diff --git a/google/resource_bigtable_gc_policy.go b/google/resource_bigtable_gc_policy.go
index d77f9ea1cac..aa40d98ccfc 100644
--- a/google/resource_bigtable_gc_policy.go
+++ b/google/resource_bigtable_gc_policy.go
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func resourceBigtableGCPolicyRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) erro
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("[WARN] Removing %s because it's gone", name)
 		d.SetId("")
-		return fmt.Errorf("Error retrieving table. Could not find %s in %s. %s", name, instanceName, err)
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	for _, fi := range ti.FamilyInfos {
diff --git a/google/resource_bigtable_instance.go b/google/resource_bigtable_instance.go
index 3340a7099b6..e6212ffbbf0 100644
--- a/google/resource_bigtable_instance.go
+++ b/google/resource_bigtable_instance.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func resourceBigtableInstanceRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) erro
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("[WARN] Removing %s because it's gone", instanceName)
 		d.SetId("")
-		return fmt.Errorf("Error retrieving instance. Could not find %s. %s", instanceName, err)
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	d.Set("project", project)
diff --git a/google/resource_bigtable_table.go b/google/resource_bigtable_table.go
index 5a24e522402..4c63a6dbf19 100644
--- a/google/resource_bigtable_table.go
+++ b/google/resource_bigtable_table.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func resourceBigtableTableRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("[WARN] Removing %s because it's gone", name)
 		d.SetId("")
-		return fmt.Errorf("Error retrieving table. Could not find %s in %s. %s", name, instanceName, err)
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	d.Set("project", project)