diff --git a/internal/services/synapse/synapse_spark_pool_resource.go b/internal/services/synapse/synapse_spark_pool_resource.go
index 01c03663c9880..f40b6765bfe7d 100644
--- a/internal/services/synapse/synapse_spark_pool_resource.go
+++ b/internal/services/synapse/synapse_spark_pool_resource.go
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ func resourceSynapseSparkPool() *pluginsdk.Resource {
 			"node_count": {
 				Type:         pluginsdk.TypeInt,
 				Optional:     true,
-				Computed:     true,
 				ValidateFunc: validation.IntBetween(3, 200),
 				ExactlyOneOf: []string{"node_count", "auto_scale"},
 			},