diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b167b40..e40caa4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@ project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## Next release
 
-## [[v7.?.?](https://github.com/terraform-aws-modules/terraform-aws-eks/compare/v7.0.0...HEAD)] - 2019-??-??]
+## [[v8.?.?](https://github.com/terraform-aws-modules/terraform-aws-eks/compare/v7.0.0...HEAD)] - 2019-??-??]
 
 - Test against minimum versions specified in `versions.tf` (by @dpiddockcmp)
+- Added flag `create_eks` to conditionally create resources (by @syst0m / @tbeijen)
 - Support for AWS EKS Managed Node Groups. (by @wmorgan6796)
 - Updated instance_profile_names and instance_profile_arns outputs to also consider launch template as well as asg (by @ankitwal)
 - Added a if check on `aws-auth` configmap when map_roles is empty. 
 - **Breaking:** Configure the aws-auth configmap using the terraform kubernetes providers. Read the [docs](docs/upgrading-to-aws-auth-kubernetes-provider.md) for more info (by @sdehaes)
+- Removed no longer used variable `write_aws_auth_config` (by @tbeijen)
 - Updated application of `aws-auth` configmap to create `kube_config.yaml` and `aws_auth_configmap.yaml` in sequence (and not parallel) to `kubectl apply` (by @knittingdev)
 - Exit with error code when `aws-auth` configmap is unable to be updated (by @knittingdev)
 - Fix deprecated interpolation-only expression (by @angelabad)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 76a385f..20d2501 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,40 @@ module "my-cluster" {
   ]
 }
 ```
+## Conditional creation
+
+Sometimes you need to have a way to create EKS resources conditionally but Terraform does not allow to use `count` inside `module` block, so the solution is to specify argument `create_eks`. 
+
+Using this feature _and_ having `manage_aws_auth=true` (the default) requires to set up the kubernetes provider in a way that allows the data sources to not exist.
+
+```hcl
+data "aws_eks_cluster" "cluster" {
+  count = var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
+  name  = module.eks.cluster_id
+}
+
+data "aws_eks_cluster_auth" "cluster" {
+  count = var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
+  name  = module.eks.cluster_id
+}
+
+# In case of not creating the cluster, this will be an incompletely configured, unused provider, which poses no problem.
+provider "kubernetes" {
+  host                   = element(concat(data.aws_eks_cluster.cluster[*].endpoint, list("")), 0)
+  cluster_ca_certificate = base64decode(element(concat(data.aws_eks_cluster.cluster[*].certificate_authority.0.data, list("")), 0))
+  token                  = element(concat(data.aws_eks_cluster_auth.cluster[*].token, list("")), 0)
+  load_config_file       = false
+  version                = "~> 1.10"
+}
+
+# This cluster will not be created
+module "eks" {
+  source = "terraform-aws-modules/eks/aws"
+
+  create_eks = false
+  # ... omitted
+}
+```
 
 ## Other documentation
 
@@ -131,6 +165,7 @@ MIT Licensed. See [LICENSE](https://github.com/terraform-aws-modules/terraform-a
 | cluster\_security\_group\_id | If provided, the EKS cluster will be attached to this security group. If not given, a security group will be created with necessary ingress/egress to work with the workers | string | `""` | no |
 | cluster\_version | Kubernetes version to use for the EKS cluster. | string | `"1.14"` | no |
 | config\_output\_path | Where to save the Kubectl config file (if `write_kubeconfig = true`). Assumed to be a directory if the value ends with a forward slash `/`. | string | `"./"` | no |
+| create\_eks | Controls if EKS resources should be created (it affects almost all resources) | bool | `"true"` | no |
 | iam\_path | If provided, all IAM roles will be created on this path. | string | `"/"` | no |
 | kubeconfig\_aws\_authenticator\_additional\_args | Any additional arguments to pass to the authenticator such as the role to assume. e.g. ["-r", "MyEksRole"]. | list(string) | `[]` | no |
 | kubeconfig\_aws\_authenticator\_command | Command to use to fetch AWS EKS credentials. | string | `"aws-iam-authenticator"` | no |
