diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7270529..5ccc080 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -230,35 +230,13 @@ Type: `string`
 
 Default: `""`
 
-### <a name="input_ami_name_filter"></a> [ami\_name\_filter](#input\_ami\_name\_filter)
-
-Description: Name filter to help pick the AMI.
-
-Type: `list(string)`
-
-Default:
-
-```json
-[
-  "vault-consul-ubuntu18-*"
-]
-```
-
 ### <a name="input_ami_id"></a> [ami\_id](#input\_ami\_id)
 
 Description: ID of the AMI to be used for the Consul and Vault instances.
 
 Type: `string`
 
-Default: `""`
-
-### <a name="input_ami_owner"></a> [ami\_owner](#input\_ami\_owner)
-
-Description: AWS account ID of the AMI owner. Defaults to HashiCorp.
-
-Type: `string`
-
-Default: `"562637147889"`
+Default: `null`
 
 <!-- TFDOCS_INPUTS_END -->
 
diff --git a/data.tf b/data.tf
index e0ffb4d..aba8a26 100644
--- a/data.tf
+++ b/data.tf
@@ -1,21 +1,5 @@
 data "aws_region" "current" {}
 
-data "aws_ami" "vault_consul" {
-  most_recent = true
-
-  owners = [var.ami_owner]
-
-  filter {
-    name   = "virtualization-type"
-    values = ["hvm"]
-  }
-
-  filter {
-    name   = "name"
-    values = var.ami_name_filter
-  }
-}
-
 data "aws_elb" "vault_elb" {
   name = module.vault_elb.name
 }
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index b457b14..f48559b 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module "vault_cluster" {
   cluster_size  = var.vault_cluster_size
   instance_type = var.vault_instance_type
 
-  ami_id = var.ami_id != "" ? var.ami_id : data.aws_ami.vault_consul.image_id
+  ami_id = var.ami_id
   user_data = templatefile("${path.module}/user-data/vault.sh.tftpl", {
     enable_s3_backend        = var.enable_s3_backend ? 1 : 0
     s3_bucket_region         = data.aws_region.current.name
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ module "consul_cluster" {
   cluster_size  = var.consul_cluster_size
   instance_type = var.consul_instance_type
 
-  ami_id = var.ami_id != "" ? var.ami_id : data.aws_ami.vault_consul.image_id
+  ami_id = var.ami_id
   user_data = templatefile("${path.module}/user-data/consul.sh.tftpl", {
     consul_cluster_tag_key   = local.consul_cluster_tag_key
     consul_cluster_tag_value = local.consul_cluster_tag_val
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 25db109..d978adf 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -118,20 +118,8 @@ variable "kms_alias_name" {
   type        = string
 }
 
-variable "ami_name_filter" {
-  description = "Name filter to help pick the AMI."
-  default     = ["vault-consul-ubuntu18-*"]
-  type        = list(string)
-}
-
 variable "ami_id" {
   description = "ID of the AMI to be used for the Consul and Vault instances."
-  type        = string
-  default     = ""
-}
-
-variable "ami_owner" {
-  description = "AWS account ID of the AMI owner. Defaults to HashiCorp."
-  default     = "562637147889"
+  default     = null
   type        = string
 }