diff --git a/builtin/providers/google/config.go b/builtin/providers/google/config.go
index 54c115b4b..edb7add16 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/google/config.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/google/config.go
@@ -17,17 +17,26 @@ const clientScopes string = "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute"
 // Config is the configuration structure used to instantiate the Google
 // provider.
 type Config struct {
-	AccountFile       string
-	ClientSecretsFile string
-	Project           string
-	Region            string
+	AccountFile string
+	Project     string
+	Region      string
 
 	clientCompute *compute.Service
 }
 
 func (c *Config) loadAndValidate() error {
 	var account accountFile
-	var secrets clientSecretsFile
+
+	// TODO: validation that it isn't blank
+	if c.AccountFile == "" {
+		c.AccountFile = os.Getenv("GOOGLE_ACCOUNT_FILE")
+	}
+	if c.Project == "" {
+		c.Project = os.Getenv("GOOGLE_PROJECT")
+	}
+	if c.Region == "" {
+		c.Region = os.Getenv("GOOGLE_REGION")
+	}
 
 	if err := loadJSON(&account, c.AccountFile); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf(
@@ -36,24 +45,15 @@ func (c *Config) loadAndValidate() error {
 			err)
 	}
 
-	if err := loadJSON(&secrets, c.ClientSecretsFile); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf(
-			"Error loading client secrets file '%s': %s",
-			c.ClientSecretsFile,
-			err)
-	}
-
 	// Get the token for use in our requests
 	log.Printf("[INFO] Requesting Google token...")
 	log.Printf("[INFO]   -- Email: %s", account.ClientEmail)
 	log.Printf("[INFO]   -- Scopes: %s", clientScopes)
 	log.Printf("[INFO]   -- Private Key Length: %d", len(account.PrivateKey))
-	log.Printf("[INFO]   -- Token URL: %s", secrets.Web.TokenURI)
 	jwtTok := jwt.NewToken(
 		account.ClientEmail,
 		clientScopes,
 		[]byte(account.PrivateKey))
-	jwtTok.ClaimSet.Aud = secrets.Web.TokenURI
 	token, err := jwtTok.Assert(new(http.Client))
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error retrieving auth token: %s", err)
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ func (c *Config) loadAndValidate() error {
 		Config: &oauth.Config{
 			ClientId: account.ClientId,
 			Scope:    clientScopes,
-			TokenURL: secrets.Web.TokenURI,
-			AuthURL:  secrets.Web.AuthURI,
 		},
 		Token: token,
 	}
@@ -87,16 +85,6 @@ type accountFile struct {
 	ClientId     string `json:"client_id"`
 }
 
-// clientSecretsFile represents the structure of the client secrets JSON file.
-type clientSecretsFile struct {
-	Web struct {
-		AuthURI     string `json:"auth_uri"`
-		ClientEmail string `json:"client_email"`
-		ClientId    string `json:"client_id"`
-		TokenURI    string `json:"token_uri"`
-	}
-}
-
 func loadJSON(result interface{}, path string) error {
 	f, err := os.Open(path)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/builtin/providers/google/config_test.go b/builtin/providers/google/config_test.go
index 25d424cda..b4ee58520 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/google/config_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/google/config_test.go
@@ -22,20 +22,3 @@ func TestConfigLoadJSON_account(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", actual)
 	}
 }
-
-func TestConfigLoadJSON_client(t *testing.T) {
-	var actual clientSecretsFile
-	if err := loadJSON(&actual, "./test-fixtures/fake_client.json"); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	var expected clientSecretsFile
-	expected.Web.AuthURI = "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth"
-	expected.Web.ClientEmail = "foo@developer.gserviceaccount.com"
-	expected.Web.ClientId = "foo.apps.googleusercontent.com"
-	expected.Web.TokenURI = "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token"
-
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(actual, expected) {
-		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", actual)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/google/provider.go b/builtin/providers/google/provider.go
index b487513f1..3a16dc0a0 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/google/provider.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/google/provider.go
@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@ func Provider() terraform.ResourceProvider {
 				DefaultFunc: schema.EnvDefaultFunc("GOOGLE_ACCOUNT_FILE", nil),
 			},
 
-			"client_secrets_file": &schema.Schema{
-				Type:        schema.TypeString,
-				Required:    true,
-				DefaultFunc: schema.EnvDefaultFunc("GOOGLE_CLIENT_FILE", nil),
-			},
-
 			"project": &schema.Schema{
 				Type:        schema.TypeString,
 				Required:    true,
@@ -49,10 +43,9 @@ func Provider() terraform.ResourceProvider {
 
 func providerConfigure(d *schema.ResourceData) (interface{}, error) {
 	config := Config{
-		AccountFile:       d.Get("account_file").(string),
-		ClientSecretsFile: d.Get("client_secrets_file").(string),
-		Project:           d.Get("project").(string),
-		Region:            d.Get("region").(string),
+		AccountFile: d.Get("account_file").(string),
+		Project:     d.Get("project").(string),
+		Region:      d.Get("region").(string),
 	}
 
 	if err := config.loadAndValidate(); err != nil {
diff --git a/builtin/providers/google/provider_test.go b/builtin/providers/google/provider_test.go
index d5a32be33..2275e188f 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/google/provider_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/google/provider_test.go
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ func testAccPreCheck(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("GOOGLE_ACCOUNT_FILE must be set for acceptance tests")
 	}
 
