diff --git a/builtin/providers/google/provider.go b/builtin/providers/google/provider.go
index 8d26bc627..c1b2316fd 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/google/provider.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/google/provider.go
@@ -10,17 +10,15 @@ func Provider() terraform.ResourceProvider {
 	return &schema.Provider{
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 			"account_file": &schema.Schema{
-				Type:          schema.TypeString,
-				Optional:      true,
-				ConflictsWith: []string{"account_file_contents"},
-				DefaultFunc:   schema.EnvDefaultFunc("GOOGLE_ACCOUNT_FILE", nil),
+				Type:        schema.TypeString,
+				Optional:    true,
+				DefaultFunc: schema.EnvDefaultFunc("GOOGLE_ACCOUNT_FILE", ""),
 			},
 
 			"account_file_contents": &schema.Schema{
-				Type:          schema.TypeString,
-				Optional:      true,
-				ConflictsWith: []string{"account_file"},
-				DefaultFunc:   schema.EnvDefaultFunc("GOOGLE_ACCOUNT_FILE_CONTENTS", nil),
+				Type:        schema.TypeString,
+				Optional:    true,
+				DefaultFunc: schema.EnvDefaultFunc("GOOGLE_ACCOUNT_FILE_CONTENTS", ""),
 			},
 
 			"project": &schema.Schema{