diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 35c5d85518780fdd9b3b4973bae003387a127b68..c15f8d3d6372ab0362dc074c75785cb69dfd65f1 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -8,34 +8,19 @@ RIOTBASE ||= "./"
 Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
   # For a complete reference, please see the online documentation at https://docs.vagrantup.com.
 
-  config.vm.box = "boxcutter/ubuntu1604"
-  config.vm.synced_folder RIOTBASE, "/home/vagrant/RIOT"
+  config.vm.box = "RIOT/ubuntu1604"
 
   config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
-    vb.name = "RIOT VM"
-    vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--usb", "on"]
-    vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--usbxhci", "on"]
-    vb.customize ['usbfilter', 'add', '0', '--target', :id, '--name', 'FTDI USB-TTL',
-                  '--vendorid', '0x0403', '--productid',  '0x6001']
-    vb.customize ['usbfilter', 'add', '0', '--target', :id, '--name', 'CP2102 USB to UART',
-                  '--vendorid', '0x10c4', '--productid',  '0xea60']
-    vb.customize ['usbfilter', 'add', '0', '--target', :id, '--name', 'STM32 STLink',
-                  '--vendorid', '0x0483', '--productid',  '0x3748']
-    vb.customize ['usbfilter', 'add', '0', '--target', :id, '--name', 'USBasp',
-                  '--vendorid', '0x16c0', '--productid',  '0x05dc']
-    vb.customize ['usbfilter', 'add', '0', '--target', :id, '--name', 'iotlab-m3',
-                  '--vendorid', '0x0403', '--productid',  '0x6010']
-    vb.customize ['usbfilter', 'add', '0', '--target', :id, '--name', 'samr21-xpro',
-                  '--vendorid', '0x03eb', '--productid',  '0x2111']
-    vb.customize ['usbfilter', 'add', '0', '--target', :id, '--name', 'Arduino Mega 2560',
-                  '--vendorid', '0x2341', '--productid',  '0x0042']
-    vb.customize ['usbfilter', 'add', '0', '--target', :id, '--name', 'Phytec phyWAVE KW22',
-                  '--vendorid', '0x0d28', '--productid',  '0x0204']
+    vb.name = "RIOT-VM"
+    # additional USB passthrough entries
+    # vb.customize ['usbfilter', 'add', '0', '--target', :id, '--name', '<custom_name>', '--vendorid', '<vID>', '--productid', '<pID>']
   end
 
+  config.vm.synced_folder RIOTBASE, "/home/vagrant/RIOT"
+
   if File.exists?(File.join(Dir.home, ".gitconfig"))
     config.vm.provision "file", source: File.join(Dir.home, ".gitconfig"), destination: ".gitconfig"
   end
-
-  config.vm.provision "shell", path: File.join(RIOTBASE,'/dist/tools/vagrant/bootstrap.sh')
+# use a custom provisioning script
+# config.vm.provision "shell", path: "dist/tools/vagrant/bootstrap.sh"
 end