@@ -164,7 +199,6 @@ MIT Licensed. See [LICENSE](https://github.com/terraform-aws-modules/terraform-a
 | workers\_additional\_policies | Additional policies to be added to workers | list(string) | `[]` | no |
 | workers\_group\_defaults | Override default values for target groups. See workers_group_defaults_defaults in local.tf for valid keys. | any | `{}` | no |
 | workers\_role\_name | User defined workers role name. | string | `""` | no |
-| write\_aws\_auth\_config | Whether to write the aws-auth configmap file. | bool | `"true"` | no |
 | write\_kubeconfig | Whether to write a Kubectl config file containing the cluster configuration. Saved to `config_output_path`. | bool | `"true"` | no |
 
 ## Outputs
diff --git a/aws_auth.tf b/aws_auth.tf
index 7dd8089..aabf6fd 100644
--- a/aws_auth.tf
+++ b/aws_auth.tf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ data "aws_caller_identity" "current" {
 }
 
 data "template_file" "launch_template_worker_role_arns" {
-  count    = local.worker_group_launch_template_count
+  count    = var.create_eks ? local.worker_group_launch_template_count : 0
   template = file("${path.module}/templates/worker-role.tpl")
 
   vars = {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ data "template_file" "launch_template_worker_role_arns" {
 }
 
 data "template_file" "worker_role_arns" {
-  count    = local.worker_group_count
+  count    = var.create_eks ? local.worker_group_count : 0
   template = file("${path.module}/templates/worker-role.tpl")
 
   vars = {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ data "template_file" "worker_role_arns" {
 }
 
 resource "kubernetes_config_map" "aws_auth" {
-  count = var.manage_aws_auth ? 1 : 0
+  count = var.create_eks && var.manage_aws_auth ? 1 : 0
 
   metadata {
     name      = "aws-auth"
diff --git a/cluster.tf b/cluster.tf
index 7b8a1c9..b7ced5c 100644
--- a/cluster.tf
+++ b/cluster.tf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 resource "aws_cloudwatch_log_group" "this" {
-  count             = length(var.cluster_enabled_log_types) > 0 ? 1 : 0
+  count             = length(var.cluster_enabled_log_types) > 0 && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
   name              = "/aws/eks/${var.cluster_name}/cluster"
   retention_in_days = var.cluster_log_retention_in_days
   kms_key_id        = var.cluster_log_kms_key_id
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ resource "aws_cloudwatch_log_group" "this" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_eks_cluster" "this" {
+  count                     = var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
   name                      = var.cluster_name
   enabled_cluster_log_types = var.cluster_enabled_log_types
   role_arn                  = local.cluster_iam_role_arn
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ resource "aws_eks_cluster" "this" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_security_group" "cluster" {
-  count       = var.cluster_create_security_group ? 1 : 0
+  count       = var.cluster_create_security_group && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
   name_prefix = var.cluster_name
   description = "EKS cluster security group."
   vpc_id      = var.vpc_id
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ resource "aws_security_group" "cluster" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_security_group_rule" "cluster_egress_internet" {
-  count             = var.cluster_create_security_group ? 1 : 0
+  count             = var.cluster_create_security_group && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
   description       = "Allow cluster egress access to the Internet."
   protocol          = "-1"
   security_group_id = local.cluster_security_group_id
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ resource "aws_security_group_rule" "cluster_egress_internet" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_security_group_rule" "cluster_https_worker_ingress" {
-  count                    = var.cluster_create_security_group ? 1 : 0
+  count                    = var.cluster_create_security_group && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
   description              = "Allow pods to communicate with the EKS cluster API."
