diff --git a/builder/vmware/common/step_shutdown.go b/builder/vmware/common/step_shutdown.go
index 829ea1a3b..babcea28c 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/common/step_shutdown.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/common/step_shutdown.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
 	"log"
 	"regexp"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -125,10 +124,10 @@ LockWaitLoop:
 		}
 	}
 
-	if runtime.GOOS != "darwin" && !s.Testing {
+	if !s.Testing {
 		// Windows takes a while to yield control of the files when the
-		// process is exiting. Ubuntu will yield control of the files but
-		// VMWare may overwrite the VMX cleanup steps that run after this,
+		// process is exiting. Ubuntu and OS X will yield control of the files
+		// but VMWare may overwrite the VMX cleanup steps that run after this,
 		// so we wait to ensure VMWare has exited and flushed the VMX.
 
 		// We just sleep here. In the future, it'd be nice to find a better