diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 09ebe190..95a0e7e6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.envrc
 *.dll
 *.exe
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/digitalocean/resource_digital_ocean_kuberentes_node_pool.go b/digitalocean/resource_digital_ocean_kuberentes_node_pool.go
index 9e10de26..4cf746d0 100644
--- a/digitalocean/resource_digital_ocean_kuberentes_node_pool.go
+++ b/digitalocean/resource_digital_ocean_kuberentes_node_pool.go
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ func resourceDigitalOceanKubernetesNodePool() *schema.Resource {
 func nodePoolResourceSchema() map[string]*schema.Schema {
 	s := nodePoolSchema()
 
-	// for a node pool resource name is not computed
-	s["name"].Computed = false
-
 	// add the cluster id
 	s["cluster_id"] = &schema.Schema{
 		Type:         schema.TypeString,
@@ -42,6 +39,8 @@ func nodePoolResourceSchema() map[string]*schema.Schema {
 		ForceNew:     true,
 	}
 
+	// remove the id when this is used in a specific resource
+	// not as a child
 	delete(s, "id")
 
 	return s
@@ -62,6 +61,7 @@ func nodePoolSchema() map[string]*schema.Schema {
 		"size": {
 			Type:         schema.TypeString,
 			Required:     true,
+			ForceNew:     true,
 			ValidateFunc: validation.NoZeroValues,
 		},
 
diff --git a/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster.go b/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster.go
index 8d209742..e1218d72 100644
--- a/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster.go
+++ b/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster.go
@@ -254,29 +254,10 @@ func resourceDigitalOceanKubernetesClusterUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta in
 	}
 
 	old, new := d.GetChange("node_pool")
-	//pretty.Println(old)
-	//pretty.Println(new)
-
-	// has the size changed if so we need to create a new pool and then destroy the old one
 	oldPool := old.([]interface{})[0].(map[string]interface{})
 	newPool := new.([]interface{})[0].(map[string]interface{})
 
-	if oldPool["size"] != newPool["size"] {
-		// create a new pool
-		_, err := digitaloceanKubernetesNodePoolCreate(client, newPool, d.Id(), digitaloceanKubernetesDefaultNodePoolTag)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		err = digitaloceanKubernetesNodePoolDelete(client, d.Id(), oldPool["id"].(string))
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		return resourceDigitalOceanKubernetesClusterRead(d, meta)
-	}
-
-	// only update the existing default pool
+	// update the existing default pool
 	_, err := digitaloceanKubernetesNodePoolUpdate(client, newPool, d.Id(), oldPool["id"].(string), digitaloceanKubernetesDefaultNodePoolTag)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err