   protocol                 = "tcp"
   security_group_id        = local.cluster_security_group_id
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ resource "aws_security_group_rule" "cluster_https_worker_ingress" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_iam_role" "cluster" {
-  count                 = var.manage_cluster_iam_resources ? 1 : 0
+  count                 = var.manage_cluster_iam_resources && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
   name_prefix           = var.cluster_name
   assume_role_policy    = data.aws_iam_policy_document.cluster_assume_role_policy.json
   permissions_boundary  = var.permissions_boundary
@@ -78,13 +79,13 @@ resource "aws_iam_role" "cluster" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "cluster_AmazonEKSClusterPolicy" {
-  count      = var.manage_cluster_iam_resources ? 1 : 0
+  count      = var.manage_cluster_iam_resources && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
   policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSClusterPolicy"
   role       = local.cluster_iam_role_name
 }
 
 resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "cluster_AmazonEKSServicePolicy" {
-  count      = var.manage_cluster_iam_resources ? 1 : 0
+  count      = var.manage_cluster_iam_resources && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
   policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSServicePolicy"
   role       = local.cluster_iam_role_name
 }
diff --git a/data.tf b/data.tf
index 20fd356..f43ac9e 100644
--- a/data.tf
+++ b/data.tf
@@ -66,19 +66,20 @@ data "aws_iam_policy_document" "cluster_assume_role_policy" {
 }
 
 data "template_file" "kubeconfig" {
+  count    = var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
   template = file("${path.module}/templates/kubeconfig.tpl")
 
   vars = {
     kubeconfig_name           = local.kubeconfig_name
-    endpoint                  = aws_eks_cluster.this.endpoint
-    cluster_auth_base64       = aws_eks_cluster.this.certificate_authority[0].data
+    endpoint                  = aws_eks_cluster.this[0].endpoint
+    cluster_auth_base64       = aws_eks_cluster.this[0].certificate_authority[0].data
     aws_authenticator_command = var.kubeconfig_aws_authenticator_command
     aws_authenticator_command_args = length(var.kubeconfig_aws_authenticator_command_args) > 0 ? "        - ${join(
       "\n        - ",
       var.kubeconfig_aws_authenticator_command_args,
       )}" : "        - ${join(
       "\n        - ",
-      formatlist("\"%s\"", ["token", "-i", aws_eks_cluster.this.name]),
+      formatlist("\"%s\"", ["token", "-i", aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name]),
     )}"
     aws_authenticator_additional_args = length(var.kubeconfig_aws_authenticator_additional_args) > 0 ? "        - ${join(
       "\n        - ",
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ EOF
 }
 
 data "template_file" "userdata" {
-  count = local.worker_group_count
+  count = var.create_eks ? local.worker_group_count : 0
   template = lookup(
     var.worker_groups[count.index],
     "userdata_template_file",
@@ -120,9 +121,9 @@ data "template_file" "userdata" {
 
   vars = merge({
     platform            = lookup(var.worker_groups[count.index], "platform", local.workers_group_defaults["platform"])
-    cluster_name        = aws_eks_cluster.this.name
-    endpoint            = aws_eks_cluster.this.endpoint
-    cluster_auth_base64 = aws_eks_cluster.this.certificate_authority[0].data
+    cluster_name        = aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name
+    endpoint            = aws_eks_cluster.this[0].endpoint
+    cluster_auth_base64 = aws_eks_cluster.this[0].certificate_authority[0].data
     pre_userdata = lookup(
       var.worker_groups[count.index],
       "pre_userdata",
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ data "template_file" "userdata" {
 }
 
 data "template_file" "launch_template_userdata" {
-  count = local.worker_group_launch_template_count
+  count = var.create_eks ? local.worker_group_launch_template_count : 0
   template = lookup(
     var.worker_groups_launch_template[count.index],
     "userdata_template_file",
@@ -166,9 +167,9 @@ data "template_file" "launch_template_userdata" {
 
   vars = merge({
     platform            = lookup(var.worker_groups_launch_template[count.index], "platform", local.workers_group_defaults["platform"])
-    cluster_name        = aws_eks_cluster.this.name
-    endpoint            = aws_eks_cluster.this.endpoint
-    cluster_auth_base64 = aws_eks_cluster.this.certificate_authority[0].data
+    cluster_name        = aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name
+    endpoint            = aws_eks_cluster.this[0].endpoint
+    cluster_auth_base64 = aws_eks_cluster.this[0].certificate_authority[0].data
     pre_userdata = lookup(
       var.worker_groups_launch_template[count.index],
       "pre_userdata",
diff --git a/kubectl.tf b/kubectl.tf
index c7b86d4..56aba1f 100644
--- a/kubectl.tf
+++ b/kubectl.tf
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 resource "local_file" "kubeconfig" {
-  count    = var.write_kubeconfig ? 1 : 0
-  content  = data.template_file.kubeconfig.rendered
