diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_instance.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_instance.go
index b57dc13f3..e99744a0f 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_instance.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_db_instance.go
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ func resourceAwsDbInstance() *schema.Resource {
 			"final_snapshot_identifier": &schema.Schema{
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Optional: true,
-				ForceNew: true,
 			},
 
 			"db_subnet_group_name": &schema.Schema{