diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_s3_bucket.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_s3_bucket.go
index f40330e544..d550124ef5 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_s3_bucket.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_s3_bucket.go
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@ func resourceAwsS3Bucket() *schema.Resource {
 				Computed: true,
 			},
 
-			"policy": &schema.Schema{
-				Type: schema.TypeString,
-				Optional: true,
-			},
 			"tags": tagsSchema(),
 		},
 	}
@@ -104,19 +100,6 @@ func resourceAwsS3BucketCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error creating S3 bucket: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	policy := d.Get("policy").(string)
-	if policy != "" {
-		log.Printf("[DEBUG] S3 bucket optional policy was specified: %s", policy)
-		_, err := s3conn.PutBucketPolicy(
-			&s3.PutBucketPolicyInput{
-				Bucket: aws.String(bucket),
-				Policy: aws.String(policy),
-			})
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Error adding policy to S3 bucket: %s", err)
-		}
-	}
-
 	// Assign the bucket name as the resource ID
 	d.SetId(bucket)