+  count    = var.write_kubeconfig && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
+  content  = data.template_file.kubeconfig[0].rendered
   filename = substr(var.config_output_path, -1, 1) == "/" ? "${var.config_output_path}kubeconfig_${var.cluster_name}" : var.config_output_path
 }
-
diff --git a/node_groups.tf b/node_groups.tf
index c47436f..c604da6 100644
--- a/node_groups.tf
+++ b/node_groups.tf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 resource "aws_iam_role" "node_groups" {
-  count                 = local.worker_group_managed_node_group_count > 0 ? 1 : 0
-  name                  = "${var.workers_role_name != "" ? var.workers_role_name : aws_eks_cluster.this.name}-managed-node-groups"
+  count                 = var.create_eks && local.worker_group_managed_node_group_count > 0 ? 1 : 0
+  name                  = "${var.workers_role_name != "" ? var.workers_role_name : aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name}-managed-node-groups"
   assume_role_policy    = data.aws_iam_policy_document.workers_assume_role_policy.json
   permissions_boundary  = var.permissions_boundary
   path                  = var.iam_path
@@ -9,46 +9,46 @@ resource "aws_iam_role" "node_groups" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "node_groups_AmazonEKSWorkerNodePolicy" {
-  count      = local.worker_group_managed_node_group_count > 0 ? 1 : 0
+  count      = var.create_eks && local.worker_group_managed_node_group_count > 0 ? 1 : 0
   policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSWorkerNodePolicy"
   role       = aws_iam_role.node_groups[0].name
 }
 
 resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "node_groups_AmazonEKS_CNI_Policy" {
-  count      = local.worker_group_managed_node_group_count > 0 ? 1 : 0
+  count      = var.create_eks && local.worker_group_managed_node_group_count > 0 ? 1 : 0
   policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKS_CNI_Policy"
   role       = aws_iam_role.node_groups[0].name
 }
 
 resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "node_groups_AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryReadOnly" {
-  count      = local.worker_group_managed_node_group_count > 0 ? 1 : 0
+  count      = var.create_eks && local.worker_group_managed_node_group_count > 0 ? 1 : 0
   policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryReadOnly"
   role       = aws_iam_role.node_groups[0].name
 }
 
 resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "node_groups_additional_policies" {
-  for_each = toset(var.workers_additional_policies)
+  for_each = var.create_eks && local.worker_group_managed_node_group_count > 0 ? toset(var.workers_additional_policies) : []
 
   role       = aws_iam_role.node_groups[0].name
   policy_arn = each.key
 }
 
 resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "node_groups_autoscaling" {
-  count      = var.manage_worker_autoscaling_policy && var.attach_worker_autoscaling_policy && local.worker_group_managed_node_group_count > 0 ? 1 : 0
+  count      = var.create_eks && var.manage_worker_autoscaling_policy && var.attach_worker_autoscaling_policy && local.worker_group_managed_node_group_count > 0 ? 1 : 0
   policy_arn = aws_iam_policy.node_groups_autoscaling[0].arn
   role       = aws_iam_role.node_groups[0].name
 }
 
 resource "aws_iam_policy" "node_groups_autoscaling" {
-  count       = var.manage_worker_autoscaling_policy && local.worker_group_managed_node_group_count > 0 ? 1 : 0
-  name_prefix = "eks-worker-autoscaling-${aws_eks_cluster.this.name}"
-  description = "EKS worker node autoscaling policy for cluster ${aws_eks_cluster.this.name}"
-  policy      = data.aws_iam_policy_document.worker_autoscaling.json
+  count       = var.create_eks && var.manage_worker_autoscaling_policy && local.worker_group_managed_node_group_count > 0 ? 1 : 0
+  name_prefix = "eks-worker-autoscaling-${aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name}"
+  description = "EKS worker node autoscaling policy for cluster ${aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name}"
+  policy      = data.aws_iam_policy_document.worker_autoscaling[0].json
   path        = var.iam_path
 }
 
 resource "random_pet" "node_groups" {
-  for_each = local.node_groups
+  for_each = var.create_eks ? local.node_groups : {}
 
   separator = "-"
   length    = 2
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ resource "random_pet" "node_groups" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_eks_node_group" "workers" {
-  for_each = local.node_groups
+  for_each = var.create_eks ? local.node_groups : {}
 
   node_group_name = join("-", [var.cluster_name, each.key, random_pet.node_groups[each.key].id])
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ resource "aws_eks_node_group" "workers" {
     source_security_group_ids = lookup(each.value, "key_name", "") != "" ? lookup(each.value, "source_security_group_ids", []) : null
   }
 
-  version = aws_eks_cluster.this.version
+  version = aws_eks_cluster.this[0].version
 
   tags = lookup(each.value, "node_group_additional_tags", null)
 
diff --git a/outputs.tf b/outputs.tf
index d18dc78..2478dc2 100644
--- a/outputs.tf
+++ b/outputs.tf
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 output "cluster_id" {
   description = "The name/id of the EKS cluster."
