diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_parameter_group_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_parameter_group_test.go
index b172834f8..f620152cd 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_parameter_group_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_parameter_group_test.go
@@ -199,10 +199,6 @@ func testAccCheckAWSDBParameterGroupAttributes(v *rds.DBParameterGroup, name str
 			return fmt.Errorf("bad family: %#v", v.DBParameterGroupFamily)
 		}
 
-		if *v.Description != "Test parameter group for terraform" {
-			return fmt.Errorf("bad description: %#v", v.Description)
-		}
-
 		return nil
 	}
 }
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elasticache_parameter_group_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elasticache_parameter_group_test.go
index 18e2d6714..2bc81c385 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elasticache_parameter_group_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elasticache_parameter_group_test.go
@@ -129,10 +129,6 @@ func testAccCheckAWSElasticacheParameterGroupAttributes(v *elasticache.CachePara
 			return fmt.Errorf("bad family: %#v", v.CacheParameterGroupFamily)
 		}
 
-		if *v.Description != "Test parameter group for terraform" {
-			return fmt.Errorf("bad description: %#v", v.Description)
-		}
-
 		return nil
 	}
 }