                    eth1 (host-only) is for internal virtual network
-
-## NOTE: host-only NIC ${vboxnet} should already exist!
-
 cd $(dirname $0)/..
 : RANCHER_ISO=${RANCHER_ISO:="./dist/artifacts/rancheros.iso"}
 
@@ -40,8 +32,5 @@ VBoxManage modifyvm $VM --usb off
 VBoxManage modifyvm $VM --audio none
 VBoxManage modifyvm $VM --nic1 nat
 VBoxManage modifyvm $VM --nictype1 virtio
-VBoxManage modifyvm $VM --nic2 hostonly
-VBoxManage modifyvm $VM --nictype2 virtio
-VBoxManage modifyvm $VM --hostonlyadapter2 ${vboxnet}
 
 #VBoxManage startvm $VM
diff --git a/scripts/vboxnet-dhcp b/scripts/vboxnet-dhcp
deleted file mode 100755
index 28a5d236..00000000
--- a/scripts/vboxnet-dhcp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -x -e
-
-vboxnet=vboxnet1
-ip_prefix=172.17.7
-
-## DOC: configure VirtualBox ${vboxnet} host-only virtual network for use with a RancherOS VM cluster
-
-## NOTE: host-only NIC ${vboxnet} should already exist!
-
-vboxmanage hostonlyif ipconfig ${vboxnet} --ip ${ip_prefix}.1
-vboxmanage dhcpserver remove --ifname ${vboxnet} && :
-vboxmanage dhcpserver add --ifname ${vboxnet} --ip ${ip_prefix}.100 --netmask 255.255.255.0 \
-    --lowerip ${ip_prefix}.101 --upperip ${ip_prefix}.254 --enable