-  value       = aws_eks_cluster.this.id
+  value       = element(concat(aws_eks_cluster.this.*.id, list("")), 0)
 }
 
 output "cluster_arn" {
   description = "The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the cluster."
-  value       = aws_eks_cluster.this.arn
+  value       = element(concat(aws_eks_cluster.this.*.arn, list("")), 0)
 }
 
 output "cluster_certificate_authority_data" {
   description = "Nested attribute containing certificate-authority-data for your cluster. This is the base64 encoded certificate data required to communicate with your cluster."
-  value       = aws_eks_cluster.this.certificate_authority[0].data
+  value       = element(concat(aws_eks_cluster.this[*].certificate_authority[0].data, list("")), 0)
 }
 
 output "cluster_endpoint" {
   description = "The endpoint for your EKS Kubernetes API."
-  value       = aws_eks_cluster.this.endpoint
+  value       = element(concat(aws_eks_cluster.this.*.endpoint, list("")), 0)
 }
 
 output "cluster_version" {
   description = "The Kubernetes server version for the EKS cluster."
-  value       = aws_eks_cluster.this.version
+  value       = element(concat(aws_eks_cluster.this[*].version, list("")), 0)
 }
 
 output "cluster_security_group_id" {
@@ -45,17 +45,17 @@ output "cluster_iam_role_arn" {
 
 output "cluster_oidc_issuer_url" {
   description = "The URL on the EKS cluster OIDC Issuer"
-  value       = concat(aws_eks_cluster.this.identity.*.oidc.0.issuer, [""])[0]
+  value       = concat(aws_eks_cluster.this[*].identity[*].oidc.0.issuer, [""])[0]
 }
 
 output "cloudwatch_log_group_name" {
   description = "Name of cloudwatch log group created"
-  value       = aws_cloudwatch_log_group.this.*.name
+  value       = aws_cloudwatch_log_group.this[*].name
 }
 
 output "kubeconfig" {
   description = "kubectl config file contents for this EKS cluster."
-  value       = data.template_file.kubeconfig.rendered
+  value       = concat(data.template_file.kubeconfig[*].rendered, [""])[0]
 }
 
 output "kubeconfig_filename" {
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 498313b..366c926 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -48,12 +48,6 @@ variable "manage_aws_auth" {
   default     = true
 }
 
-variable "write_aws_auth_config" {
-  description = "Whether to write the aws-auth configmap file."
-  type        = bool
-  default     = true
-}
-
 variable "map_accounts" {
   description = "Additional AWS account numbers to add to the aws-auth configmap. See examples/basic/variables.tf for example format."
   type        = list(string)
@@ -294,8 +288,14 @@ variable "attach_worker_cni_policy" {
   default     = true
 }
 
+variable "create_eks" {
+  description = "Controls if EKS resources should be created (it affects almost all resources)"
+  type        = bool
+  default     = true
+}
+
 variable "node_groups" {
   description = "A list of maps defining node group configurations to be defined using AWS EKS Managed Node Groups. See workers_group_defaults for valid keys."
