diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 5e27e28548794..1acf4fe819b7a 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
   'debian-8'.tap do |box|
     config.vm.define box, define_opts do |config|
       config.vm.box = 'elastic/debian-8-x86_64'
-      deb_common config, box
+      deb_common config, box, extra: <<-SHELL
+        # this sometimes gets a bad ip, and doesn't appear to be needed
+        rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/http_debian_net_debian.list
+      SHELL
     end
   end
   'debian-9'.tap do |box|
@@ -162,8 +165,8 @@ def deb_common(config, name, extra: '')
       s.inline = "sudo sed -i '/tty/!s/mesg n/tty -s \\&\\& mesg n/' /root/.profile"
   end
   extra_with_lintian = <<-SHELL
-    install lintian
     #{extra}
+    install lintian
   SHELL
   linux_common(
     config,