diff --git a/platform/delete.provision.inc b/platform/delete.provision.inc
index 41c4e1a4b4a0bb61d60e7f1d74b05541c949c110..761d0c67766b844e1f2d6e7e4a0b64c2600074a7 100644
--- a/platform/delete.provision.inc
+++ b/platform/delete.provision.inc
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function drush_provision_drupal_provision_delete() {
     _provision_recursive_delete(d()->site_path);
     // we remove the aliases even if redirection is enabled as a precaution
     // if redirection is enabled, keep silent about errors
-    _provision_drupal_delete_aliases(drush_get_option('aliases', array(), 'site'), drush_get_option('redirection'));
+    _provision_drupal_delete_aliases(d()->aliases);
   }
   elseif (d()->type === 'platform') {
     if (provision_drupal_find_sites()) {
diff --git a/platform/deploy.provision.inc b/platform/deploy.provision.inc
index 6227119f14ce73d6abf34fb4ce74678b635d663c..6a93c6a91bf07bf74669b745bc3a645c49555512 100644
--- a/platform/deploy.provision.inc
+++ b/platform/deploy.provision.inc
@@ -77,10 +77,9 @@ function drush_provision_drupal_pre_provision_deploy_rollback() {
 }
 
 function drush_provision_drupal_provision_deploy() {
-  _provision_drupal_maintain_aliases(d()->uri);
+  _provision_drupal_maintain_aliases();
 }
 
-
 function drush_provision_drupal_post_provision_deploy() {
   provision_prepare_environment();
   _provision_drupal_create_settings_file();
@@ -92,7 +91,5 @@ function drush_provision_drupal_post_provision_deploy() {
     drush_include_engine('drupal', 'deploy');
     drush_set_option('packages', _scrub_object(provision_drupal_system_map()), 'site');
     _provision_drupal_rebuild_caches();
-    drush_set_option('aliases', drush_get_option('aliases'), 'site'); 
-    drush_set_option('redirection', drush_get_option('redirection'), 'site');
   }
 }
diff --git a/platform/install.provision.inc b/platform/install.provision.inc
index 1b142074ba38278e4860f92e2cb2eb0a41a60266..071ec3c8054bc31e87b9d4f4f3215e44cfc921d4 100644
--- a/platform/install.provision.inc
+++ b/platform/install.provision.inc
@@ -61,13 +61,11 @@ function drush_provision_drupal_provision_install_rollback() {
   }
 }
 
