terraform_remote_state output unavailable for module during destroy phase

[radeksimko]

Steps to reproduce:

shared/main.tf

output "env_name" {
  value = "test"
}

$ terraform remote config -backend=S3 -backend-config="bucket=terraform-test-bucket" -backend-config="key=terraform.tfstate" -backend-config="region=us-east-1"

$ terraform apply

my_module/main.tf

variable "environment" {}

example.tf

resource "terraform_remote_state" "shared" {
  backend = "s3"

  config {
    bucket = "terraform-test-bucket"
    key = "terraform.tfstate"
    region = "us-east-1"
  }
}

module "example" {
  source = "./my_module/"
  environment = "${terraform_remote_state.shared.output.env_name}"
}

$ terraform apply # OK

$ terraform destroy

Error applying plan:

1 error(s) occurred:

* Resource 'terraform_remote_state.shared' does not have attribute 'output.env_name' for variable 'terraform_remote_state.shared.output.env_name'

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