diff --git a/internal/services/compute/managed_disk_resource_test.go b/internal/services/compute/managed_disk_resource_test.go
index 7b171429dcf9..d2c38f074888 100644
--- a/internal/services/compute/managed_disk_resource_test.go
+++ b/internal/services/compute/managed_disk_resource_test.go
@@ -67,17 +67,16 @@ func TestAccManagedDisk_zeroGbFromPlatformImage(t *testing.T) {
 func TestAccManagedDisk_import(t *testing.T) {
 	data := acceptance.BuildTestData(t, "azurerm_managed_disk", "test")
 	r := ManagedDiskResource{}
-	vm := LinuxVirtualMachineResource{}
 
 	data.ResourceTest(t, r, []acceptance.TestStep{
 		{
 			// need to create a vm and then delete it so we can use the vhd to test import
-			Config:             vm.authSSH(data),
+			Config:             r.legacyVM(data),
 			Destroy:            false,
 			ExpectNonEmptyPlan: true,
 			Check: acceptance.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
-				check.That("azurerm_linux_virtual_machine.test").ExistsInAzure(vm),
-				data.CheckWithClientForResource(r.destroyVirtualMachine, "azurerm_linux_virtual_machine.test"),
+				// NOTE: using the legacy vm resource since this test requires an unmanaged disk
+				data.CheckWithClientForResource(r.destroyVirtualMachine, "azurerm_virtual_machine.test"),
 			),
 		},
 		{
@@ -2151,3 +2150,98 @@ resource "azurerm_managed_disk" "test" {
 }
 `, data.RandomInteger, data.Locations.Primary, data.RandomInteger)
 }
+
+func (ManagedDiskResource) legacyVM(data acceptance.TestData) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+provider "azurerm" {
+  features {}
+}
+
+resource "azurerm_resource_group" "test" {
+  name     = "acctestRG-%d"
+  location = "%s"
+}
+
+resource "azurerm_virtual_network" "test" {
+  name                = "acctvn-%d"
+  address_space       = ["10.0.0.0/16"]
+  location            = azurerm_resource_group.test.location
+  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.test.name
+}
+
+resource "azurerm_subnet" "test" {
+  name                 = "acctsub-%d"
+  resource_group_name  = azurerm_resource_group.test.name
+  virtual_network_name = azurerm_virtual_network.test.name
+  address_prefixes     = ["10.0.2.0/24"]
+}
+
+resource "azurerm_network_interface" "test" {
+  name                = "acctni-%d"
+  location            = azurerm_resource_group.test.location
+  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.test.name
+
+  ip_configuration {
+    name                          = "testconfiguration1"
+    subnet_id                     = azurerm_subnet.test.id
+    private_ip_address_allocation = "Dynamic"
+  }
+}
+
+resource "azurerm_storage_account" "test" {
+  name                     = "accsa%d"
+  resource_group_name      = "${azurerm_resource_group.test.name}"
+  location                 = "${azurerm_resource_group.test.location}"
+  account_tier             = "Standard"
+  account_replication_type = "LRS"
+
+  tags = {
+    environment = "staging"
+  }
+}
+
+resource "azurerm_storage_container" "test" {
+  name                  = "vhds"
+  storage_account_name  = "${azurerm_storage_account.test.name}"
+  container_access_type = "private"
+}
+
+resource "azurerm_virtual_machine" "test" {
+  name                  = "acctvm-%d"
+  location              = azurerm_resource_group.test.location
+  resource_group_name   = azurerm_resource_group.test.name
+  network_interface_ids = [azurerm_network_interface.test.id]
+  vm_size               = "Standard_D1_v2"
+
+  storage_image_reference {
+    publisher = "Canonical"
+    offer     = "UbuntuServer"
+    sku       = "16.04-LTS"
+    version   = "latest"
+  }
+
+  storage_os_disk {
+    name          = "myosdisk1"
+    vhd_uri       = "${azurerm_storage_account.test.primary_blob_endpoint}${azurerm_storage_container.test.name}/myosdisk1.vhd"
+    caching       = "ReadWrite"
+    create_option = "FromImage"
+    disk_size_gb  = "45"
+  }
+
+  os_profile {
+    computer_name  = "hn%d"
+    admin_username = "testadmin"
+    admin_password = "Password1234!"
+  }
+
+  os_profile_linux_config {
+    disable_password_authentication = false
+  }
+
+  tags = {
+    environment = "Production"
+    cost-center = "Ops"
+  }
+}
+`, data.RandomInteger, data.Locations.Primary, data.RandomInteger, data.RandomInteger, data.RandomInteger, data.RandomInteger, data.RandomInteger, data.RandomInteger)
+}