diff --git a/aws/data_source_aws_lambda_function.go b/aws/data_source_aws_lambda_function.go
index 392a0e4442b..899e3bcda6f 100644
--- a/aws/data_source_aws_lambda_function.go
+++ b/aws/data_source_aws_lambda_function.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ func dataSourceAwsLambdaFunction() *schema.Resource {
 			"qualifier": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Optional: true,
-				Default:  "$LATEST",
 			},
 			"description": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
diff --git a/aws/data_source_aws_lambda_function_test.go b/aws/data_source_aws_lambda_function_test.go
index 0d59e35d76f..c52f5d3de85 100644
--- a/aws/data_source_aws_lambda_function_test.go
+++ b/aws/data_source_aws_lambda_function_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ func TestAccDataSourceAWSLambdaFunction_basic(t *testing.T) {
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet("data.aws_lambda_function.acctest", "invoke_arn"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("data.aws_lambda_function.acctest", "function_name", funcName),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("data.aws_lambda_function.acctest", "description", funcName),
-					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("data.aws_lambda_function.acctest", "qualifier", "$LATEST"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("data.aws_lambda_function.acctest", "handler", "exports.example"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("data.aws_lambda_function.acctest", "memory_size", "128"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("data.aws_lambda_function.acctest", "runtime", "nodejs4.3"),