diff --git a/builder/proxmox/clone/builder.go b/builder/proxmox/clone/builder.go
index 8f088f81d..178f73587 100644
--- a/builder/proxmox/clone/builder.go
+++ b/builder/proxmox/clone/builder.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	proxmoxapi "github.com/Telmate/proxmox-api-go/proxmox"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2/hcldec"
 	proxmox "github.com/hashicorp/packer/builder/proxmox/common"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/communicator"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/multistep"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/packer"
 
@@ -31,13 +30,11 @@ func (b *Builder) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) ([]string, []string, error) {
 func (b *Builder) Run(ctx context.Context, ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook) (packer.Artifact, error) {
 	state := new(multistep.BasicStateBag)
 	state.Put("clone-config", &b.config)
-	state.Put("comm", &b.config.Comm)
 
 	preSteps := []multistep.Step{
 		&StepSshKeyPair{
 			Debug:        b.config.PackerDebug,
 			DebugKeyPath: fmt.Sprintf("%s.pem", b.config.PackerBuildName),
-			Comm:         &b.config.Comm,
 		},
 	}
 	postSteps := []multistep.Step{}
@@ -51,7 +48,7 @@ type cloneVMCreator struct{}
 func (*cloneVMCreator) Create(vmRef *proxmoxapi.VmRef, config proxmoxapi.ConfigQemu, state multistep.StateBag) error {
 	client := state.Get("proxmoxClient").(*proxmoxapi.Client)
 	c := state.Get("clone-config").(*Config)
-	comm := state.Get("comm").(*communicator.Config)
+	comm := state.Get("config").(*proxmox.Config).Comm
 
 	fullClone := 1
 	if c.FullClone.False() {
diff --git a/builder/proxmox/clone/step_ssh_key_pair.go b/builder/proxmox/clone/step_ssh_key_pair.go
index 96e97d5a8..2aad603bb 100644
--- a/builder/proxmox/clone/step_ssh_key_pair.go
+++ b/builder/proxmox/clone/step_ssh_key_pair.go
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	common "github.com/hashicorp/packer/builder/proxmox/common"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/common/uuid"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/communicator"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/multistep"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/ssh"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/packer"
@@ -17,19 +17,19 @@ import (
 type StepSshKeyPair struct {
 	Debug        bool
 	DebugKeyPath string
-	Comm         *communicator.Config
 }
 
 func (s *StepSshKeyPair) Run(ctx context.Context, state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
+	c := state.Get("config").(*common.Config)
 
-	if s.Comm.SSHPassword != "" {
+	if c.Comm.SSHPassword != "" {
 		return multistep.ActionContinue
 	}
 
-	if s.Comm.SSHPrivateKeyFile != "" {
+	if c.Comm.SSHPrivateKeyFile != "" {
 		ui.Say("Using existing SSH private key for the communicator...")
-		privateKeyBytes, err := s.Comm.ReadSSHPrivateKeyFile()
+		privateKeyBytes, err := c.Comm.ReadSSHPrivateKeyFile()
 		if err != nil {
 			state.Put("error", err)
 			return multistep.ActionHalt
@@ -44,15 +44,15 @@ func (s *StepSshKeyPair) Run(ctx context.Context, state multistep.StateBag) mult
 			return multistep.ActionHalt
 		}
 
-		s.Comm.SSHPrivateKey = privateKeyBytes
-		s.Comm.SSHKeyPairName = kp.Comment
-		s.Comm.SSHTemporaryKeyPairName = kp.Comment
-		s.Comm.SSHPublicKey = kp.PublicKeyAuthorizedKeysLine
+		c.Comm.SSHPrivateKey = privateKeyBytes
+		c.Comm.SSHKeyPairName = kp.Comment
+		c.Comm.SSHTemporaryKeyPairName = kp.Comment
+		c.Comm.SSHPublicKey = kp.PublicKeyAuthorizedKeysLine
 
 		return multistep.ActionContinue
 	}
 
-	if s.Comm.SSHAgentAuth {
+	if c.Comm.SSHAgentAuth {
 		ui.Say("Using local SSH Agent to authenticate connections for the communicator...")
 		return multistep.ActionContinue
 	}
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ func (s *StepSshKeyPair) Run(ctx context.Context, state multistep.StateBag) mult
 		return multistep.ActionHalt
 	}
 
-	s.Comm.SSHKeyPairName = kp.Comment
-	s.Comm.SSHTemporaryKeyPairName = kp.Comment
-	s.Comm.SSHPrivateKey = kp.PrivateKeyPemBlock
-	s.Comm.SSHPublicKey = kp.PublicKeyAuthorizedKeysLine
-	s.Comm.SSHClearAuthorizedKeys = true
+	c.Comm.SSHKeyPairName = kp.Comment
+	c.Comm.SSHTemporaryKeyPairName = kp.Comment
+	c.Comm.SSHPrivateKey = kp.PrivateKeyPemBlock
+	c.Comm.SSHPublicKey = kp.PublicKeyAuthorizedKeysLine
+	c.Comm.SSHClearAuthorizedKeys = true
 
 	ui.Say("Created ephemeral SSH key pair for communicator")
 
diff --git a/builder/proxmox/common/builder.go b/builder/proxmox/common/builder.go
index 1d33249b7..a4b407520 100644
--- a/builder/proxmox/common/builder.go
+++ b/builder/proxmox/common/builder.go
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ctx context.Context, ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, state
 	state.Put("ui", ui)
 
 	comm := &b.config.Comm
-	if state.Get("comm") != nil {
-		comm = state.Get("comm").(*communicator.Config)
-	}
 
 	// Build the steps
 	coreSteps := []multistep.Step{