diff --git a/provisioner/template.go b/provisioner/template.go
index 1699e332..727bce12 100644
--- a/provisioner/template.go
+++ b/provisioner/template.go
@@ -282,7 +282,8 @@ func list(args ...interface{}) []interface{} {
 }
 
 func eksID(id string) string {
-	return strings.Replace(id, ":", "--", -1)
+	parts := strings.Split(id, ":")
+	return parts[len(parts)-1]
 }
 
 // accountID returns just the ID part of an account
diff --git a/provisioner/template_test.go b/provisioner/template_test.go
index 334d3a66..f7d5fc74 100644
--- a/provisioner/template_test.go
+++ b/provisioner/template_test.go
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ func TestEKSID(t *testing.T) {
 		`{{ eksID "aws:000000:eu-north-1:kube-1" }}`,
 		"")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.EqualValues(t, "aws--000000--eu-north-1--kube-1", result)
+	require.EqualValues(t, "kube-1", result)
 }
 
 func TestParsePortRanges(t *testing.T) {