diff --git a/commands/scp_test.go b/commands/scp_test.go
index f32d00c309..76ac8a8f0c 100644
--- a/commands/scp_test.go
+++ b/commands/scp_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/docker/machine/drivers"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine"
-	"github.com/docker/machine/provider"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/state"
 )
 
@@ -67,10 +66,6 @@ func (d ScpFakeDriver) Create() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (d ScpFakeDriver) GetProviderType() provider.ProviderType {
-	return provider.Local
-}
-
 func (d ScpFakeDriver) Remove() error {
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/drivers/amazonec2/amazonec2.go b/drivers/amazonec2/amazonec2.go
index 44555b8445..60e9199bd0 100644
--- a/drivers/amazonec2/amazonec2.go
+++ b/drivers/amazonec2/amazonec2.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/machine/drivers"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/drivers/amazonec2/amz"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/log"
-	"github.com/docker/machine/provider"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/ssh"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/state"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/utils"
@@ -189,10 +188,6 @@ func NewDriver(machineName string, storePath string, caCert string, privateKey s
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (d *Driver) GetProviderType() provider.ProviderType {
-	return provider.Remote
-}
-
 func (d *Driver) AuthorizePort(ports []*drivers.Port) error {
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/drivers/azure/azure.go b/drivers/azure/azure.go
index 9c94566499..73ef4774db 100644
--- a/drivers/azure/azure.go
+++ b/drivers/azure/azure.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/drivers"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/log"
-	"github.com/docker/machine/provider"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/ssh"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/state"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/utils"
@@ -148,10 +147,6 @@ func (d *Driver) GetSSHUsername() string {
 	return d.SSHUser
 }
 
-func (d *Driver) GetProviderType() provider.ProviderType {
-	return provider.Remote
-}
-
 func (d *Driver) DriverName() string {
 	return "azure"
 }
diff --git a/drivers/digitalocean/digitalocean.go b/drivers/digitalocean/digitalocean.go
index 7aa0baf3b3..3b65ca26f2 100644
--- a/drivers/digitalocean/digitalocean.go
+++ b/drivers/digitalocean/digitalocean.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/digitalocean/godo"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/drivers"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/log"
-	"github.com/docker/machine/provider"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/ssh"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/state"
 )
@@ -132,10 +131,6 @@ func (d *Driver) GetSSHUsername() string {
 	return d.SSHUser
 }
 
-func (d *Driver) GetProviderType() provider.ProviderType {
-	return provider.Remote
-}
-
 func (d *Driver) DriverName() string {
 	return "digitalocean"
 }
diff --git a/drivers/drivers.go b/drivers/drivers.go
index 2c86432912..0f17afa48d 100644
--- a/drivers/drivers.go
+++ b/drivers/drivers.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/log"
-	"github.com/docker/machine/provider"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/state"
 )
 
@@ -58,9 +57,6 @@ type Driver interface {
 	// GetState returns the state that the host is in (running, stopped, etc)
 	GetState() (state.State, error)
 
-	// GetProviderType returns whether the instance is local/remote
-	GetProviderType() provider.ProviderType
-
 	// Kill stops a host forcefully
 	Kill() error
 
diff --git a/drivers/exoscale/exoscale.go b/drivers/exoscale/exoscale.go
index ce0ff79bf2..d9c43cecae 100644
--- a/drivers/exoscale/exoscale.go
+++ b/drivers/exoscale/exoscale.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/drivers"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/log"
-	"github.com/docker/machine/provider"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/state"
 	"github.com/pyr/egoscale/src/egoscale"
 )
@@ -136,10 +135,6 @@ func (d *Driver) GetSSHUsername() string {
 	return "ubuntu"
 }
 
-func (d *Driver) GetProviderType() provider.ProviderType {
-	return provider.Remote
-}
-
 func (d *Driver) DriverName() string {
 	return "exoscale"
 }
diff --git a/drivers/fakedriver/fakedriver.go b/drivers/fakedriver/fakedriver.go
index d7fd999154..13eae5a109 100644
--- a/drivers/fakedriver/fakedriver.go
+++ b/drivers/fakedriver/fakedriver.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package fakedriver
 
 import (
 	"github.com/docker/machine/drivers"
-	"github.com/docker/machine/provider"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/state"
 )
 