-	if v := os.Getenv("GOOGLE_CLIENT_FILE"); v == "" {
-		t.Fatal("GOOGLE_CLIENT_FILE must be set for acceptance tests")
-	}
-
 	if v := os.Getenv("GOOGLE_PROJECT"); v == "" {
 		t.Fatal("GOOGLE_PROJECT must be set for acceptance tests")
 	}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_instance.go b/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_instance.go
index ca3120a0d..98e9faf95 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_instance.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_instance.go
@@ -137,11 +137,11 @@ func resourceComputeInstance() *schema.Resource {
 						},
 
 						"scopes": &schema.Schema{
-							Type:      schema.TypeList,
-							Required:  true,
-							ForceNew:  true,
-							Elem:      &schema.Schema{
-								Type:      schema.TypeString,
+							Type:     schema.TypeList,
+							Required: true,
+							ForceNew: true,
+							Elem: &schema.Schema{
+								Type: schema.TypeString,
 								StateFunc: func(v interface{}) string {
 									return canonicalizeServiceScope(v.(string))
 								},
@@ -294,11 +294,11 @@ func resourceComputeInstanceCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) err
 		scopesCount := d.Get(prefix + ".scopes.#").(int)
 		scopes := make([]string, 0, scopesCount)
 		for j := 0; j < scopesCount; j++ {
-			scope := d.Get(fmt.Sprintf(prefix + ".scopes.%d", j)).(string)
+			scope := d.Get(fmt.Sprintf(prefix+".scopes.%d", j)).(string)
 			scopes = append(scopes, canonicalizeServiceScope(scope))
 		}
 
-		serviceAccount := &compute.ServiceAccount {
+		serviceAccount := &compute.ServiceAccount{
 			Email:  "default",
 			Scopes: scopes,
 		}
@@ -378,8 +378,8 @@ func resourceComputeInstanceRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 	// Set the service accounts
 	for i, serviceAccount := range instance.ServiceAccounts {
 		prefix := fmt.Sprintf("service_account.%d", i)
-		d.Set(prefix + ".email", serviceAccount.Email)
-		d.Set(prefix + ".scopes.#", len(serviceAccount.Scopes))
+		d.Set(prefix+".email", serviceAccount.Email)
+		d.Set(prefix+".scopes.#", len(serviceAccount.Scopes))
 		for j, scope := range serviceAccount.Scopes {
 			d.Set(fmt.Sprintf("%s.scopes.%d", prefix, j), scope)
 		}
@@ -534,14 +534,19 @@ func resourceComputeInstanceDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) err
 
 func resourceInstanceMetadata(d *schema.ResourceData) *compute.Metadata {
 	var metadata *compute.Metadata
-	if v := d.Get("metadata").([]interface{}); len(v) > 0 {
+	if metadataList := d.Get("metadata").([]interface{}); len(metadataList) > 0 {
 		m := new(compute.Metadata)
-		m.Items = make([]*compute.MetadataItems, 0, len(v))
-		for _, v := range v {
-			for k, v := range v.(map[string]interface{}) {
+		m.Items = make([]*compute.MetadataItems, 0, len(metadataList))
+		for _, metadataMap := range metadataList {
+			for key, val := range metadataMap.(map[string]interface{}) {
+				// TODO: fix https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/issues/883
+				//       and remove this workaround <3 phinze
+				if key == "#" {
+					continue
+				}
 				m.Items = append(m.Items, &compute.MetadataItems{
-					Key:   k,
-					Value: v.(string),
+					Key:   key,
+					Value: val.(string),
 				})
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/google/index.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/google/index.html.markdown
index 6eafafbcd..3014125cf 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/google/index.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/google/index.html.markdown
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ Use the navigation to the left to read about the available resources.
 # Configure the Google Cloud provider
 provider "google" {
     account_file = "account.json"
-    client_secrets_file = "client_secrets.json"
     project = "my-gce-project"
     region = "us-central1"
 }
@@ -39,33 +38,23 @@ The following keys can be used to configure the provider.
   your account credentials, downloaded from Google Cloud Console. More
   details on retrieving this file are below.
 
-* `client_secrets_file` - (Required) Path to the JSON file containing
-  the secrets for your account, downloaded from Google Cloud Console.
-  More details on retrieving this file are below.
-
 * `project` - (Required) The name of the project to apply any resources to.
 
 * `region` - (Required) The region to operate under.
 
-## Authentication JSON Files
+## Authentication JSON File
 
-Authenticating with Google Cloud services requires two separate JSON
-files: one which we call the _account file_ and the _client secrets file_.
+Authenticating with Google Cloud services requires a JSON
+file which we call the _account file_.
 
-Both of these files are downloaded directly from the
+This file is downloaded directly from the
 [Google Developers Console](https://console.developers.google.com). To make
-the process more straightforwarded, it is documented here.
+the process more straightforwarded, it is documented here:
 
 1. Log into the [Google Developers Console](https://console.developers.google.com)
    and select a project.
 
 2. Under the "APIs & Auth" section, click "Credentials."
 
-3. Create a new OAuth client ID and select "Installed application" as the
-   type of account. Once created, click the "Download JSON" button underneath
-   the account. The file should start with "client\_secret". This is your _client
-   secrets file_.
-
-4. Create a new OAuth client ID and select "Service account" as the type
-   of account. Once created, a JSON file should be downloaded. This is your
-   _account file_.
+3. Create a new OAuth client ID and select "Service account" as the type
+   of account. Once created, and after a P12 key is downloaded, a JSON file should be downloaded. This is your _account file_.