diff --git a/terraform/transform_provider.go b/terraform/transform_provider.go
index aa4992227..b9695d524 100644
--- a/terraform/transform_provider.go
+++ b/terraform/transform_provider.go
@@ -355,6 +355,13 @@ func (n *graphNodeCloseProvider) DotNode(name string, opts *dag.DotOpts) *dag.Do
 	}
 }
 
+// RemovableIfNotTargeted
+func (n *graphNodeCloseProvider) RemoveIfNotTargeted() bool {
+	// We need to add this so that this node will be removed if
+	// it isn't targeted or a dependency of a target.
+	return true
+}
+
 // graphNodeProviderConsumerDummy is a struct that never enters the real
 // graph (though it could to no ill effect). It implements
 // GraphNodeProviderConsumer and GraphNodeSubpath as a way to force
diff --git a/terraform/transform_provider_test.go b/terraform/transform_provider_test.go
index a84562379..b9f52a1f7 100644
--- a/terraform/transform_provider_test.go
+++ b/terraform/transform_provider_test.go
@@ -147,11 +147,7 @@ func TestCloseProviderTransformer_withTargets(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	actual := strings.TrimSpace(g.String())
-	expected := strings.TrimSpace(`
-provider.aws
-provider.aws (close)
-  provider.aws
-	`)
+	expected := strings.TrimSpace(``)
 	if actual != expected {
 		t.Fatalf("expected:%s\n\ngot:\n\n%s", expected, actual)
 	}