diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_rds_cluster_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_rds_cluster_test.go
index 31540e66512..cd8b8af2c83 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_rds_cluster_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_rds_cluster_test.go
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ func TestAccAWSRDSCluster_GlobalClusterIdentifier_Add(t *testing.T) {
 		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSClusterDestroy,
 		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
 			{
-				Config: testAccAWSRDSClusterConfig_GlobalEngineMode(rName),
+				Config: testAccAWSRDSClusterConfig_EngineMode(rName, "global"),
 				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
 					testAccCheckAWSClusterExists(resourceName, &dbCluster1),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "global_cluster_identifier", ""),
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ func TestAccAWSRDSCluster_GlobalClusterIdentifier_Remove(t *testing.T) {
 				),
 			},
 			{
-				Config: testAccAWSRDSClusterConfig_GlobalEngineMode(rName),
+				Config: testAccAWSRDSClusterConfig_EngineMode(rName, "global"),
 				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
 					testAccCheckAWSClusterExists(resourceName, &dbCluster1),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "global_cluster_identifier", ""),
@@ -2245,22 +2245,6 @@ resource "aws_rds_cluster" "test" {
 `, rName, deletionProtection)
 }
 
-func testAccAWSRDSClusterConfig_GlobalEngineMode(rName string) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf(`
-%s
-
-resource "aws_rds_cluster" "test" {
-  depends_on		   = ["aws_db_subnet_group.dbsubnet"]
-  cluster_identifier   = %q
-  engine_mode          = "global"
-  db_subnet_group_name = %q
-  master_password      = "barbarbarbar"
-  master_username      = "foo"
-  skip_final_snapshot  = true
-}
-`, testAccAWSRDSClusterConfig_GlobalNetwork(rName), rName, rName)
-}
-
 func testAccAWSRDSClusterConfig_EngineMode(rName, engineMode string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "aws_rds_cluster" "test" {
@@ -2273,59 +2257,25 @@ resource "aws_rds_cluster" "test" {
 `, rName, engineMode)
 }
 
-func testAccAWSRDSClusterConfig_GlobalNetwork(rName string) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf(`
-data "aws_availability_zones" "azs" { }
-
-resource "aws_vpc" "vpc" {
-  cidr_block = "10.0.0.0/16"
-  tags = {
-  	Name = "terraform-acctest-rds-cluster-global-cross-region"
-  }
-}
-
-resource "aws_subnet" "subnets" {
-  count             = 2
-  vpc_id            = "${aws_vpc.vpc.id}"
-  availability_zone = "${data.aws_availability_zones.azs.names[count.index]}"
-  cidr_block        = "10.0.${count.index}.0/24"
-  tags = {
-    Name = "tf-acc-rds-cluster-global-cross-region-replica-${count.index}"
-  }
-}
-
-resource "aws_db_subnet_group" "dbsubnet" {
-  name       = %q
-  subnet_ids = ["${aws_subnet.subnets.*.id}"]
-}`, rName)
-
-}
-
 func testAccAWSRDSClusterConfig_GlobalClusterIdentifier(rName string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
-%s
-
 resource "aws_rds_global_cluster" "test" {
   global_cluster_identifier = %q
 }
 
 resource "aws_rds_cluster" "test" {
-  depends_on				= ["aws_db_subnet_group.dbsubnet"]
   cluster_identifier        = %q
   global_cluster_identifier = "${aws_rds_global_cluster.test.id}"
   engine_mode               = "global"
   master_password           = "barbarbarbar"
   master_username           = "foo"
   skip_final_snapshot       = true
-  db_subnet_group_name      = "${aws_db_subnet_group.dbsubnet.name}"
 }
-`, testAccAWSRDSClusterConfig_GlobalNetwork(rName), rName, rName)
+`, rName, rName)
 }
 
 func testAccAWSRDSClusterConfig_GlobalClusterIdentifier_Update(rName, globalClusterIdentifierResourceName string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
-%s
-
 resource "aws_rds_global_cluster" "test" {
   count = 2
 
@@ -2333,16 +2283,14 @@ resource "aws_rds_global_cluster" "test" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_rds_cluster" "test" {
-  depends_on				= ["aws_db_subnet_group.dbsubnet"]
   cluster_identifier        = %q
   global_cluster_identifier = "${%s.id}"
   engine_mode               = "global"
   master_password           = "barbarbarbar"
   master_username           = "foo"
   skip_final_snapshot       = true
-  db_subnet_group_name      = %q
 }
-`, testAccAWSRDSClusterConfig_GlobalNetwork(rName), rName, rName, globalClusterIdentifierResourceName, rName)
+`, rName, rName, globalClusterIdentifierResourceName)
 }
 
 func testAccAWSRDSClusterConfig_ScalingConfiguration(rName string, autoPause bool, maxCapacity, minCapacity, secondsUntilAutoPause int) string {