diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_flow_log_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_flow_log_test.go
index 02fb3cfd8..061643e94 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_flow_log_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_flow_log_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package aws
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 
 func TestAccAWSFlowLog_basic(t *testing.T) {
 	var flowLog ec2.FlowLog
-	lgn := os.Getenv("LOG_GROUP_NAME")
 
 	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
 		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
@@ -21,7 +19,7 @@ func TestAccAWSFlowLog_basic(t *testing.T) {
 		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckFlowLogDestroy,
 		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
 			resource.TestStep{
-				Config: fmt.Sprintf(testAccFlowLogConfig_basic, lgn),
+				Config: testAccFlowLogConfig_basic,
 				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
 					testAccCheckFlowLogExists("aws_flow_log.test_flow_log", &flowLog),
 					testAccCheckAWSFlowLogAttributes(&flowLog),
@@ -142,6 +140,9 @@ resource "aws_iam_role" "test_role" {
 EOF
 }
 
+resource "aws_cloudwatch_log_group" "foobar" {
+    name = "foo-bar"
+}
 resource "aws_flow_log" "test_flow_log" {
         # log_group_name needs to exist before hand
         # until we have a CloudWatch Log Group Resource
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ resource "aws_flow_log" "test_flow_log" {
 resource "aws_flow_log" "test_flow_log_subnet" {
         # log_group_name needs to exist before hand
         # until we have a CloudWatch Log Group Resource
-        log_group_name = "%s"
+        log_group_name = "${aws_cloudwatch_log_group.foobar.name}"
         iam_role_arn = "${aws_iam_role.test_role.arn}"
         subnet_id = "${aws_subnet.test_subnet.id}"
         traffic_type = "ALL"