diff --git a/iam-saml/main.tf b/iam-saml/main.tf
index 7562ba5..1598789 100644
--- a/iam-saml/main.tf
+++ b/iam-saml/main.tf
@@ -36,11 +36,10 @@ locals {
   account_id          = var.account_id != "" ? var.account_id : data.aws_caller_identity.current.account_id
   account_environment = data.aws_arn.current.partition == "aws-us-gov" ? "gov" : "ew"
 
-  saml_ew_url               = "https://signin.aws.amazon.com/saml"
-  saml_gov_url              = "https://signin.amazonaws-us-gov.com/saml"
-  saml_url                  = local.account_environment == "gov" ? local.saml_gov_url : local.saml_ew_url
-  saml_metadata_file        = "${path.root}/setup/metadata.xml"
-  saml_metadata_file_exists = fileexists(local.saml_metadata_file)
+  saml_ew_url        = "https://signin.aws.amazon.com/saml"
+  saml_gov_url       = "https://signin.amazonaws-us-gov.com/saml"
+  saml_url           = local.account_environment == "gov" ? local.saml_gov_url : local.saml_ew_url
+  saml_metadata_file = "${path.root}/setup/metadata.xml"
 
   base_tags = {
     "boc:tf_module_version" = local._module_version
@@ -63,9 +62,8 @@ resource "null_resource" "saml_metadata" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_iam_saml_provider" "saml" {
-  count                  = local.saml_metadata_file_exists ? 1 : 0
   name                   = var.saml_provider_name
-  saml_metadata_document = local.saml_metadata_file_exists ? file(local.saml_metadata_file) : ""
+  saml_metadata_document = fileexists(local.saml_metadata_file_exists) ? file(local.saml_metadata_file) : ""
   depends_on             = [null_resource.saml_metadata]
 
   # when the provider supports tags, enable this section
diff --git a/iam-saml/outputs.tf b/iam-saml/outputs.tf
index 0f42cda..0ec4f5e 100644
--- a/iam-saml/outputs.tf
+++ b/iam-saml/outputs.tf
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-
 output "saml_provider" {
   description = "SAML Provider ARN"
-  value       = aws_iam_saml_provider.saml[0].arn
+  value       = aws_iam_saml_provider.saml.arn
 }
 
 output "saml_assume_policy" {
diff --git a/iam-saml/policy_data.tf b/iam-saml/policy_data.tf
index 07ecfdf..fa0d26f 100644
--- a/iam-saml/policy_data.tf
+++ b/iam-saml/policy_data.tf
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ data "aws_iam_policy_document" "saml_assume" {
 
     principals {
       type        = "Federated"
-      identifiers = [aws_iam_saml_provider.saml[0].arn]
+      identifiers = [aws_iam_saml_provider.saml.arn]
     }
 
     condition {