diff --git a/builtin/providers/atlas/resource_artifact.go b/builtin/providers/atlas/resource_artifact.go
index f4d264a8aa..b9ed5aea09 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/atlas/resource_artifact.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/atlas/resource_artifact.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ func resourceArtifact() *schema.Resource {
 	return &schema.Resource{
 		Create: resourceArtifactRead,
 		Read:   resourceArtifactRead,
-		Update: resourceArtifactRead,
 		Delete: resourceArtifactDelete,
 
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_app_cookie_stickiness_policy.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_app_cookie_stickiness_policy.go
index 3f7e1bf7ff..7220643fee 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_app_cookie_stickiness_policy.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_app_cookie_stickiness_policy.go
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ func resourceAwsAppCookieStickinessPolicy() *schema.Resource {
 		// There is no concept of "updating" an App Stickiness policy in
 		// the AWS API.
 		Create: resourceAwsAppCookieStickinessPolicyCreate,
-		Update: resourceAwsAppCookieStickinessPolicyCreate,
-
 		Read:   resourceAwsAppCookieStickinessPolicyRead,
 		Delete: resourceAwsAppCookieStickinessPolicyDelete,
 
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_lb_cookie_stickiness_policy.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_lb_cookie_stickiness_policy.go
index 50c6186de1..bed01aadd7 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_lb_cookie_stickiness_policy.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_lb_cookie_stickiness_policy.go
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ func resourceAwsLBCookieStickinessPolicy() *schema.Resource {
 		// There is no concept of "updating" an LB Stickiness policy in
 		// the AWS API.
 		Create: resourceAwsLBCookieStickinessPolicyCreate,
-		Update: resourceAwsLBCookieStickinessPolicyCreate,
-
 		Read:   resourceAwsLBCookieStickinessPolicyRead,
 		Delete: resourceAwsLBCookieStickinessPolicyDelete,
 
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_s3_bucket_object.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_s3_bucket_object.go
index 9d46952d07..5ecbef0132 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_s3_bucket_object.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_s3_bucket_object.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ func resourceAwsS3BucketObject() *schema.Resource {
 	return &schema.Resource{
 		Create: resourceAwsS3BucketObjectPut,
 		Read:   resourceAwsS3BucketObjectRead,
-		Update: resourceAwsS3BucketObjectPut,
 		Delete: resourceAwsS3BucketObjectDelete,
 
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_vpn_connection_route.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_vpn_connection_route.go
index 580ecff194..e6863f7215 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_vpn_connection_route.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_vpn_connection_route.go
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ func resourceAwsVpnConnectionRoute() *schema.Resource {
 		// You can't update a route. You can just delete one and make
 		// a new one.
 		Create: resourceAwsVpnConnectionRouteCreate,
-		Update: resourceAwsVpnConnectionRouteCreate,
-
 		Read:   resourceAwsVpnConnectionRouteRead,
 		Delete: resourceAwsVpnConnectionRouteDelete,
 
diff --git a/builtin/providers/azure/resource_azure_storage_blob.go b/builtin/providers/azure/resource_azure_storage_blob.go
index 4e870e0ad3..9a3dca1a97 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/azure/resource_azure_storage_blob.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/azure/resource_azure_storage_blob.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ func resourceAzureStorageBlob() *schema.Resource {
 	return &schema.Resource{
 		Create: resourceAzureStorageBlobCreate,
 		Read:   resourceAzureStorageBlobRead,
-		Update: resourceAzureStorageBlobUpdate,
 		Exists: resourceAzureStorageBlobExists,
 		Delete: resourceAzureStorageBlobDelete,
 
@@ -122,17 +121,6 @@ func resourceAzureStorageBlobRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) erro
 	return nil
 }
 
-// resourceAzureStorageBlobUpdate does all the necessary API calls to
-// update a blob on Azure.
-func resourceAzureStorageBlobUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
-	// NOTE: although empty as most parameters have ForceNew set; this is
-	// still required in case of changes to the storage_service_key
-
-	// run the ExistsFunc beforehand to ensure the resource's existence nonetheless:
-	_, err := resourceAzureStorageBlobExists(d, meta)
-	return err
-}
-
 // resourceAzureStorageBlobExists does all the necessary API calls to
 // check for the existence of the blob on Azure.
 func resourceAzureStorageBlobExists(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) (bool, error) {
diff --git a/builtin/providers/google/resource_storage_bucket_object.go b/builtin/providers/google/resource_storage_bucket_object.go
index cd5fe7d9c1..bd8e4f04d2 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/google/resource_storage_bucket_object.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/google/resource_storage_bucket_object.go
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package google
 
 import (
-	"os"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
 
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ func resourceStorageBucketObject() *schema.Resource {
 	return &schema.Resource{
 		Create: resourceStorageBucketObjectCreate,
 		Read:   resourceStorageBucketObjectRead,
-		Update: resourceStorageBucketObjectUpdate,
 		Delete: resourceStorageBucketObjectDelete,
 
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
@@ -107,12 +106,6 @@ func resourceStorageBucketObjectRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) e
 	return nil
 }
 
-func resourceStorageBucketObjectUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
-	// The Cloud storage API doesn't support updating object data contents,
-	// only metadata. So once we implement metadata we'll have work to do here
-	return nil
-}
-
 func resourceStorageBucketObjectDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	config := meta.(*Config)
 
diff --git a/builtin/providers/null/resource.go b/builtin/providers/null/resource.go
index 0badf346cd..ad56ba4bdc 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/null/resource.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/null/resource.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ func resource() *schema.Resource {
 	return &schema.Resource{
 		Create: resourceCreate,
 		Read:   resourceRead,
-		Update: resourceUpdate,
 		Delete: resourceDelete,
 
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{},
@@ -32,10 +31,6 @@ func resourceRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func resourceUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
 func resourceDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	d.SetId("")
 	return nil