diff --git a/builder/amazon/common/step_run_source_instance.go b/builder/amazon/common/step_run_source_instance.go
index 0e8e980ec..4d7df8dd8 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/common/step_run_source_instance.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/common/step_run_source_instance.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/private/waiter"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ec2"
 
 	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
@@ -46,17 +45,19 @@ func (s *StepRunSourceInstance) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepActi
 
 	securityGroupIds := make([]*string, len(tempSecurityGroupIds))
 	for i, sg := range tempSecurityGroupIds {
+		log.Printf("[DEBUG] Waiting for tempSecurityGroup: %s", sg)
 		err := WaitUntilSecurityGroupExists(ec2conn,
 			&ec2.DescribeSecurityGroupsInput{
 				GroupIds: []*string{aws.String(sg)},
 			},
 		)
-		if err != nil {
+		if err == nil {
 			log.Printf("[DEBUG] Found security group %s", sg)
 			securityGroupIds[i] = aws.String(sg)
 		} else {
-			log.Printf("[DEBUG] Error in querying security group %s", err)
-			state.Put("error", fmt.Errorf("Timeout waiting for security group %s to become available", sg))
+			err := fmt.Errorf("Timed out waiting for security group %s", sg)
+			log.Printf("[DEBUG] %s", err.Error())
+			state.Put("error", err)
 			return multistep.ActionHalt
 		}
 	}
@@ -360,30 +361,14 @@ func (s *StepRunSourceInstance) Cleanup(state multistep.StateBag) {
 }
 
 func WaitUntilSecurityGroupExists(c *ec2.EC2, input *ec2.DescribeSecurityGroupsInput) error {
-	waiterCfg := waiter.Config{
-		Operation:   "DescribeSecurityGroups",
-		Delay:       15,
-		MaxAttempts: 40,
-		Acceptors: []waiter.WaitAcceptor{
-			{
-				State:    "success",
-				Matcher:  "path",
-				Argument: "lenth(SecurityGroups[]) > `0`",
-				Expected: "true",
-			},
-			{
-				State:    "failure",
-				Matcher:  "error",
-				Argument: "",
-				Expected: "InvalidSecurityGroupID.NotFound",
-			},
-		},
+	for i := 0; i < 40; i++ {
+		_, err := c.DescribeSecurityGroups(input)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("[DEBUG] Error querying security group %s: %s", input.GroupIds, err)
+			time.Sleep(15 * time.Second)
+			continue
+		}
+		return nil
 	}
-
-	w := waiter.Waiter{
-		Client: c,
-		Input:  input,
-		Config: waiterCfg,
-	}
-	return w.Wait()
+	return fmt.Errorf("timed out")
 }