diff --git a/doc/xml/release.xml b/doc/xml/release.xml
index 98ababade..3052cdc2f 100644
--- a/doc/xml/release.xml
+++ b/doc/xml/release.xml
@@ -167,6 +167,10 @@
                     <release-item>
                         <p>Rename Perl tests so they don't conflict with their C counterparts.</p>
                     </release-item>
+
+                    <release-item>
+                        <p>Try tweaking time sync settings to prevent clock drift rather than restarting <id>VBoxService</id> on every test run.</p>
+                    </release-item>
                 </release-development-list>
             </release-test-list>
         </release>
diff --git a/test/Vagrantfile b/test/Vagrantfile
index 1b8a705d9..86df97cf0 100644
--- a/test/Vagrantfile
+++ b/test/Vagrantfile
@@ -40,10 +40,12 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
         echo 'supersede domain-name-servers 8.8.8.8;' >> /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf
         /etc/init.d/networking restart
 
-        # If builds fail with 'modification time in the future', the following command will sync the vm clock with the host
+        # Set time sync settings so builds don't fail with clock drift errors
         #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-        echo 'Start Time Sync Service' && date
-        sudo /usr/sbin/VBoxService --timesync-set-start
+        echo 'Time Sync Settings' && date
+        /etc/init.d/virtualbox-guest-utils stop
+        /usr/sbin/VBoxService --timesync-set-on-restore 1 --timesync-interval 5000 --timesync-set-threshold 1
+        /etc/init.d/virtualbox-guest-utils start
 
         #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         echo 'Install Perl Modules' && date
diff --git a/test/test.pl b/test/test.pl
index 456191514..75c92c87d 100755
--- a/test/test.pl
+++ b/test/test.pl
@@ -396,16 +396,6 @@ eval
             exit 0;
         }
 
-        # Sync time to prevent build failures when running on VirtualBox.
-        &log(INFO, "sync vbox time");
-        my $strVBoxService = '/usr/sbin/VBoxService';
-
-        if ($oStorageTest->exists($strVBoxService))
-        {
-            executeTest("sudo killall VBoxService");
-            executeTest("sudo ${strVBoxService} --timesync-set-start");
-        }
-
         # Build CI configuration
         if (!$bNoCiConfig)
         {