diff --git a/ibm/resource_ibm_satellite_location.go b/ibm/resource_ibm_satellite_location.go
index 36601fb005..9807f26000 100644
--- a/ibm/resource_ibm_satellite_location.go
+++ b/ibm/resource_ibm_satellite_location.go
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ func resourceIBMSatelliteLocation() *schema.Resource {
 					}
 					return o == n
 				},
-				Description:  "The IBM Cloud metro from which the Satellite location is managed",
-				ValidateFunc: InvokeValidator("ibm_satellite_location", sateLocZone),
+				Description: "The IBM Cloud metro from which the Satellite location is managed",
 			},
 			"description": {
 				Type:        schema.TypeString,
@@ -185,8 +184,6 @@ func resourceIBMSatelliteLocation() *schema.Resource {
 }
 
 func resourceIBMSatelliteLocationValidator() *ResourceValidator {
-	managedFromAllowedValues := "wdc, lon, fra, wdc04, lon04, fra02"
-
 	validateSchema := make([]ValidateSchema, 0)
 	validateSchema = append(validateSchema,
 		ValidateSchema{
@@ -197,13 +194,6 @@ func resourceIBMSatelliteLocationValidator() *ResourceValidator {
 			Regexp:                     `^[A-Za-z0-9:_ .-]+$`,
 			MinValueLength:             1,
 			MaxValueLength:             128})
-	validateSchema = append(validateSchema,
-		ValidateSchema{
-			Identifier:                 sateLocZone,
-			ValidateFunctionIdentifier: ValidateAllowedStringValue,
-			Type:                       TypeString,
-			Optional:                   false,
-			AllowedValues:              managedFromAllowedValues})
 
 	ibmSatelliteLocationValidator := ResourceValidator{ResourceName: "ibm_satellite_location", Schema: validateSchema}
 	return &ibmSatelliteLocationValidator