diff --git a/provider/aws/aws.go b/provider/aws/aws.go
index 89c06bd772..234d2093c8 100644
--- a/provider/aws/aws.go
+++ b/provider/aws/aws.go
@@ -685,8 +685,8 @@ func (p *AWSProvider) AdjustEndpoints(endpoints []*endpoint.Endpoint) []*endpoin
 
 		if alias {
 			if ep.RecordTTL.IsConfigured() {
-				log.Debugf("Modifying endpoint: %v, setting ttl=%v", ep, recordTTL)
-				ep.RecordTTL = recordTTL
+				log.Debugf("Modifying endpoint: %v, unsetting TTL", ep)
+				ep.RecordTTL = 0
 			}
 			if prop, ok := ep.GetProviderSpecificProperty(providerSpecificEvaluateTargetHealth); ok {
 				if prop != "true" && prop != "false" {
diff --git a/provider/aws/aws_test.go b/provider/aws/aws_test.go
index cce21e66a8..6aaca74ca3 100644
--- a/provider/aws/aws_test.go
+++ b/provider/aws/aws_test.go
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ func TestAWSAdjustEndpoints(t *testing.T) {
 	validateEndpoints(t, provider, records, []*endpoint.Endpoint{
 		endpoint.NewEndpoint("a-test.zone-1.ext-dns-test-2.teapot.zalan.do", endpoint.RecordTypeA, "8.8.8.8"),
 		endpoint.NewEndpoint("cname-test.zone-1.ext-dns-test-2.teapot.zalan.do", endpoint.RecordTypeCNAME, "foo.example.com").WithProviderSpecific(providerSpecificAlias, "false"),
-		endpoint.NewEndpointWithTTL("cname-test-alias.zone-1.ext-dns-test-2.teapot.zalan.do", endpoint.RecordTypeCNAME, 300, "alias-target.zone-2.ext-dns-test-2.teapot.zalan.do").WithProviderSpecific(providerSpecificAlias, "true").WithProviderSpecific(providerSpecificEvaluateTargetHealth, "true"),
+		endpoint.NewEndpoint("cname-test-alias.zone-1.ext-dns-test-2.teapot.zalan.do", endpoint.RecordTypeCNAME, "alias-target.zone-2.ext-dns-test-2.teapot.zalan.do").WithProviderSpecific(providerSpecificAlias, "true").WithProviderSpecific(providerSpecificEvaluateTargetHealth, "true"),
 		endpoint.NewEndpoint("cname-test-elb.zone-2.ext-dns-test-2.teapot.zalan.do", endpoint.RecordTypeCNAME, "foo.eu-central-1.elb.amazonaws.com").WithProviderSpecific(providerSpecificAlias, "true").WithProviderSpecific(providerSpecificEvaluateTargetHealth, "true"),
 		endpoint.NewEndpoint("cname-test-elb-no-alias.zone-2.ext-dns-test-2.teapot.zalan.do", endpoint.RecordTypeCNAME, "foo.eu-central-1.elb.amazonaws.com").WithProviderSpecific(providerSpecificAlias, "false"),
 		endpoint.NewEndpoint("cname-test-elb-no-eth.ext-dns-test-2.teapot.zalan.do", endpoint.RecordTypeCNAME, "foo.eu-central-1.elb.amazonaws.com").WithProviderSpecific(providerSpecificAlias, "true").WithProviderSpecific(providerSpecificEvaluateTargetHealth, "false"), // eth = evaluate target health