diff --git a/install.hostmaster.inc b/install.hostmaster.inc
index 9646ef70421d7f3536bdf6752436ba3b31fd42c7..dcc50b11f1b52f2e93908f0b8f95d0fd709e26a9 100644
--- a/install.hostmaster.inc
+++ b/install.hostmaster.inc
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ function drush_provision_hostmaster_install($site = NULL) {
       drush_backend_invoke('dl', array('drush_make-' . drush_get_option('drush_make_version', '6.x-2.0-beta6'), 'destination' => $aegir_root . '/.drush/'));
     }
 
-    drush_print(dt("deploying hostmaster application"));
-    drush_backend_invoke('hostmaster-make', array($platform));
   }
 
   $data['master_db'] = drush_get_option('master_db');
@@ -65,6 +63,7 @@ function drush_provision_hostmaster_install($site = NULL) {
     'server' => $server,
     'web_server' => $server,
     'root' => $platform,
+    'makefile' => $aegir_root . '/.drush/provision/aegir.make',
   ));
   provision_backend_invoke($platform_name, 'provision-verify');
 
diff --git a/migrate.hostmaster.inc b/migrate.hostmaster.inc
index cdbbf7ed5710d4f6417c149cd686c2c6d2517ef6..515aec3330dd107f8c2109698f14c6762c558439 100644
--- a/migrate.hostmaster.inc
+++ b/migrate.hostmaster.inc
@@ -3,18 +3,7 @@
 /**
  * @file manual site migrate system
  */
-
 function drush_provision_hostmaster_migrate_validate($site, $platform) {
-  // verify the target platform:
-  if (!is_dir($platform)) {
-    drush_print("The platform path you specified does not exist yet.");
-    drush_print("Downloading the hostmaster front end. (this might take a few minutes)");
-    drush_backend_invoke('make', array(dirname(__FILE__) . '/aegir.make', $platform));
-    if (drush_get_error()) {
-      drush_log("The hostmaster front end could not be downloaded, exiting.", "error");
-    }
-  }
-
   $data = drush_get_merged_options();
   // add a server record :
   $server = '@server_master';
@@ -30,8 +19,8 @@ function drush_provision_hostmaster_migrate_validate($site, $platform) {
    // mysql
     'db_service_type' => 'mysql',
     'master_db' => $data['master_db'],
-
   ));
+
   provision_backend_invoke($server, 'provision-verify');
   drush_set_option('server_name', $server);
 
@@ -51,6 +40,7 @@ function drush_provision_hostmaster_migrate_validate($site, $platform) {
     'server' => $server,
     'web_server' => $server,
     'root' => $platform,
+    'makefile' => dirname(__FILE__) . '/aegir.make',
   ));
   provision_backend_invoke($new_platform, 'provision-verify');
   drush_set_option('new_platform', $new_platform);
diff --git a/provision.drush.inc b/provision.drush.inc
index 7f47be8b312be5084fd4496df8bfb97305c92b4b..034b339097d479b9fb546bf5fcb65acf1d0c3e31 100644
--- a/provision.drush.inc
+++ b/provision.drush.inc
@@ -176,14 +176,6 @@ function provision_drush_command() {
     ),
   );
 
-  $items['hostmaster-make'] = array(
-    'description' => dt('Build a platform containing the Hostmaster user interface for provision.'),
-    'bootstrap' => DRUSH_BOOTSTRAP_DRUSH,
-    'arguments' => array(
-      '/path/to/platform' => dt('The path to create the platform in.')
-    ),
-  );
-
   $items['hostmaster-install'] = array(
     'description' => dt('Install and verify the Hostmaster frontend.'),
     'bootstrap' => DRUSH_BOOTSTRAP_DRUSH,
@@ -216,10 +208,6 @@ function provision_drush_command() {
   return $items;
 }
 
-function drush_provision_hostmaster_make($platform) {
-  drush_backend_invoke('make', array(dirname(__FILE__) . '/aegir.make', $platform));
-}
-
 function drush_provision_save($alias = null) {
   if (drush_get_option('delete', false)) {
     // remove an existing alias