diff --git a/hcl2template/types.datasource.go b/hcl2template/types.datasource.go
index 3deab8c71..839b804c6 100644
--- a/hcl2template/types.datasource.go
+++ b/hcl2template/types.datasource.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func (ds *Datasources) Values() (map[string]cty.Value, hcl.Diagnostics) {
 	return res, diags
 }
 
-func (cfg *PackerConfig) startDatasource(dataSourceStore packer.DatasourceStore, ref DatasourceRef, secondaryEvaluation bool) (packersdk.Datasource, hcl.Diagnostics) {
+func (cfg *PackerConfig) startDatasource(dataSourceStore packer.DatasourceStore, ref DatasourceRef) (packersdk.Datasource, hcl.Diagnostics) {
 	var diags hcl.Diagnostics
 	block := cfg.Datasources[ref].block
 
diff --git a/hcl2template/types.packer_config.go b/hcl2template/types.packer_config.go
index 8558add3b..a85ad9c1e 100644
--- a/hcl2template/types.packer_config.go
+++ b/hcl2template/types.packer_config.go
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ func (cfg *PackerConfig) evaluateDatasources(skipExecution bool) hcl.Diagnostics
 			continue
 		}
 
-		datasource, startDiags := cfg.startDatasource(cfg.parser.PluginConfig.DataSources, ref, false)
+		datasource, startDiags := cfg.startDatasource(cfg.parser.PluginConfig.DataSources, ref)
 		diags = append(diags, startDiags...)
 		if diags.HasErrors() {
 			continue
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ func (cfg *PackerConfig) recursivelyEvaluateDatasources(ref DatasourceRef, depen
 	// If we've gotten here, then it means ref doesn't seem to have any further
 	// dependencies we need to evaluate first. Evaluate it, with the cfg's full
 	// data source context.
-	datasource, startDiags := cfg.startDatasource(cfg.parser.PluginConfig.DataSources, ref, true)
+	datasource, startDiags := cfg.startDatasource(cfg.parser.PluginConfig.DataSources, ref)
 	if startDiags.HasErrors() {
 		diags = append(diags, startDiags...)
 		return dependencies, diags, shouldContinue