diff --git a/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_certificate.go b/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_certificate.go
index d04af32c6..56291e6f0 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_certificate.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_certificate.go
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ func resourceDigitalOceanCertificateDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interfac
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error deleting Certificate: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	d.SetId("")
 	return nil
 
 }