diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route_table.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route_table.go
index 6a4b1d3ca..5574e93b2 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route_table.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route_table.go
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ func resourceAwsRouteTableRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	if rtRaw == nil {
+		d.SetId("")
 		return nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_vpc.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_vpc.go
index 0ef8aa570..727287039 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_vpc.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_vpc.go
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func resourceAwsVpcDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	}
 	log.Printf("[INFO] Deleting VPC: %s", d.Id())
 	if err := ec2conn.DeleteVPC(DeleteVpcOpts); err != nil {
-		ec2err, ok := err.(*aws.APIError)
+		ec2err, ok := err.(aws.APIError)
 		if ok && ec2err.Code == "InvalidVpcID.NotFound" {
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ func VPCStateRefreshFunc(conn *ec2.EC2, id string) resource.StateRefreshFunc {
 		}
 		resp, err := conn.DescribeVPCs(DescribeVpcOpts)
 		if err != nil {
-			if ec2err, ok := err.(*aws.APIError); ok && ec2err.Code == "InvalidVpcID.NotFound" {
+			if ec2err, ok := err.(aws.APIError); ok && ec2err.Code == "InvalidVpcID.NotFound" {
 				resp = nil
 			} else {
 				log.Printf("Error on VPCStateRefresh: %s", err)
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_vpc_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_vpc_test.go
index 092f47806..ab97249a2 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_vpc_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_vpc_test.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func testAccCheckVpcDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
 		}
 
 		// Verify the error is what we want
-		ec2err, ok := err.(*aws.APIError)
+		ec2err, ok := err.(aws.APIError)
 		if !ok {
 			return err
 		}