diff --git a/plugins/terraform/terraform.go b/plugins/terraform/terraform.go
index f0777fa60..40c613b33 100644
--- a/plugins/terraform/terraform.go
+++ b/plugins/terraform/terraform.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func TerraformCLI() schema.Executable {
 				NeedsAuth: needsauth.IfAny(
 					needsauth.ForCommand("refresh"),
 					needsauth.ForCommand("init"),
-					needsauth.ForCommand("state", "list"),
+					needsauth.ForCommand("state"),
 					needsauth.ForCommand("plan"),
 					needsauth.ForCommand("apply"),
 					needsauth.ForCommand("destroy"),