diff --git a/cluster-provision/gocli/cmd/provision.go b/cluster-provision/gocli/cmd/provision.go
index 24f0bde6ef..64ec548b4e 100644
--- a/cluster-provision/gocli/cmd/provision.go
+++ b/cluster-provision/gocli/cmd/provision.go
@@ -255,6 +255,12 @@ func provisionCluster(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (retErr error) {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// Copy scripts to the VM
+	err = _cmd(cli, nodeContainer(prefix, nodeName), `find /scripts/ -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec scp -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i vagrant.key -P 22 {} vagrant@192.168.66.101:/tmp \;`, "copying manifests to the VM")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	envVars := fmt.Sprintf("version=%s slim=%t", version, slim)
 	if strings.Contains(phases, "linux") {
 		err := sshClient.Command("sudo " + envVars + " /bin/bash /scripts/provision.sh")
@@ -268,25 +274,14 @@ func provisionCluster(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (retErr error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		err = _cmd(cli, nodeContainer(prefix, nodeName), "", "copying /scripts/extra-pre-pull-images if existing")
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
 		err = _cmd(cli, nodeContainer(prefix, nodeName), "if [ -f /scripts/fetch-images.sh ]; then scp -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i vagrant.key -P 22 /scripts/fetch-images.sh vagrant@192.168.66.101:/tmp/fetch-images.sh; fi", "copying /scripts/fetch-images.sh if existing")
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-
 		err = _cmd(cli, nodeContainer(prefix, nodeName), "scp -r -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i vagrant.key -P 22 /scripts/manifests/* vagrant@192.168.66.101:/tmp", "copying manifests to the VM")
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-
-		err = _cmd(cli, nodeContainer(prefix, nodeName), `find /scripts/ -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec scp -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i vagrant.key -P 22 {} vagrant@192.168.66.101:/tmp \;`, "copying manifests to the VM")
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
 		err = sshClient.Command("sudo " + envVars + " /bin/bash /tmp/k8s_provision.sh")
 		if err != nil {
 			return err