-
 /**
  * Finish the installation, regenerate the caches on the site so that
  * any changes to things such as available modules/ themes can take affect.
  */
 function drush_provision_drupal_post_provision_install() {
-  drush_set_option('aliases', drush_get_option('aliases'), 'site');
   drush_set_option('installed', TRUE, 'site');
   _provision_drupal_rebuild_caches();
   drush_set_option('packages', _scrub_object(provision_drupal_system_map()), 'site');
diff --git a/platform/migrate.provision.inc b/platform/migrate.provision.inc
index 3ada16da4ab10f71127ca5221af9fb0e5e735592..a593cb437d0e91b5a4f0bb18cd5d647cf4586fe3 100644
--- a/platform/migrate.provision.inc
+++ b/platform/migrate.provision.inc
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function drush_provision_drupal_post_provision_migrate() {
   drush_set_option('installed', FALSE);
   // we remove the aliases even if redirection is enabled as a precaution
   // if redirection is enabled, keep silent about errors
-  _provision_drupal_delete_aliases(drush_get_option('aliases', array()), drush_get_option('redirection'));
+  _provision_drupal_delete_aliases(d()->aliases);
   _provision_recursive_delete(d()->site_path);
   d()->service('http')->sync(d()->site_path);
 }
diff --git a/platform/provision_drupal.drush.inc b/platform/provision_drupal.drush.inc
index c2a9d827b8cf755fca895c56e532ab715589c3db..f57485367a956ee517612a1c9cddec657b779a00 100644
--- a/platform/provision_drupal.drush.inc
+++ b/platform/provision_drupal.drush.inc
@@ -324,24 +324,20 @@ function _provision_drupal_get_cvs_versions($files) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Create and remove symlinks for each of the possible domain aliases of an existing site
+ * Create and remove symlinks for each of the possible domain aliases of an
+ * existing site.
  */
 function _provision_drupal_maintain_aliases() {
   if (d()->type === 'site') {
-    // First we delete all the old aliases
-    drush_set_option('aliases', drush_get_option('aliases'), 'site');
-    _provision_drupal_delete_aliases(drush_get_option('aliases', array(), 'site'), false);
-
-    if (!drush_get_option('redirection')) {
-      $aliases = drush_get_option('aliases');
-      if (!is_array($aliases)) {
-        $aliases = explode(",", $aliases);
-      }
-      foreach($aliases as $alias) {
-        if (trim($alias)) {
+    _provision_drupal_delete_aliases(d()->aliases);
+
+    if (!d()->redirection) {
+      foreach(d()->aliases as $alias) {
+        if ($alias = trim($alias)) {
           provision_file()->symlink(d()->uri, d()->root . '/sites/' . $alias)
             ->succeed('Created symlink for alias @target')
             ->fail('Could not create symlink for alias @target');
+          d()->service('http')->sync(d()->root . '/sites/' . $alias);
         }
       }
     }
@@ -351,21 +347,13 @@ function _provision_drupal_maintain_aliases() {
 /**
  * Delete a list of aliases
  */
-function _provision_drupal_delete_aliases($aliases, $silent = false) {
-  if (!is_array($aliases)) {
-    $aliases = explode(",", $aliases);
-  }
-  if ($silent) {
-    $error = NULL;
-  }
-  else {
-    $error = 'Could not remove symlink for alias @path';
-  }
+function _provision_drupal_delete_aliases($aliases) {
   foreach ($aliases as $alias) {
     if ($alias = trim($alias)) {
       provision_file()->unlink(d()->root . '/sites/' . $alias)
         ->succeed('Removed symlink for alias @path')
-        ->fail($error);
+        ->fail('Could not remove symlink for alias @path');
+      d()->service('http')->sync(d()->root . '/sites/' . $alias);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/platform/verify.provision.inc b/platform/verify.provision.inc
index bab5016a076011001fa9111bbf2b97bcf8964910..bfe8e4338c236d87cf92549b0299267065251c2a 100644
--- a/platform/verify.provision.inc
+++ b/platform/verify.provision.inc
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ class provisionConfig_global_settings extends provisionConfig {
 function drush_provision_drupal_post_provision_verify() {
   if (d()->type === 'site') {
     _provision_drupal_rebuild_caches();
-    drush_set_option('aliases', drush_get_option('aliases'), 'site');
-    drush_set_option('redirection', drush_get_option('redirection'), 'site');
     drush_set_option('installed', TRUE, 'site');
   }
 }
diff --git a/provision.environment.inc b/provision.environment.inc
index 55449c1f844d0a759d95c60ced4ecc783ed3976d..8a627b341673b2b936fb75b8e7689e1745db240c 100644
--- a/provision.environment.inc
+++ b/provision.environment.inc
@@ -416,7 +416,6 @@ class provisionServer extends provisionEnvironment {
         }
       }
     }
-
   }
 }
 
@@ -461,6 +460,7 @@ class provisionSite extends provisionEnvironment {
       '--site_port' => 'site: port the site is hosted on; default 80',
       '--language' => 'site: site language; default en',
       '--aliases' => 'site: comma-separated URIs',
+      '--redirection' => 'site: boolean for whether --aliases should redirect; default false',
       '--client_email' => 'site: email for the site owner',
       '--profile' => 'site: Drupal profile to use; default default',
     );
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ class provisionSite extends provisionEnvironment {
     $this->setProperty('site_port', 80);
     $this->setProperty('client_email');
     $this->setProperty('aliases', array(), TRUE);
+    $this->setProperty('redirection', FALSE);
     $this->setProperty('db_server', '@server_localhost');
     $this->is_oid('db_server');
 
diff --git a/provision.file.inc b/provision.file.inc
index 0ce601d7ed6662a8f02b9cc8fa69a3ae43000d5f..268176474cf34c232c284c3f848218f3360c16fc 100644
--- a/provision.file.inc
+++ b/provision.file.inc
@@ -116,7 +116,12 @@ class provisionFileSystem extends provisionChainedState {
   function unlink($path) {
     $this->_clear_state();
 
-    $this->last_status = unlink($path);
+    if (file_exists($path) || is_link($path)) {
+      $this->last_status = unlink($path);
+    }
+    else {
+      $this->last_status = TRUE;
+    }
     $this->tokens = array('@path' => $path);
 
     return $this;