diff --git a/platform/deploy.provision.inc b/platform/deploy.provision.inc
index db0de1cf684de3915e6e0546c08f0c24f209d302..34cd6e26257cf8f97b72effb6bdfac649a1ce683 100644
--- a/platform/deploy.provision.inc
+++ b/platform/deploy.provision.inc
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ function drush_provision_drupal_post_provision_deploy($url) {
   if (drush_bootstrap(DRUSH_BOOTSTRAP_DRUPAL_FULL)) {
     drush_include_engine('drupal', 'deploy');
     drush_set_option('packages', _scrub_object(provision_drupal_system_map()), 'site');
+    _provision_drupal_rebuild_caches();
   }
-  _provision_drupal_rebuild_caches();
   // the url is likely to have changed in the deployment
   drush_set_option('site_url', $url);
 }
diff --git a/platform/drupal/install_5.inc b/platform/drupal/install_5.inc
index 3a4607ed4531f2198c9e395b0af4f1b8aafe35ac..1e9efc8dfddeace5c3a2437a8c403363f861c109 100644
--- a/platform/drupal/install_5.inc
+++ b/platform/drupal/install_5.inc
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ function install_verify_settings() {
   return FALSE;
 }
 
-function install_send_welcome_mail($url, $profile, $language, $client_email) {
+function install_create_admin_user($client_email = NULL) {
+  if (!$client_email) {
+    $client_email = 'webmaster@localhost';
+  }
   // create the admin account or change some parameters if the install profile
   // already created one
   $account = user_load(array('uid' => 1));
@@ -53,8 +56,10 @@ function install_send_welcome_mail($url, $profile, $language, $client_email) {
   $edit['pass'] = user_password();
   $edit['mail'] = $client_email;
   $edit['status'] = 1;
-  $account = user_save($account,  $edit);
+  return user_save($account,  $edit);
+}
 
+function install_send_welcome_mail($url, $account, $profile, $language, $client_email) {
   // Mail one time login URL and instructions.
   $from = variable_get('site_mail', ini_get('sendmail_from'));
   $onetime = user_pass_reset_url($account);
@@ -177,8 +182,9 @@ function install_main() {
   }
 
   variable_set('install_profile', $profile);
+  $account = install_create_admin_user($url, $client_email);
   if ($client_email) {
-    install_send_welcome_mail($url, $profile, $language, $client_email);
+    install_send_welcome_mail($url, $account, $profile, $language, $client_email);
   }
 }
 install_main();
diff --git a/platform/provision_drupal.drush.inc b/platform/provision_drupal.drush.inc
index 6195dd572ddbc8e41e493adb50ef77040d901a8a..b9243b0f4af64240161248ea1a32c1ad7243369e 100644
--- a/platform/provision_drupal.drush.inc
+++ b/platform/provision_drupal.drush.inc
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ function _provision_drupal_create_directories($url, $profile = NULL) {
  */
 function _provision_drupal_rebuild_caches($url = NULL) {
   if (PROVISION_CONTEXT_SITE) {
-    #drush_bootstrap(DRUSH_BOOTSTRAP_DRUPAL_FULL);
     drush_include_engine('drupal', 'clear');
   }
 }