diff --git a/.terraform-version b/.terraform-version
deleted file mode 100644
index 34a83616..00000000
--- a/.terraform-version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.12.1
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7ba8578c..4e457be4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ install:
 - bash scripts/gogetcookie.sh
 - go get github.com/kardianos/govendor
 
-before_script:
-- scripts/terraform_install.sh
-
 script:
 - make test
 - make vet
diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 951abc37..6e91e4bd 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ test: fmtcheck
 	go test -i $(TEST) || exit 1
 	echo $(TEST) | \
 		xargs -t -n4 go test $(TESTARGS) -timeout=30s -parallel=4
-	 $(MAKE) tf-fmtcheck
 
 testacc: fmtcheck
 	TF_ACC=1 go test $(TEST) -v $(TESTARGS) -timeout 180m
@@ -36,12 +35,6 @@ vet:
 fmt:
 	gofmt -w $(GOFMT_FILES)
 
-tf-fmt:
-	$(CURDIR)/bin/terraform fmt
-
-tf-fmtcheck:
-	@sh -c "'$(CURDIR)/scripts/tf-fmtcheck.sh'"
-
 fmtcheck:
 	@sh -c "'$(CURDIR)/scripts/gofmtcheck.sh'"
 
@@ -74,5 +67,5 @@ endif
 	@$(MAKE) -C $(GOPATH)/src/$(WEBSITE_REPO) website-provider-test PROVIDER_PATH=$(shell pwd) PROVIDER_NAME=$(PKG_NAME)
 
 
-.PHONY: build test testacc vet fmt fmtcheck errcheck vendor-status test-compile tf-fmt tf-fmtcheck website website-test
+.PHONY: build test testacc vet fmt fmtcheck errcheck vendor-status test-compile website website-test
 
diff --git a/scripts/terraform_install.sh b/scripts/terraform_install.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 3dabce75..00000000
--- a/scripts/terraform_install.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# this file should be executed from the root directory of the repo
-#
-# install specific terraform version to bin/ directory, based on the TF_VERSION env var or
-# if TF_VERSION is not set then get it from .terraform-version filecontents
-# very basic, nothing fancy
-
-TF_VERSION="${TF_VERSION:-`cat .terraform-version`}"
-echo TF_VERSION=${TF_VERSION}
-
-wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/${TF_VERSION}/terraform_${TF_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip -O /tmp/terraform.zip
-unzip -o -d ./bin/ /tmp/terraform.zip
-chmod +x ./bin/terraform
-./bin/terraform --version
diff --git a/scripts/tf-fmtcheck.sh b/scripts/tf-fmtcheck.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 2b5ba93a..00000000
--- a/scripts/tf-fmtcheck.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# check if .tf files need reformatting
-# this file should be executed from the root directory of the repo
-
-# check if terraform exists and is a valid version
-TF_VERSION="${TF_VERSION:-`cat .terraform-version`}"
-set +e
-TF_VERSION_INSTALLED=$(bin/terraform --version | head -n1 | awk -Fv '{ print $2}')
-set -e
-
-if ! [ "${TF_VERSION}" == "${TF_VERSION_INSTALLED}" ]; then
-	scripts/terraform_install.sh
-fi
-
-# Check terraform fmt
-echo "==> Checking that code passes terraform fmt requirements..."
-tffmt_files=$(bin/terraform fmt -write=false -check=true )
-if [[ -n ${tffmt_files} ]]; then
-    echo 'terraform fmt needs running on the following files:'
-    echo "${tffmt_files}"
-    echo "You can use the command: \`make tf-fmt\` to reformat code."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-exit 0