diff --git a/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go b/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
index feccc3e69..a3118260e 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) error {
 	}
 
 	if b.config.BundlePrefix == "" {
-		b.config.BundlePrefix = "image-{{.CreateTime}}"
+		b.config.BundlePrefix = "image-{{timestamp}}"
 	}
 
 	if b.config.BundleUploadCommand == "" {
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ func (b *Builder) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) error {
 	errs = packer.MultiErrorAppend(errs, b.config.RunConfig.Prepare(b.config.tpl)...)
 
 	validates := map[string]*string{
-		"bundle_prefix":         &b.config.BundlePrefix,
 		"bundle_upload_command": &b.config.BundleUploadCommand,
 		"bundle_vol_command":    &b.config.BundleVolCommand,
 	}
@@ -113,6 +112,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) error {
 		"account_id":         &b.config.AccountId,
 		"ami_name":           &b.config.AMIName,
 		"bundle_destination": &b.config.BundleDestination,
+		"bundle_prefix":      &b.config.BundlePrefix,
 		"s3_bucket":          &b.config.S3Bucket,
 		"x509_cert_path":     &b.config.X509CertPath,
 		"x509_key_path":      &b.config.X509KeyPath,
diff --git a/builder/amazon/instance/builder_test.go b/builder/amazon/instance/builder_test.go
index f643cd9c3..c61a6f73d 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/instance/builder_test.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/instance/builder_test.go
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func TestBuilderPrepare_BundlePrefix(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	if b.config.BundlePrefix != "image-{{.CreateTime}}" {
+	if b.config.BundlePrefix == "" {
 		t.Fatalf("bad: %s", b.config.BundlePrefix)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/builder/amazon/instance/step_bundle_volume.go b/builder/amazon/instance/step_bundle_volume.go
index cd8b38f25..015d759db 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/instance/step_bundle_volume.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/instance/step_bundle_volume.go
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mitchellh/goamz/ec2"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
-	"strconv"
-	"time"
 )
 
 type bundleCmdData struct {
@@ -19,10 +17,6 @@ type bundleCmdData struct {
 	PrivatePath  string
 }
 
-type bundlePrefixData struct {
-	CreateTime string
-}
-
 type StepBundleVolume struct{}
 
 func (s *StepBundleVolume) Run(state map[string]interface{}) multistep.StepAction {
@@ -54,16 +48,6 @@ func (s *StepBundleVolume) Run(state map[string]interface{}) multistep.StepActio
 
 	// Bundle the volume
 	var err error
-	config.BundlePrefix, err = config.tpl.Process(config.BundlePrefix, bundlePrefixData{
-		CreateTime: strconv.FormatInt(time.Now().UTC().Unix(), 10),
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		err := fmt.Errorf("Error processing bundle prefix: %s", err)
-		state["error"] = err
-		ui.Error(err.Error())
-		return multistep.ActionHalt
-	}
-
 	config.BundleVolCommand, err = config.tpl.Process(config.BundleVolCommand, bundleCmdData{
 		AccountId:    config.AccountId,
 		Architecture: instance.Architecture,