diff --git a/google/resource_compute_subnetwork.go b/google/resource_compute_subnetwork.go
index 4338a2818c8..5ac06de2137 100644
--- a/google/resource_compute_subnetwork.go
+++ b/google/resource_compute_subnetwork.go
@@ -208,12 +208,6 @@ must be unique within the subnetwork.`,
 				Computed:    true,
 				Description: `Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.`,
 			},
-			"fingerprint": {
-				Type:     schema.TypeString,
-				Computed: true,
-				Description: `Fingerprint of this resource. This field is used internally during
-updates of this resource.`,
-			},
 			"gateway_address": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Computed: true,
@@ -226,6 +220,12 @@ outside this subnetwork.`,
 				Optional: true,
 				Removed:  "This field is being removed in favor of log_config. If log_config is present, flow logs are enabled. Please remove this field",
 			},
+			"fingerprint": {
+				Type:        schema.TypeString,
+				Computed:    true,
+				Description: "Fingerprint of this resource. This field is used internally during updates of this resource.",
+				Deprecated:  "This field is not useful for users, and has been removed as an output.",
+			},
 			"project": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Optional: true,
@@ -310,12 +310,6 @@ func resourceComputeSubnetworkCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) e
 	} else if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("network"); !isEmptyValue(reflect.ValueOf(networkProp)) && (ok || !reflect.DeepEqual(v, networkProp)) {
 		obj["network"] = networkProp
 	}
-	fingerprintProp, err := expandComputeSubnetworkFingerprint(d.Get("fingerprint"), d, config)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	} else if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("fingerprint"); !isEmptyValue(reflect.ValueOf(fingerprintProp)) && (ok || !reflect.DeepEqual(v, fingerprintProp)) {
-		obj["fingerprint"] = fingerprintProp
-	}
 	secondaryIpRangesProp, err := expandComputeSubnetworkSecondaryIpRange(d.Get("secondary_ip_range"), d, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -417,9 +411,6 @@ func resourceComputeSubnetworkRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) err
 	if err := d.Set("network", flattenComputeSubnetworkNetwork(res["network"], d)); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error reading Subnetwork: %s", err)
 	}
-	if err := d.Set("fingerprint", flattenComputeSubnetworkFingerprint(res["fingerprint"], d)); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Error reading Subnetwork: %s", err)
-	}
 	if err := d.Set("secondary_ip_range", flattenComputeSubnetworkSecondaryIpRange(res["secondaryIpRanges"], d)); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error reading Subnetwork: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -680,10 +671,6 @@ func flattenComputeSubnetworkNetwork(v interface{}, d *schema.ResourceData) inte
 	return ConvertSelfLinkToV1(v.(string))
 }
 
-func flattenComputeSubnetworkFingerprint(v interface{}, d *schema.ResourceData) interface{} {
-	return v
-}
-
 func flattenComputeSubnetworkSecondaryIpRange(v interface{}, d *schema.ResourceData) interface{} {
 	if v == nil {
 		return v
@@ -763,10 +750,6 @@ func expandComputeSubnetworkNetwork(v interface{}, d TerraformResourceData, conf
 	return f.RelativeLink(), nil
 }
 
-func expandComputeSubnetworkFingerprint(v interface{}, d TerraformResourceData, config *Config) (interface{}, error) {
-	return v, nil
-}
-
 func expandComputeSubnetworkSecondaryIpRange(v interface{}, d TerraformResourceData, config *Config) (interface{}, error) {
 	l := v.([]interface{})
 	req := make([]interface{}, 0, len(l))
diff --git a/website/docs/r/compute_subnetwork.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/compute_subnetwork.html.markdown
index 84c10cceedb..43a48f06514 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/compute_subnetwork.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/compute_subnetwork.html.markdown
@@ -252,10 +252,6 @@ In addition to the arguments listed above, the following computed attributes are
 * `gateway_address` -
   The gateway address for default routes to reach destination addresses
   outside this subnetwork.
-
-* `fingerprint` -
-  Fingerprint of this resource. This field is used internally during
-  updates of this resource.
 * `self_link` - The URI of the created resource.