diff --git a/Vagrantfile.example b/Vagrantfile.example
index 52ffdf1096..7f89bb417e 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile.example
+++ b/Vagrantfile.example
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
   config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
     v.memory = 768
     v.cpus = 1
-    v.customize ["setextradata", :id, "VBoxInternal2/SharedFoldersEnableSymlinksCreate/vagrant", "1"]
   end
   config.vm.box = "thepeopleseason/habitrpg"
   config.ssh.forward_agent = true
diff --git a/vagrant.sh b/vagrant.sh
index ceb1e9ab38..c663985339 100644
--- a/vagrant.sh
+++ b/vagrant.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ echo Installing gulp/bower...
 npm install -g gulp grunt-cli bower
 
 echo Installing Habitica
-npm install --no-bin-links
+npm install
 
 echo Installing Bower packages
 sudo -H -u vagrant bower --config.interactive=false install -f