diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vagrant/files/box/change_host_name.rb b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vagrant/files/box/change_host_name.rb
index dfab7916be..bae625e235 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vagrant/files/box/change_host_name.rb
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vagrant/files/box/change_host_name.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             temp.close
 
             path = "/var/tmp/hostname.yml"
-            path_esc = path.gsub("/", "-")
+            path_esc = path.gsub("/", "-")[1..-1]
             comm.upload(temp.path, path)
             comm.sudo("systemctl start system-cloudinit@#{path_esc}.service")
           end
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vagrant/files/box/configure_networks.rb b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vagrant/files/box/configure_networks.rb
index 3990500dad..83377103a4 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vagrant/files/box/configure_networks.rb
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vagrant/files/box/configure_networks.rb
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             temp.close
 
             path = "/var/tmp/networks.yml"
-            path_esc = path.gsub("/", "-")
+            path_esc = path.gsub("/", "-")[1..-1]
             comm.upload(temp.path, path)
             comm.sudo("systemctl start system-cloudinit@#{path_esc}.service")
           end