diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 87145828a..9cf957f52 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/depgraph"
 )
 
-// GraphRoot is the name of the resource graph root that should be
-// ignored since it doesn't map to an exact resource.
-const GraphRoot = "root"
-
 // Config is the configuration that comes from loading a collection
 // of Terraform templates.
 type Config struct {
@@ -207,7 +203,7 @@ func (c *Config) Graph() *depgraph.Graph {
 	}
 
 	// Create a root that just depends on everything else finishing.
-	root := &depgraph.Noun{Name: GraphRoot}
+	root := &depgraph.Noun{Name: "root"}
 	for _, n := range nounsList {
 		root.Deps = append(root.Deps, &depgraph.Dependency{
 			Name:   n.Name,
diff --git a/terraform/terraform.go b/terraform/terraform.go
index 6c1b5b783..1b3f6c214 100644
--- a/terraform/terraform.go
+++ b/terraform/terraform.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func (t *Terraform) diffWalkFn(
 
 	return func(n *depgraph.Noun) error {
 		// If it is the root node, ignore
-		if n.Name == config.GraphRoot {
+		if n.Meta == nil {
 			return nil
 		}