diff --git a/lib/vagrant-lxc/action/handle_box_metadata.rb b/lib/vagrant-lxc/action/handle_box_metadata.rb
index 92f1dad..d59a442 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-lxc/action/handle_box_metadata.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-lxc/action/handle_box_metadata.rb
@@ -28,19 +28,13 @@ module Vagrant
           @logger.debug('Copying LXC template into place')
           system(%Q[sudo su root -c "cp #{lxc_template_src} #{dest}"])
 
-          @logger.debug('Extracting rootfs')
-          # TODO: Ideally the compressed rootfs should not output errors...
-          system(%Q[sudo su root -c "cd #{box.directory} && tar xfz rootfs.tar.gz -C #{rootfs_cache} 2>/dev/null"])
-
+          @logger.debug('Merging metadata with template name and rootfs tarball')
           box.metadata.merge!(
-            'template-name'     => template_name,
-            'rootfs-cache-path' => rootfs_cache
+            'template-name'  => template_name,
+            'rootfs-tarball' => box.directory.join('rootfs.tar.gz')
           )
 
           @app.call(env)
-
-        ensure
-          system %Q[sudo su root -c "rm -rf #{rootfs_cache}"]
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/unit/action/handle_box_metadata_spec.rb b/spec/unit/action/handle_box_metadata_spec.rb
index 18c81aa..e70f309 100644
--- a/spec/unit/action/handle_box_metadata_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/action/handle_box_metadata_spec.rb
@@ -10,19 +10,17 @@ describe Vagrant::LXC::Action::HandleBoxMetadata do
   let(:machine)       { mock(:machine, box: box) }
   let(:app)           { mock(:app, call: true) }
   let(:env)           { {machine: machine, ui: stub(info: true)} }
-  let(:tmpdir)        { '/tmp/rootfs/dir' }
 
   subject { described_class.new(app, env) }
 
   before do
-    Dir.stub(mktmpdir: tmpdir)
     File.stub(exists?: true)
     subject.stub(:system)
     subject.call(env)
   end
 
-  it 'creates a tmp directory to store rootfs-cache-path' do
-    metadata['rootfs-cache-path'].should == tmpdir
+  it 'sets the rootfs-tarball path on metadata hash' do
+    metadata['rootfs-tarball'].should == box_directory.join('rootfs.tar.gz')
   end
 
   it 'prepends vagrant and box name to template-name' do
@@ -36,9 +34,4 @@ describe Vagrant::LXC::Action::HandleBoxMetadata do
     subject.should have_received(:system).
                    with("sudo su root -c \"cp #{src} #{dest}\"")
   end
-
-  it 'extracts rootfs into a tmp folder' do
-    subject.should have_received(:system).
-                   with(%Q[sudo su root -c "cd #{box_directory} && tar xfz rootfs.tar.gz -C #{tmpdir} 2>/dev/null"])
-  end
 end