diff --git a/command/build/command.go b/command/build/command.go
index dde79cf6d..84e14fc0d 100644
--- a/command/build/command.go
+++ b/command/build/command.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (c Command) Run(env packer.Environment, args []string) int {
 	// Prepare all the builds
 	for _, b := range builds {
 		log.Printf("Preparing build: %s", b.Name())
-		err := b.Prepare(buildUis[b.Name()])
+		err := b.Prepare()
 		if err != nil {
 			env.Ui().Error(err.Error())
 			return 1
diff --git a/packer/build.go b/packer/build.go
index df91ccf85..5261da8b2 100644
--- a/packer/build.go
+++ b/packer/build.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import "log"
 // building some machine image artifact. Builds are meant to be parallelized.
 type Build interface {
 	Name() string
-	Prepare(Ui) error
+	Prepare() error
 	Run(Ui, Cache) (Artifact, error)
 	Cancel()
 }
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func (b *coreBuild) Name() string {
 
 // Prepare prepares the build by doing some initialization for the builder
 // and any hooks. This _must_ be called prior to Run.
-func (b *coreBuild) Prepare(ui Ui) (err error) {
+func (b *coreBuild) Prepare() (err error) {
 	// TODO: lock
 	b.prepareCalled = true
 
diff --git a/packer/build_test.go b/packer/build_test.go
index 8852319c6..1fa567717 100644
--- a/packer/build_test.go
+++ b/packer/build_test.go
@@ -34,12 +34,11 @@ func TestBuild_Prepare(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := asserts.NewTestingAsserts(t, true)
 
 	build := testBuild()
-	ui := testUi()
 
 	coreB := build.(*coreBuild)
 	builder := coreB.builder.(*TestBuilder)
 
-	build.Prepare(ui)
+	build.Prepare()
 	assert.True(builder.prepareCalled, "prepare should be called")
 	assert.Equal(builder.prepareConfig, 42, "prepare config should be 42")
 
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ func TestBuild_Run(t *testing.T) {
 	ui := testUi()
 
 	build := testBuild()
-	build.Prepare(ui)
+	build.Prepare()
 	build.Run(ui, cache)
 
 	coreB := build.(*coreBuild)
diff --git a/packer/rpc/build.go b/packer/rpc/build.go
index 8ea699141..53577a542 100644
--- a/packer/rpc/build.go
+++ b/packer/rpc/build.go
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ type BuildServer struct {
 	build packer.Build
 }
 
-type BuildPrepareArgs struct {
-	RPCAddress string
-}
-
 type BuildRunArgs struct {
 	UiRPCAddress string
 }
@@ -34,14 +30,8 @@ func (b *build) Name() (result string) {
 	return
 }
 
-func (b *build) Prepare(ui packer.Ui) (err error) {
-	// Create and start the server for the UI
-	// TODO: Error handling
-	server := rpc.NewServer()
-	RegisterUi(server, ui)
-	args := &BuildPrepareArgs{serveSingleConn(server)}
-
-	if cerr := b.client.Call("Build.Prepare", args, &err); cerr != nil {
+func (b *build) Prepare() (err error) {
+	if cerr := b.client.Call("Build.Prepare", new(interface{}), &err); cerr != nil {
 		return cerr
 	}
 
@@ -79,13 +69,8 @@ func (b *BuildServer) Name(args *interface{}, reply *string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (b *BuildServer) Prepare(args *BuildPrepareArgs, reply *error) error {
-	client, err := rpc.Dial("tcp", args.RPCAddress)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	*reply = b.build.Prepare(&Ui{client})
+func (b *BuildServer) Prepare(args interface{}, reply *error) error {
+	*reply = b.build.Prepare()
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/packer/rpc/build_test.go b/packer/rpc/build_test.go
index e7aed364d..959f5d3ba 100644
--- a/packer/rpc/build_test.go
+++ b/packer/rpc/build_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ var testBuildArtifact = &testArtifact{}
 type testBuild struct {
 	nameCalled    bool
 	prepareCalled bool
-	prepareUi     packer.Ui
 	runCalled     bool
 	runCache      packer.Cache
 	runUi         packer.Ui
@@ -27,9 +26,8 @@ func (b *testBuild) Name() string {
 	return "name"
 }
 
-func (b *testBuild) Prepare(ui packer.Ui) error {
+func (b *testBuild) Prepare() error {
 	b.prepareCalled = true
-	b.prepareUi = ui
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -70,13 +68,12 @@ func TestBuildRPC(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(b.nameCalled, "name should be called")
 
 	// Test Prepare
-	ui := new(testUi)
-	bClient.Prepare(ui)
+	bClient.Prepare()
 	assert.True(b.prepareCalled, "prepare should be called")
 
 	// Test Run
 	cache := new(testCache)
-	ui = new(testUi)
+	ui := new(testUi)
 	_, err = bClient.Run(ui, cache)
 	assert.True(b.runCalled, "run should be called")
 	assert.Nil(err, "should not error")