diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_subnet_group.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_subnet_group.go
index 004fae10b..d08f2009f 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_subnet_group.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_subnet_group.go
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ func resourceAwsDbSubnetGroup() *schema.Resource {
 			"description": &schema.Schema{
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Required: true,
-				ForceNew: true,
 			},
 
 			"subnet_ids": &schema.Schema{