diff --git a/tools/appliance/build.sh b/tools/appliance/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cfd4e8b2349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/appliance/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+set -x
+
+appliance="systemvmtemplate"
+
+# Initialize veewee and dependencies
+bundle
+
+# Start building the appliance
+veewee vbox build $appliance --nogui
+veewee vbox halt $appliance
diff --git a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/cleanup.sh b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/cleanup.sh
index abecc56dcb5..6009aad8e78 100644
--- a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/cleanup.sh
+++ b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/cleanup.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,3 @@ rm /lib/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules
 
 echo "Adding a 2 sec delay to the interface up, to make the dhclient happy"
 echo "pre-up sleep 2" >> /etc/network/interfaces
-
-# Clean up any copied iso or scripts
-rm -v /root/*.iso
-rm -v /root/*.sh
diff --git a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/zerodisk.sh b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/zerodisk.sh
index 6ad4205033e..9fc9f6f8693 100644
--- a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/zerodisk.sh
+++ b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/zerodisk.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,3 @@ rm -f /root/*
 dd if=/dev/zero of=/EMPTY bs=1M
 rm -f /EMPTY
 
-# Shutdown the appliance, now export it to required image format
-shutdown -h now