diff --git a/tfe/resource_tfe_ssh_key.go b/tfe/resource_tfe_ssh_key.go
index 562dedf35..461d9a2c4 100644
--- a/tfe/resource_tfe_ssh_key.go
+++ b/tfe/resource_tfe_ssh_key.go
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ func resourceTFESSHKeyUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 
 	// Create a new options struct.
 	options := tfe.SSHKeyUpdateOptions{
-		Name:  tfe.String(d.Get("name").(string)),
-		Value: tfe.String(d.Get("key").(string)),
+		Name: tfe.String(d.Get("name").(string)),
 	}
 
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Update SSH key: %s", d.Id())
diff --git a/tfe/resource_tfe_ssh_key_test.go b/tfe/resource_tfe_ssh_key_test.go
index 70b1d33a4..fa992cb2b 100644
--- a/tfe/resource_tfe_ssh_key_test.go
+++ b/tfe/resource_tfe_ssh_key_test.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func TestAccTFESSHKey_update(t *testing.T) {
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
 						"tfe_ssh_key.foobar", "name", "ssh-key-updated"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
-						"tfe_ssh_key.foobar", "key", "UPDATED-SSH-KEY-CONTENT"),
+						"tfe_ssh_key.foobar", "key", "SSH-KEY-CONTENT"),
 				),
 			},
 		},
@@ -168,6 +168,6 @@ resource "tfe_organization" "foobar" {
 resource "tfe_ssh_key" "foobar" {
   name         = "ssh-key-updated"
   organization = tfe_organization.foobar.id
-  key          = "UPDATED-SSH-KEY-CONTENT"
+  key          = "SSH-KEY-CONTENT"
 }`, rInt)
 }