diff --git a/builder/googlecompute/driver.go b/builder/googlecompute/driver.go
index d55d267b7..b07c9d77b 100644
--- a/builder/googlecompute/driver.go
+++ b/builder/googlecompute/driver.go
@@ -58,25 +58,24 @@ type Driver interface {
 }
 
 type InstanceConfig struct {
-	Address             string
-	Description         string
-	DiskSizeGb          int64
-	DiskType            string
-	Image               *Image
-	MachineType         string
-	Metadata            map[string]string
-	Name                string
-	Network             string
-	NetworkProjectId    string
-	OmitExternalIP      bool
-	OnHostMaintenance   string
-	Preemptible         bool
-	Region              string
-	Scopes              []string
-	ServiceAccountEmail string
-	Subnetwork          string
-	Tags                []string
-	Zone                string
+	Address           string
+	Description       string
+	DiskSizeGb        int64
+	DiskType          string
+	Image             *Image
+	MachineType       string
+	Metadata          map[string]string
+	Name              string
+	Network           string
+	NetworkProjectId  string
+	OmitExternalIP    bool
+	OnHostMaintenance string
+	Preemptible       bool
+	Region            string
+	Scopes            []string
+	Subnetwork        string
+	Tags              []string
+	Zone              string
 }
 
 // WindowsPasswordConfig is the data structue that GCE needs to encrypt the created
diff --git a/builder/googlecompute/driver_gce.go b/builder/googlecompute/driver_gce.go
index c535c139c..0708d0f43 100644
--- a/builder/googlecompute/driver_gce.go
+++ b/builder/googlecompute/driver_gce.go
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ func (d *driverGCE) RunInstance(c *InstanceConfig) (<-chan error, error) {
 		},
 		ServiceAccounts: []*compute.ServiceAccount{
 			{
-				Email:  c.ServiceAccountEmail,
+				Email:  "default",
 				Scopes: c.Scopes,
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/builder/googlecompute/step_create_instance.go b/builder/googlecompute/step_create_instance.go
index e7ae63e6d..bbd8867a7 100644
--- a/builder/googlecompute/step_create_instance.go
+++ b/builder/googlecompute/step_create_instance.go
@@ -99,25 +99,24 @@ func (s *StepCreateInstance) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction
 	var metadata map[string]string
 	metadata, err = c.createInstanceMetadata(sourceImage, sshPublicKey)
 	errCh, err = d.RunInstance(&InstanceConfig{
-		Address:             c.Address,
-		Description:         "New instance created by Packer",
-		DiskSizeGb:          c.DiskSizeGb,
-		DiskType:            c.DiskType,
-		Image:               sourceImage,
-		MachineType:         c.MachineType,
-		Metadata:            metadata,
-		Name:                name,
-		Network:             c.Network,
-		NetworkProjectId:    c.NetworkProjectId,
-		OmitExternalIP:      c.OmitExternalIP,
-		OnHostMaintenance:   c.OnHostMaintenance,
-		Preemptible:         c.Preemptible,
-		Region:              c.Region,
-		ServiceAccountEmail: c.Account.ClientEmail,
-		Scopes:              c.Scopes,
-		Subnetwork:          c.Subnetwork,
-		Tags:                c.Tags,
-		Zone:                c.Zone,
+		Address:           c.Address,
+		Description:       "New instance created by Packer",
+		DiskSizeGb:        c.DiskSizeGb,
+		DiskType:          c.DiskType,
+		Image:             sourceImage,
+		MachineType:       c.MachineType,
+		Metadata:          metadata,
+		Name:              name,
+		Network:           c.Network,
+		NetworkProjectId:  c.NetworkProjectId,
+		OmitExternalIP:    c.OmitExternalIP,
+		OnHostMaintenance: c.OnHostMaintenance,
+		Preemptible:       c.Preemptible,
+		Region:            c.Region,
+		Scopes:            c.Scopes,
+		Subnetwork:        c.Subnetwork,
+		Tags:              c.Tags,
+		Zone:              c.Zone,
 	})
 
 	if err == nil {