@@ -34,10 +33,6 @@ func (d *FakeDriver) GetMachineName() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-func (d *FakeDriver) GetProviderType() provider.ProviderType {
-	return provider.None
-}
-
 func (d *FakeDriver) GetIP() (string, error) {
 	return "1.2.3.4", nil
 }
diff --git a/drivers/generic/generic.go b/drivers/generic/generic.go
index 42f8b8f416..ce7ba301fa 100644
--- a/drivers/generic/generic.go
+++ b/drivers/generic/generic.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/drivers"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/log"
-	"github.com/docker/machine/provider"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/state"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/utils"
 )
@@ -113,10 +112,6 @@ func (d *Driver) GetSSHUsername() string {
 	return d.SSHUser
 }
 
-func (d *Driver) GetProviderType() provider.ProviderType {
-	return provider.Remote
-}
-
 func (d *Driver) SetConfigFromFlags(flags drivers.DriverOptions) error {
 	d.IPAddress = flags.String("generic-ip-address")
 	d.SSHUser = flags.String("generic-ssh-user")
diff --git a/drivers/google/google.go b/drivers/google/google.go
index c5c1f7c66c..4ad7c62ca6 100644
--- a/drivers/google/google.go
+++ b/drivers/google/google.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/drivers"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/log"
-	"github.com/docker/machine/provider"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/ssh"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/state"
 )
@@ -139,10 +138,6 @@ func (d *Driver) GetSSHUsername() string {
 	return d.SSHUser
 }
 
-func (d *Driver) GetProviderType() provider.ProviderType {
-	return provider.Remote
-}
-
 // DriverName returns the name of the driver.
 func (d *Driver) DriverName() string {
 	return "google"
diff --git a/drivers/hyperv/hyperv_windows.go b/drivers/hyperv/hyperv_windows.go
index efcb4fd636..c64d594a7e 100644
--- a/drivers/hyperv/hyperv_windows.go
+++ b/drivers/hyperv/hyperv_windows.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/drivers"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/log"
-	"github.com/docker/machine/provider"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/ssh"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/state"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/utils"
@@ -127,10 +126,6 @@ func (d *Driver) GetSSHUsername() string {
 	return d.SSHUser
 }
 
-func (d *Driver) GetProviderType() provider.ProviderType {
-	return provider.Local
-}
-
 func (d *Driver) DriverName() string {
 	return "hyper-v"
 }
diff --git a/drivers/none/none.go b/drivers/none/none.go
index b6a92f876e..f816f456ff 100644
--- a/drivers/none/none.go
+++ b/drivers/none/none.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/drivers"
-	"github.com/docker/machine/provider"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/state"
 )
 
@@ -87,10 +86,6 @@ func (d *Driver) GetState() (state.State, error) {
 	return state.None, nil
 }
 
-func (d *Driver) GetProviderType() provider.ProviderType {
-	return provider.None
-}
-
 func (d *Driver) Kill() error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("hosts without a driver cannot be killed")
 }
diff --git a/drivers/openstack/openstack.go b/drivers/openstack/openstack.go
index 8aed28c113..d6e6bdf862 100644
--- a/drivers/openstack/openstack.go
+++ b/drivers/openstack/openstack.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/drivers"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/log"
-	"github.com/docker/machine/provider"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/ssh"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/state"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/utils"
@@ -228,10 +227,6 @@ func (d *Driver) GetSSHUsername() string {
 	return d.SSHUser
 }
 
-func (d *Driver) GetProviderType() provider.ProviderType {
-	return provider.Remote
-}
-
 func (d *Driver) DriverName() string {
 	return "openstack"
 }
diff --git a/drivers/softlayer/driver.go b/drivers/softlayer/driver.go
index a58a08dc2a..87d0a4de38 100644
--- a/drivers/softlayer/driver.go
+++ b/drivers/softlayer/driver.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/drivers"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/log"
-	"github.com/docker/machine/provider"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/ssh"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/state"
 )
@@ -99,10 +98,6 @@ func (d *Driver) GetSSHUsername() string {
 	return d.SSHUser
 }
 
