diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ae4dfcdd..c8763673 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## Next release
 
-## [[v7.?.?](https://github.com/terraform-aws-modules/terraform-aws-eks/compare/v7.0.0...HEAD)] - 2019-??-??]
+## [[v8.?.?](https://github.com/terraform-aws-modules/terraform-aws-eks/compare/v7.0.0...HEAD)] - 2019-??-??]
 
 - Test against minimum versions specified in `versions.tf` (by @dpiddockcmp)
 - Added flag `create_eks` to conditionally create resources (by @syst0m / @tbeijen)
 - Updated instance_profile_names and instance_profile_arns outputs to also consider launch template as well as asg (by @ankitwal)
 - **Breaking:** Configure the aws-auth configmap using the terraform kubernetes providers. Read the [docs](docs/upgrading-to-aws-auth-kubernetes-provider.md) for more info (by @sdehaes)
+- Removed no longer used variable `write_aws_auth_config` (by @tbeijen)
 - Updated application of `aws-auth` configmap to create `kube_config.yaml` and `aws_auth_configmap.yaml` in sequence (and not parallel) to `kubectl apply` (by @knittingdev)
 - Exit with error code when `aws-auth` configmap is unable to be updated (by @knittingdev)
 - Fix deprecated interpolation-only expression (by @angelabad)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8265e79a..ad09b20b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ MIT Licensed. See [LICENSE](https://github.com/terraform-aws-modules/terraform-a
 | workers\_additional\_policies | Additional policies to be added to workers | list(string) | `[]` | no |
 | workers\_group\_defaults | Override default values for target groups. See workers_group_defaults_defaults in local.tf for valid keys. | any | `{}` | no |
 | workers\_role\_name | User defined workers role name. | string | `""` | no |
-| write\_aws\_auth\_config | Whether to write the aws-auth configmap file. | bool | `"true"` | no |
 | write\_kubeconfig | Whether to write a Kubectl config file containing the cluster configuration. Saved to `config_output_path`. | bool | `"true"` | no |
 
 ## Outputs
diff --git a/outputs.tf b/outputs.tf
index d4e302e0..2478dc2a 100644
--- a/outputs.tf
+++ b/outputs.tf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 output "cluster_id" {
   description = "The name/id of the EKS cluster."
-  value       =  element(concat(aws_eks_cluster.this.*.id, list("")), 0)
+  value       = element(concat(aws_eks_cluster.this.*.id, list("")), 0)
 }
 
 output "cluster_arn" {
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ output "cluster_arn" {
 output "cluster_certificate_authority_data" {
   description = "Nested attribute containing certificate-authority-data for your cluster. This is the base64 encoded certificate data required to communicate with your cluster."
   value       = element(concat(aws_eks_cluster.this[*].certificate_authority[0].data, list("")), 0)
-}   
+}
 
 output "cluster_endpoint" {
   description = "The endpoint for your EKS Kubernetes API."
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 85fcd713..8a04b2e6 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -48,12 +48,6 @@ variable "manage_aws_auth" {
   default     = true
 }
 
-variable "write_aws_auth_config" {
-  description = "Whether to write the aws-auth configmap file."
-  type        = bool
-  default     = true
-}
-
 variable "map_accounts" {
   description = "Additional AWS account numbers to add to the aws-auth configmap. See examples/basic/variables.tf for example format."
   type        = list(string)