diff --git a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/getImportEqualsLocalNameSuffix.ts b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/getImportEqualsLocalNameSuffix.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e06ad4138..000000000
--- a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/getImportEqualsLocalNameSuffix.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-export const getImportEqualsLocalNameSuffix = (
-  v2ClientName: string,
-  v3ClientPackageName: string
-) =>
-  v3ClientPackageName.startsWith("@aws-sdk/client-")
-    ? v2ClientName
-    : v3ClientPackageName.substring(9).replace(/-/g, "_");
diff --git a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/importEqualsModule/addClientDefaultModule.ts b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/importEqualsModule/addClientDefaultModule.ts
index 75b861e68..7bd5e9d0e 100644
--- a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/importEqualsModule/addClientDefaultModule.ts
+++ b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/importEqualsModule/addClientDefaultModule.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import { Collection, JSCodeshift } from "jscodeshift";
 
-import { getDefaultLocalName } from "../../utils";
 import { getImportEqualsDeclaration } from "../getImportEqualsDeclaration";
 import { getImportEqualsDeclarationType } from "../getImportEqualsDeclarationType";
-import { getImportEqualsLocalNameSuffix } from "../getImportEqualsLocalNameSuffix";
 import { ClientModulesOptions } from "../types";
+import { getImportEqualsDefaultName } from "./getImportEqualsDefaultName";
 
 export type ClientDefaultModuleOptions = Omit<ClientModulesOptions, "clientIdentifiers">;
 
@@ -13,8 +12,7 @@ export const addClientDefaultModule = (
   source: Collection<unknown>,
   { v2ClientLocalName, v2ClientName, v2GlobalName, v3ClientPackageName }: ClientDefaultModuleOptions
 ) => {
-  const localNameSuffix = getImportEqualsLocalNameSuffix(v2ClientName, v3ClientPackageName);
-  const defaultLocalName = getDefaultLocalName(localNameSuffix);
+  const defaultLocalName = getImportEqualsDefaultName(v3ClientPackageName);
   const existingImportEquals = source.find(
     j.TSImportEqualsDeclaration,
     getImportEqualsDeclarationType(v3ClientPackageName)
diff --git a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/importEqualsModule/addClientNamedModule.ts b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/importEqualsModule/addClientNamedModule.ts
index 38de8793f..2c3443856 100644
--- a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/importEqualsModule/addClientNamedModule.ts
+++ b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/importEqualsModule/addClientNamedModule.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import { Collection, JSCodeshift } from "jscodeshift";
 
-import { getDefaultLocalName } from "../../utils";
 import { getImportEqualsDeclarationType } from "../getImportEqualsDeclarationType";
-import { getImportEqualsLocalNameSuffix } from "../getImportEqualsLocalNameSuffix";
 import { ClientModulesOptions, ImportSpecifierOptions } from "../types";
 import { addClientDefaultModule } from "./addClientDefaultModule";
+import { getImportEqualsDefaultName } from "./getImportEqualsDefaultName";
 
 export const addClientNamedModule = (
   j: JSCodeshift,
@@ -12,10 +11,9 @@ export const addClientNamedModule = (
   options: ClientModulesOptions & ImportSpecifierOptions
 ) => {
   const { importedName, localName = importedName, ...v3ClientModulesOptions } = options;
-  const { v2ClientName, v3ClientPackageName } = v3ClientModulesOptions;
+  const { v3ClientPackageName } = v3ClientModulesOptions;
 
-  const localNameSuffix = getImportEqualsLocalNameSuffix(v2ClientName, v3ClientPackageName);
-  const defaultLocalName = getDefaultLocalName(localNameSuffix);
+  const defaultLocalName = getImportEqualsDefaultName(v3ClientPackageName);
 
   const existingDeclaration = source.find(j.TSImportEqualsDeclaration, {
     type: "TSImportEqualsDeclaration",
diff --git a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/importEqualsModule/getImportEqualsDefaultName.ts b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/importEqualsModule/getImportEqualsDefaultName.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..127c8390f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/importEqualsModule/getImportEqualsDefaultName.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export const getImportEqualsDefaultName = (packageName: string) =>
+  ["AWS", ...packageName.split("/").pop()!.split("-")].join("_");
diff --git a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/index.ts b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/index.ts
index 85b778f4c..70efb0f99 100644
--- a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/index.ts
+++ b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 export * from "./addClientModules";
 export * from "./getGlobalNameFromModule";
 export * from "./getImportEqualsDeclarationType";
-export * from "./getImportEqualsLocalNameSuffix";
 export * from "./getImportSpecifiers";
 export * from "./getImportType";
 export * from "./getRequireDeclaratorsWithProperty";
diff --git a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/utils/getDefaultLocalName.ts b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/utils/getDefaultLocalName.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d6adf8ed..000000000
--- a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/utils/getDefaultLocalName.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-export const getDefaultLocalName = (localNameSuffix: string) =>
-  `AWS_${localNameSuffix.replace(".", "")}`;
diff --git a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/utils/index.ts b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/utils/index.ts
index 6bffdbe5f..82f30cdc3 100644
--- a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/utils/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 export * from "./getClientDeepImportPath";
 export * from "./getClientNewExpression";
-export * from "./getDefaultLocalName";
 export * from "./isTypeScriptFile";