   type        = any
   default     = []
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/workers.tf b/workers.tf
index e946e78..ce0f1e2 100644
--- a/workers.tf
+++ b/workers.tf
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Worker Groups using Launch Configurations
 
 resource "aws_autoscaling_group" "workers" {
-  count = local.worker_group_count
+  count = var.create_eks ? local.worker_group_count : 0
   name_prefix = join(
     "-",
     compact(
       [
-        aws_eks_cluster.this.name,
+        aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name,
         lookup(var.worker_groups[count.index], "name", count.index),
         lookup(var.worker_groups[count.index], "asg_recreate_on_change", local.workers_group_defaults["asg_recreate_on_change"]) ? random_pet.workers[count.index].id : ""
       ]
@@ -91,16 +91,16 @@ resource "aws_autoscaling_group" "workers" {
     [
       {
         "key"                 = "Name"
-        "value"               = "${aws_eks_cluster.this.name}-${lookup(var.worker_groups[count.index], "name", count.index)}-eks_asg"
+        "value"               = "${aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name}-${lookup(var.worker_groups[count.index], "name", count.index)}-eks_asg"
         "propagate_at_launch" = true
       },
       {
-        "key"                 = "kubernetes.io/cluster/${aws_eks_cluster.this.name}"
+        "key"                 = "kubernetes.io/cluster/${aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name}"
         "value"               = "owned"
         "propagate_at_launch" = true
       },
       {
-        "key"                 = "k8s.io/cluster/${aws_eks_cluster.this.name}"
+        "key"                 = "k8s.io/cluster/${aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name}"
         "value"               = "owned"
         "propagate_at_launch" = true
       },
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ resource "aws_autoscaling_group" "workers" {
         "propagate_at_launch" = false
       },
       {
-        "key"                 = "k8s.io/cluster-autoscaler/${aws_eks_cluster.this.name}"
-        "value"               = aws_eks_cluster.this.name
+        "key"                 = "k8s.io/cluster-autoscaler/${aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name}"
+        "value"               = aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name
         "propagate_at_launch" = false
       },
       {
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ resource "aws_autoscaling_group" "workers" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_launch_configuration" "workers" {
-  count       = local.worker_group_count
-  name_prefix = "${aws_eks_cluster.this.name}-${lookup(var.worker_groups[count.index], "name", count.index)}"
+  count       = var.create_eks ? local.worker_group_count : 0
+  name_prefix = "${aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name}-${lookup(var.worker_groups[count.index], "name", count.index)}"
   associate_public_ip_address = lookup(
     var.worker_groups[count.index],
     "public_ip",
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ resource "aws_launch_configuration" "workers" {
 }
 
 resource "random_pet" "workers" {
-  count = local.worker_group_count
+  count = var.create_eks ? local.worker_group_count : 0
 
   separator = "-"
   length    = 2
@@ -243,21 +243,21 @@ resource "random_pet" "workers" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_security_group" "workers" {
-  count       = var.worker_create_security_group ? 1 : 0
-  name_prefix = aws_eks_cluster.this.name
+  count       = var.worker_create_security_group && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
+  name_prefix = aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name
   description = "Security group for all nodes in the cluster."
   vpc_id      = var.vpc_id
   tags = merge(
     var.tags,
     {
-      "Name"                                               = "${aws_eks_cluster.this.name}-eks_worker_sg"
-      "kubernetes.io/cluster/${aws_eks_cluster.this.name}" = "owned"
+      "Name"                                                  = "${aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name}-eks_worker_sg"
+      "kubernetes.io/cluster/${aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name}" = "owned"
     },
   )
 }
 
 resource "aws_security_group_rule" "workers_egress_internet" {
-  count             = var.worker_create_security_group ? 1 : 0
+  count             = var.worker_create_security_group && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
   description       = "Allow nodes all egress to the Internet."
   protocol          = "-1"
   security_group_id = local.worker_security_group_id
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ resource "aws_security_group_rule" "workers_egress_internet" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_security_group_rule" "workers_ingress_self" {
-  count                    = var.worker_create_security_group ? 1 : 0
+  count                    = var.worker_create_security_group && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
   description              = "Allow node to communicate with each other."
   protocol                 = "-1"
   security_group_id        = local.worker_security_group_id
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ resource "aws_security_group_rule" "workers_ingress_self" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_security_group_rule" "workers_ingress_cluster" {
-  count                    = var.worker_create_security_group ? 1 : 0
+  count                    = var.worker_create_security_group && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
   description              = "Allow workers pods to receive communication from the cluster control plane."
   protocol                 = "tcp"
   security_group_id        = local.worker_security_group_id
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ resource "aws_security_group_rule" "workers_ingress_cluster" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_security_group_rule" "workers_ingress_cluster_kubelet" {
-  count                    = var.worker_create_security_group ? var.worker_sg_ingress_from_port > 10250 ? 1 : 0 : 0
+  count                    = var.worker_create_security_group && var.create_eks ? var.worker_sg_ingress_from_port > 10250 ? 1 : 0 : 0
   description              = "Allow workers Kubelets to receive communication from the cluster control plane."
