diff --git a/azurerm/internal/services/machinelearning/machine_learning_compute_cluster_resource.go b/azurerm/internal/services/machinelearning/machine_learning_compute_cluster_resource.go
index aa1ca8dfb0fb0..ec9df42ed3965 100644
--- a/azurerm/internal/services/machinelearning/machine_learning_compute_cluster_resource.go
+++ b/azurerm/internal/services/machinelearning/machine_learning_compute_cluster_resource.go
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ func resourceComputeClusterCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) erro
 		},
 		ComputeLocation: utils.String(d.Get("location").(string)),
 		Description:     utils.String(d.Get("description").(string)),
-		ComputeType:     "ComputeTypeAmlCompute1",
 	}
 
 	amlComputeProperties, isAmlCompute := (machinelearningservices.BasicCompute).AsAmlCompute(computeClusterProperties)