diff --git a/kubernetes/schema_metadata.go b/kubernetes/schema_metadata.go
index 22234814b1..6023e28313 100644
--- a/kubernetes/schema_metadata.go
+++ b/kubernetes/schema_metadata.go
@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@ func metadataFields(objectName string) map[string]*schema.Schema {
 			Description: fmt.Sprintf("An opaque value that represents the internal version of this %s that can be used by clients to determine when %s has changed. Read more: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#concurrency-control-and-consistency", objectName, objectName),
 			Computed:    true,
 		},
-		"self_link": {
-			Type:        schema.TypeString,
-			Description: fmt.Sprintf("A URL representing this %s.", objectName),
-			Computed:    true,
-		},
 		"uid": {
 			Type:        schema.TypeString,
 			Description: fmt.Sprintf("The unique in time and space value for this %s. More info: http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/identifiers#uids", objectName),
diff --git a/website/docs/guides/getting-started.html.markdown b/website/docs/guides/getting-started.html.markdown
index ed1652a302..cc3cadea3e 100644
--- a/website/docs/guides/getting-started.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/guides/getting-started.html.markdown
@@ -241,7 +241,6 @@ Terraform will perform the following actions:
           + name             = "nginx"
           + namespace        = "nginx"
           + resource_version = (known after apply)
-          + self_link        = (known after apply)
           + uid              = (known after apply)
         }
 
@@ -275,7 +274,6 @@ Terraform will perform the following actions:
                     }
                   + name             = (known after apply)
                   + resource_version = (known after apply)
-                  + self_link        = (known after apply)
                   + uid              = (known after apply)
                 }
 
@@ -622,7 +620,6 @@ Terraform will perform the following actions:
           + generation       = (known after apply)
           + name             = "nginx"
           + resource_version = (known after apply)
-          + self_link        = (known after apply)
           + uid              = (known after apply)
         }
     }
@@ -638,7 +635,6 @@ Terraform will perform the following actions:
           + name             = "nginx"
           + namespace        = "nginx"
           + resource_version = (known after apply)
-          + self_link        = (known after apply)
           + uid              = (known after apply)
         }