diff --git a/terraform/node_resource_apply.go b/terraform/node_resource_apply.go
index 6b4250a30..88a378851 100644
--- a/terraform/node_resource_apply.go
+++ b/terraform/node_resource_apply.go
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 // nodeExpandApplyableResource handles the first layer of resource
-// expansion during apply. This is required because EvalTree does not have a
-// context with which to expand the resource into multiple instances.
-// This type should be a drop in replacement for NodeApplyableResource, and
-// needs to mirror any non-evaluation methods exactly.
+// expansion during apply. Even though the resource instances themselves are
+// already expanded from the plan, we still need to expand the
+// NodeApplyableResource nodes into their respective modules.
 type nodeExpandApplyableResource struct {
 	*NodeAbstractResource
 }
@@ -74,10 +73,6 @@ func (n *NodeApplyableResource) Path() addrs.ModuleInstance {
 	return n.Addr.Module
 }
 
-func (n *NodeApplyableResource) Name() string {
-	return n.NodeAbstractResource.Name() + " (prepare state)"
-}
-
 func (n *NodeApplyableResource) References() []*addrs.Reference {
 	if n.Config == nil {
 		log.Printf("[WARN] NodeApplyableResource %q: no configuration, so can't determine References", dag.VertexName(n))