diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_elastic_transcoder_preset.go b/aws/resource_aws_elastic_transcoder_preset.go
index cea85f33cd4..25797f53dd4 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_elastic_transcoder_preset.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_elastic_transcoder_preset.go
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ func resourceAwsElasticTranscoderPreset() *schema.Resource {
 						"max_frame_rate": {
 							Type:     schema.TypeString,
 							Optional: true,
-							Default:  "30",
 							ForceNew: true,
 						},
 						"max_height": {