diff --git a/packages/amplify-category-auth/src/provider-utils/awscloudformation/index.js b/packages/amplify-category-auth/src/provider-utils/awscloudformation/index.js
index 210ceaaeae6..2a7428e7904 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-category-auth/src/provider-utils/awscloudformation/index.js
+++ b/packages/amplify-category-auth/src/provider-utils/awscloudformation/index.js
@@ -145,9 +145,10 @@ async function updateConfigOnEnvInit(context, category, service) {
   if (hostedUIProviderMeta) {
     currentEnvSpecificValues = getOAuthProviderKeys(currentEnvSpecificValues, resourceParams);
   }
-
+  const isPullingOrNewEnv = context.input.command === 'pull' || context.input.command === 'env';
+  // don't ask for env_specific params when creating a new env or pulling
   srvcMetaData.inputs = srvcMetaData.inputs.filter(
-    input => ENV_SPECIFIC_PARAMS.includes(input.key) && !Object.keys(currentEnvSpecificValues).includes(input.key),
+    input => ENV_SPECIFIC_PARAMS.includes(input.key) && !Object.keys(currentEnvSpecificValues).includes(input.key) && !isPullingOrNewEnv,
   );
 
   const serviceWalkthroughSrc = `${__dirname}/service-walkthroughs/${serviceWalkthroughFilename}`;
diff --git a/packages/amplify-console-integration-tests/src/pullAndInit/pullProject.ts b/packages/amplify-console-integration-tests/src/pullAndInit/pullProject.ts
index aa620bef3a0..ec210a168a8 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-console-integration-tests/src/pullAndInit/pullProject.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-console-integration-tests/src/pullAndInit/pullProject.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ export function authConfigPull(projectRootDirPath: string, params: { appId: stri
     if (params[key]) pullCommand.push(...[`--${key}`, JSON.stringify(params[key])]);
   });
   const s = { ...defaultSettings, ...settings };
-  const { FACEBOOK_APP_ID, FACEBOOK_APP_SECRET, GOOGLE_APP_ID, GOOGLE_APP_SECRET, AMAZON_APP_ID, AMAZON_APP_SECRET } = getSocialProviders();
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     spawn(util.getCLIPath(), pullCommand, { cwd: projectRootDirPath, stripColors: true })
       .wait('Select the authentication method you want to use:')
@@ -82,18 +81,6 @@ export function authConfigPull(projectRootDirPath: string, params: { appId: stri
       .sendLine(s.startCmd)
       .wait('Do you plan on modifying this backend?')
       .sendLine('y')
-      .wait('Enter your Facebook App ID for your OAuth flow:')
-      .sendLine(FACEBOOK_APP_ID)
-      .wait('Enter your Facebook App Secret for your OAuth flow:')
-      .sendLine(FACEBOOK_APP_SECRET)
-      .wait('Enter your Google Web Client ID for your OAuth flow:')
-      .sendLine(GOOGLE_APP_ID)
-      .wait('Enter your Google Web Client Secret for your OAuth flow:')
-      .sendLine(GOOGLE_APP_SECRET)
-      .wait('Enter your Amazon App ID for your OAuth flow:')
-      .sendLine(AMAZON_APP_ID)
-      .wait('Enter your Amazon App Secret for your OAuth flow:')
-      .sendLine(AMAZON_APP_SECRET)
       .wait('Successfully pulled backend environment dev from the cloud.')
       .run((err: Error) => {
         if (!err) {
diff --git a/packages/amplify-e2e-tests/src/environment/env.ts b/packages/amplify-e2e-tests/src/environment/env.ts
index ed3f4ad7cce..18f77f01cbc 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-e2e-tests/src/environment/env.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-e2e-tests/src/environment/env.ts
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ export function pullEnvironment(cwd: string): Promise<void> {
 }
 
 export function addEnvironmentHostedUI(cwd: string, settings: { envName: string }): Promise<void> {
-  const { FACEBOOK_APP_ID, FACEBOOK_APP_SECRET, GOOGLE_APP_ID, GOOGLE_APP_SECRET, AMAZON_APP_ID, AMAZON_APP_SECRET } = getSocialProviders();
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     spawn(getCLIPath(), ['env', 'add'], { cwd, stripColors: true })
       .wait('Do you want to use an existing environment?')
@@ -147,18 +146,6 @@ export function addEnvironmentHostedUI(cwd: string, settings: { envName: string
       .sendCarriageReturn()
       .wait('Please choose the profile you want to use')
       .sendCarriageReturn()
-      .wait('Enter your Facebook App ID for your OAuth flow:')
-      .sendLine(FACEBOOK_APP_ID)
-      .wait('Enter your Facebook App Secret for your OAuth flow:')
-      .sendLine(FACEBOOK_APP_SECRET)
-      .wait('Enter your Google Web Client ID for your OAuth flow:')
-      .sendLine(GOOGLE_APP_ID)
-      .wait('Enter your Google Web Client Secret for your OAuth flow:')
-      .sendLine(GOOGLE_APP_SECRET)
-      .wait('Enter your Amazon App ID for your OAuth flow:')
-      .sendLine(AMAZON_APP_ID)
-      .wait('Enter your Amazon App Secret for your OAuth flow:')
-      .sendLine(AMAZON_APP_SECRET)
       .wait('Try "amplify add api" to create a backend API and then "amplify publish" to deploy everything')
       .run((err: Error) => {
         if (!err) {
diff --git a/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/src/resourceParams.js b/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/src/resourceParams.js
index 891d5e80fa8..a9133f78048 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/src/resourceParams.js
+++ b/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/src/resourceParams.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
+const _ = require('lodash');
+const hostedUIProviderCredsField = 'hostedUIProviderCreds';
 
 function getResourceDirPath(context, category, resource) {
   const { projectPath } = context.migrationInfo || context.amplify.getEnvInfo();
@@ -39,7 +41,11 @@ function loadResourceParameters(context, category, resource) {
     parameters = context.amplify.readJsonFile(parametersFilePath);
   }
   const envSpecificParams = context.amplify.loadEnvResourceParameters(context, category, resource);
-  return { ...parameters, ...envSpecificParams };
+  let resourceParameters = { ...parameters, ...envSpecificParams };
+  if (category === 'auth' && parameters && parameters.hostedUI && !resourceParameters[hostedUIProviderCredsField]) {
+    resourceParameters = _.set(resourceParameters, hostedUIProviderCredsField, '[]');
+  }
+  return resourceParameters;
 }
 
 module.exports = {