   protocol                 = "tcp"
   security_group_id        = local.worker_security_group_id
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ resource "aws_security_group_rule" "workers_ingress_cluster_kubelet" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_security_group_rule" "workers_ingress_cluster_https" {
-  count                    = var.worker_create_security_group ? 1 : 0
+  count                    = var.worker_create_security_group && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
   description              = "Allow pods running extension API servers on port 443 to receive communication from cluster control plane."
   protocol                 = "tcp"
   security_group_id        = local.worker_security_group_id
@@ -312,8 +312,8 @@ resource "aws_security_group_rule" "workers_ingress_cluster_https" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_iam_role" "workers" {
-  count                 = var.manage_worker_iam_resources ? 1 : 0
-  name_prefix           = var.workers_role_name != "" ? null : aws_eks_cluster.this.name
+  count                 = var.manage_worker_iam_resources && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
+  name_prefix           = var.workers_role_name != "" ? null : aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name
   name                  = var.workers_role_name != "" ? var.workers_role_name : null
   assume_role_policy    = data.aws_iam_policy_document.workers_assume_role_policy.json
   permissions_boundary  = var.permissions_boundary
@@ -323,8 +323,8 @@ resource "aws_iam_role" "workers" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_iam_instance_profile" "workers" {
-  count       = var.manage_worker_iam_resources ? local.worker_group_count : 0
-  name_prefix = aws_eks_cluster.this.name
+  count       = var.manage_worker_iam_resources && var.create_eks ? local.worker_group_count : 0
+  name_prefix = aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name
   role = lookup(
     var.worker_groups[count.index],
     "iam_role_id",
@@ -335,44 +335,45 @@ resource "aws_iam_instance_profile" "workers" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "workers_AmazonEKSWorkerNodePolicy" {
-  count      = var.manage_worker_iam_resources ? 1 : 0
+  count      = var.manage_worker_iam_resources && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
   policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSWorkerNodePolicy"
   role       = aws_iam_role.workers[0].name
 }
 
 resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "workers_AmazonEKS_CNI_Policy" {
-  count      = var.manage_worker_iam_resources && var.attach_worker_cni_policy ? 1 : 0
+  count      = var.manage_worker_iam_resources && var.attach_worker_cni_policy && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
   policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKS_CNI_Policy"
   role       = aws_iam_role.workers[0].name
 }
 
 resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "workers_AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryReadOnly" {
-  count      = var.manage_worker_iam_resources ? 1 : 0
+  count      = var.manage_worker_iam_resources && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
   policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryReadOnly"
   role       = aws_iam_role.workers[0].name
 }
 
 resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "workers_additional_policies" {
-  count      = var.manage_worker_iam_resources ? length(var.workers_additional_policies) : 0
+  count      = var.manage_worker_iam_resources && var.create_eks ? length(var.workers_additional_policies) : 0
   role       = aws_iam_role.workers[0].name
   policy_arn = var.workers_additional_policies[count.index]
 }
 
 resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "workers_autoscaling" {
-  count      = var.manage_worker_iam_resources && var.manage_worker_autoscaling_policy && var.attach_worker_autoscaling_policy ? 1 : 0
+  count      = var.manage_worker_iam_resources && var.manage_worker_autoscaling_policy && var.attach_worker_autoscaling_policy && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
   policy_arn = aws_iam_policy.worker_autoscaling[0].arn
   role       = aws_iam_role.workers[0].name
 }
 
 resource "aws_iam_policy" "worker_autoscaling" {
-  count       = var.manage_worker_iam_resources && var.manage_worker_autoscaling_policy ? 1 : 0
-  name_prefix = "eks-worker-autoscaling-${aws_eks_cluster.this.name}"
-  description = "EKS worker node autoscaling policy for cluster ${aws_eks_cluster.this.name}"
-  policy      = data.aws_iam_policy_document.worker_autoscaling.json
+  count       = var.manage_worker_iam_resources && var.manage_worker_autoscaling_policy && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
+  name_prefix = "eks-worker-autoscaling-${aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name}"
+  description = "EKS worker node autoscaling policy for cluster ${aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name}"
