diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_sqs_queue.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_sqs_queue.go
index 15c85ba01..02eab6d58 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_sqs_queue.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_sqs_queue.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func resourceAwsSqsQueue() *schema.Resource {
 			"visibility_timeout_seconds": &schema.Schema{
 				Type:     schema.TypeInt,
 				Optional: true,
-				Computed: true,
+				Default:  30,
 			},
 			"policy": &schema.Schema{
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,