-func (d *Driver) GetProviderType() provider.ProviderType {
-	return provider.Remote
-}
-
 func GetCreateFlags() []cli.Flag {
 	// Set hourly billing to true by default since codegangsta cli doesn't take default bool values
 	if os.Getenv("SOFTLAYER_HOURLY_BILLING") == "" {
diff --git a/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox.go b/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox.go
index a61f365085..b10e5970b4 100644
--- a/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox.go
+++ b/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/drivers"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/log"
-	"github.com/docker/machine/provider"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/ssh"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/state"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/utils"
@@ -126,10 +125,6 @@ func (d *Driver) GetSSHUsername() string {
 	return d.SSHUser
 }
 
-func (d *Driver) GetProviderType() provider.ProviderType {
-	return provider.Local
-}
-
 func (d *Driver) DriverName() string {
 	return "virtualbox"
 }
diff --git a/drivers/vmwarefusion/fusion_darwin.go b/drivers/vmwarefusion/fusion_darwin.go
index f485334e7b..507bb86428 100644
--- a/drivers/vmwarefusion/fusion_darwin.go
+++ b/drivers/vmwarefusion/fusion_darwin.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/drivers"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/log"
-	"github.com/docker/machine/provider"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/ssh"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/state"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/utils"
@@ -132,10 +131,6 @@ func (d *Driver) GetSSHUsername() string {
 	return d.SSHUser
 }
 
-func (d *Driver) GetProviderType() provider.ProviderType {
-	return provider.Local
-}
-
 func (d *Driver) DriverName() string {
 	return "vmwarefusion"
 }
diff --git a/drivers/vmwarevcloudair/vcloudair.go b/drivers/vmwarevcloudair/vcloudair.go
index 54f9a9e29c..1e38be2198 100644
--- a/drivers/vmwarevcloudair/vcloudair.go
+++ b/drivers/vmwarevcloudair/vcloudair.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/drivers"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/log"
-	"github.com/docker/machine/provider"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/ssh"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/state"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/utils"
@@ -182,10 +181,6 @@ func (d *Driver) GetSSHUsername() string {
 	return d.SSHUser
 }
 
-func (d *Driver) GetProviderType() provider.ProviderType {
-	return provider.Remote
-}
-
 // Driver interface implementation
 func (d *Driver) DriverName() string {
 	return "vmwarevcloudair"
diff --git a/drivers/vmwarevsphere/vsphere.go b/drivers/vmwarevsphere/vsphere.go
index a9aea5577c..46fb382bbd 100644
--- a/drivers/vmwarevsphere/vsphere.go
+++ b/drivers/vmwarevsphere/vsphere.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/drivers"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/drivers/vmwarevsphere/errors"
-	"github.com/docker/machine/provider"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/ssh"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/state"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/utils"
@@ -181,10 +180,6 @@ func (d *Driver) GetSSHUsername() string {
 	return d.SSHUser
 }
 
-func (d *Driver) GetProviderType() provider.ProviderType {
-	return provider.Local
-}
-
 func (d *Driver) DriverName() string {
 	return "vmwarevsphere"
 }
diff --git a/provider/provider.go b/provider/provider.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 713c62cad1..0000000000
--- a/provider/provider.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-package provider
-
-// ProviderType represents the type of a provider for a machine
-type ProviderType int
-
-const (
-	None ProviderType = iota
-	Local
-	Remote
-)
-
-var providerTypes = []string{
-	"",
-	"Local",
-	"Remote",
-}
-
-// Given a type, returns its string representation
-func (t ProviderType) String() string {
-	if int(t) >= 0 && int(t) < len(providerTypes) {
-		return providerTypes[t]
-	} else {
-		return ""
-	}
-}
diff --git a/provider/provider_test.go b/provider/provider_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 60a5ebcf84..0000000000
--- a/provider/provider_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-package provider
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestProviderType(t *testing.T) {
-	if None.String() != "" {
-		t.Fatal("None provider type should be empty string")
-	}
-	if Local.String() != "Local" {
-		t.Fatal("Local provider type should be 'Local'")
-	}
-	if Remote.String() != "Remote" {
-		t.Fatal("Remote provider type should be 'Remote'")
-	}
-}