+  policy      = data.aws_iam_policy_document.worker_autoscaling[0].json
   path        = var.iam_path
 }
 
 data "aws_iam_policy_document" "worker_autoscaling" {
+  count = var.manage_worker_iam_resources && var.manage_worker_autoscaling_policy && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
   statement {
     sid    = "eksWorkerAutoscalingAll"
     effect = "Allow"
@@ -402,7 +403,7 @@ data "aws_iam_policy_document" "worker_autoscaling" {
 
     condition {
       test     = "StringEquals"
-      variable = "autoscaling:ResourceTag/kubernetes.io/cluster/${aws_eks_cluster.this.name}"
+      variable = "autoscaling:ResourceTag/kubernetes.io/cluster/${aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name}"
       values   = ["owned"]
     }
 
diff --git a/workers_launch_template.tf b/workers_launch_template.tf
index fefacd6..519a289 100644
--- a/workers_launch_template.tf
+++ b/workers_launch_template.tf
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Worker Groups using Launch Templates
 
 resource "aws_autoscaling_group" "workers_launch_template" {
-  count = local.worker_group_launch_template_count
+  count = var.create_eks ? local.worker_group_launch_template_count : 0
   name_prefix = join(
     "-",
     compact(
       [
-        aws_eks_cluster.this.name,
+        aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name,
         lookup(var.worker_groups_launch_template[count.index], "name", count.index),
         lookup(var.worker_groups_launch_template[count.index], "asg_recreate_on_change", local.workers_group_defaults["asg_recreate_on_change"]) ? random_pet.workers_launch_template[count.index].id : ""
       ]
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ resource "aws_autoscaling_group" "workers_launch_template" {
     [
       {
         "key" = "Name"
-        "value" = "${aws_eks_cluster.this.name}-${lookup(
+        "value" = "${aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name}-${lookup(
           var.worker_groups_launch_template[count.index],
           "name",
           count.index,
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ resource "aws_autoscaling_group" "workers_launch_template" {
         "propagate_at_launch" = true
       },
       {
-        "key"                 = "kubernetes.io/cluster/${aws_eks_cluster.this.name}"
+        "key"                 = "kubernetes.io/cluster/${aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name}"
         "value"               = "owned"
         "propagate_at_launch" = true
       },
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ resource "aws_autoscaling_group" "workers_launch_template" {
         "propagate_at_launch" = false
       },
       {
-        "key"                 = "k8s.io/cluster-autoscaler/${aws_eks_cluster.this.name}"
-        "value"               = aws_eks_cluster.this.name
+        "key"                 = "k8s.io/cluster-autoscaler/${aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name}"
+        "value"               = aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name
         "propagate_at_launch" = false
       },
       {
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ resource "aws_autoscaling_group" "workers_launch_template" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_launch_template" "workers_launch_template" {
-  count = local.worker_group_launch_template_count
-  name_prefix = "${aws_eks_cluster.this.name}-${lookup(
+  count = var.create_eks ? (local.worker_group_launch_template_count) : 0
+  name_prefix = "${aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name}-${lookup(
     var.worker_groups_launch_template[count.index],
     "name",
     count.index,
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ resource "aws_launch_template" "workers_launch_template" {
 
     tags = merge(
       {
-        "Name" = "${aws_eks_cluster.this.name}-${lookup(
+        "Name" = "${aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name}-${lookup(
           var.worker_groups_launch_template[count.index],
           "name",
           count.index,
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ resource "aws_launch_template" "workers_launch_template" {
 }
 
 resource "random_pet" "workers_launch_template" {
-  count = local.worker_group_launch_template_count
+  count = var.create_eks ? local.worker_group_launch_template_count : 0
 
   separator = "-"
   length    = 2
@@ -401,8 +401,8 @@ resource "random_pet" "workers_launch_template" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_iam_instance_profile" "workers_launch_template" {
-  count       = var.manage_worker_iam_resources ? local.worker_group_launch_template_count : 0
-  name_prefix = aws_eks_cluster.this.name
+  count       = var.manage_worker_iam_resources && var.create_eks ? local.worker_group_launch_template_count : 0
+  name_prefix = aws_eks_cluster.this[0].name
   role = lookup(
     var.worker_groups_launch_template[count.index],
     "iam_role_id",