diff --git a/README.dev b/README.dev
index 1a677819aa..a527d6cf59 100644
--- a/README.dev
+++ b/README.dev
@@ -6,29 +6,12 @@ Using Vagrant
 
 This is the recommended approach, and is tested on OS X 10.10 as well as Ubuntu 14.04.
 
-If your host is OS X, download VirtualBox from <http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.30/VirtualBox-4.3.30-101610-OSX.dmg>. Then run:
-  vagrant up
-  vagrant ssh
+If your host is OS X, download VirtualBox from <http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.30/VirtualBox-4.3.30-101610-OSX.dmg>.
 
 If your host is Ubuntu 14.04:
   sudo apt-get install vagrant lxc lxc-templates cgroup-lite redir
-  vagrant plugin install vagrant-lxc
-  vagrant up --provider=lxc
-  vagrant ssh
 
-All versions, inside the container:
-  sudo apt-get update
-  sudo apt-get install python-pbs
-  cd /srv/zulip && python provision.py
-
-To run the development server:
-  vagrant ssh -- -L9991:localhost:9991
-  # Now inside the container
-  cd /srv/zulip
-  source /srv/zulip-venv/bin/activate
-  ./tools/run-dev.py
-
-You can now visit <http://localhost:9991/> in your browser.
+Once that's done, simply run `vagrant up`. Congrats, you can now visit <http://localhost:9991/> in your browser.
 
 By hand
 -------
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index d2594b0fff..85769f8465 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -19,4 +19,16 @@ Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
     vb.memory = 2048
   end
 
+$provision_script = <<SCRIPT
+set -x
+set -e
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install -y python-pbs
+python /srv/zulip/provision.py
+SCRIPT
+
+  config.vm.provision "shell",
+    # We want provision.py to be run with the permissions of the vagrant user.
+    privileged: false,
+    inline: $provision_script
 end