diff --git a/.changelog/4082.txt b/.changelog/4082.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..36162f12fae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/4082.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+compute: fixed ability to clear `description` field on `google_compute_health_check` and `google_compute_region_health_check`
+```
diff --git a/google/resource_compute_health_check.go b/google/resource_compute_health_check.go
index a4bee6997b4..82498ea56c7 100644
--- a/google/resource_compute_health_check.go
+++ b/google/resource_compute_health_check.go
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ func resourceComputeHealthCheckCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 	descriptionProp, err := expandComputeHealthCheckDescription(d.Get("description"), d, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
-	} else if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("description"); !isEmptyValue(reflect.ValueOf(descriptionProp)) && (ok || !reflect.DeepEqual(v, descriptionProp)) {
+	} else if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("description"); ok || !reflect.DeepEqual(v, descriptionProp) {
 		obj["description"] = descriptionProp
 	}
 	healthyThresholdProp, err := expandComputeHealthCheckHealthyThreshold(d.Get("healthy_threshold"), d, config)
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ func resourceComputeHealthCheckUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 	descriptionProp, err := expandComputeHealthCheckDescription(d.Get("description"), d, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
-	} else if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("description"); !isEmptyValue(reflect.ValueOf(v)) && (ok || !reflect.DeepEqual(v, descriptionProp)) {
+	} else if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("description"); ok || !reflect.DeepEqual(v, descriptionProp) {
 		obj["description"] = descriptionProp
 	}
 	healthyThresholdProp, err := expandComputeHealthCheckHealthyThreshold(d.Get("healthy_threshold"), d, config)
diff --git a/google/resource_compute_health_check_test.go b/google/resource_compute_health_check_test.go
index 2faf9407868..30e19178ed9 100644
--- a/google/resource_compute_health_check_test.go
+++ b/google/resource_compute_health_check_test.go
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ func testAccComputeHealthCheck_tcp_update(hckName string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "google_compute_health_check" "foobar" {
   check_interval_sec  = 3
-  description         = "Resource updated for Terraform acceptance testing"
   healthy_threshold   = 10
   name                = "health-test-%s"
   timeout_sec         = 2
diff --git a/google/resource_compute_region_health_check.go b/google/resource_compute_region_health_check.go
index e1173441cd6..cd6d4d2f7ce 100644
--- a/google/resource_compute_region_health_check.go
+++ b/google/resource_compute_region_health_check.go
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ func resourceComputeRegionHealthCheckCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interfa
 	descriptionProp, err := expandComputeRegionHealthCheckDescription(d.Get("description"), d, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
-	} else if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("description"); !isEmptyValue(reflect.ValueOf(descriptionProp)) && (ok || !reflect.DeepEqual(v, descriptionProp)) {
+	} else if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("description"); ok || !reflect.DeepEqual(v, descriptionProp) {
 		obj["description"] = descriptionProp
 	}
 	healthyThresholdProp, err := expandComputeRegionHealthCheckHealthyThreshold(d.Get("healthy_threshold"), d, config)
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ func resourceComputeRegionHealthCheckUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interfa
 	descriptionProp, err := expandComputeRegionHealthCheckDescription(d.Get("description"), d, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
-	} else if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("description"); !isEmptyValue(reflect.ValueOf(v)) && (ok || !reflect.DeepEqual(v, descriptionProp)) {
+	} else if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("description"); ok || !reflect.DeepEqual(v, descriptionProp) {
 		obj["description"] = descriptionProp
 	}
 	healthyThresholdProp, err := expandComputeRegionHealthCheckHealthyThreshold(d.Get("healthy_threshold"), d, config)
diff --git a/google/resource_compute_region_health_check_test.go b/google/resource_compute_region_health_check_test.go
index a0623957031..86676071874 100644
--- a/google/resource_compute_region_health_check_test.go
+++ b/google/resource_compute_region_health_check_test.go
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ func testAccComputeRegionHealthCheck_tcp_update(hckName string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "google_compute_region_health_check" "foobar" {
   check_interval_sec  = 3
-  description         = "Resource updated for Terraform acceptance testing"
   healthy_threshold   = 10
   name                = "health-test-%s"
   timeout_sec         = 2