diff --git a/nodepool/driver/aws/config.py b/nodepool/driver/aws/config.py
index a33a72240..e8679aaee 100644
--- a/nodepool/driver/aws/config.py
+++ b/nodepool/driver/aws/config.py
@@ -29,17 +29,6 @@ class ProviderCloudImage(ConfigValue):
         self.connection_type = None
         self.connection_port = None
 
-    def __eq__(self, other):
-        if isinstance(other, ProviderCloudImage):
-            return (self.name == other.name
-                    and self.image_id == other.image_id
-                    and self.username == other.username
-                    and self.python_path == other.python_path
-                    and self.shell_type == other.shell_type
-                    and self.connection_type == other.connection_type
-                    and self.connection_port == other.connection_port)
-        return False
-
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<ProviderCloudImage %s>" % self.name
 
@@ -50,6 +39,8 @@ class ProviderCloudImage(ConfigValue):
 
 
 class ProviderLabel(ConfigValue):
+    ignore_equality = ['pool']
+
     def __init__(self):
         self.name = None
         self.cloud_image = None
@@ -64,27 +55,13 @@ class ProviderLabel(ConfigValue):
         self.pool = None
         self.tags = None
 
-    def __eq__(self, other):
-        if isinstance(other, ProviderLabel):
-            # NOTE(Shrews): We intentionally do not compare 'pool' here
-            # since this causes recursive checks with ProviderPool.
-            return (other.name == self.name
-                    and other.cloud_image == self.cloud_image
-                    and other.ebs_optimized == self.ebs_optimized
-                    and other.instance_type == self.instance_type
-                    and other.key_name == self.key_name
-                    and other.volume_size == self.volume_size
-                    and other.volume_type == self.volume_type
-                    and other.userdata == self.userdata
-                    and other.iam_instance_profile == self.iam_instance_profile
-                    and other.tags == self.tags)
-        return False
-
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<ProviderLabel %s>" % self.name
 
 
 class ProviderPool(ConfigPool):
+    ignore_equality = ['provider']
+
     def __init__(self):
         self.name = None
         self.max_cores = None
@@ -143,19 +120,6 @@ class ProviderPool(ConfigPool):
             ]
             full_config.labels[label['name']].pools.append(self)
 
-    def __eq__(self, other):
-        if isinstance(other, ProviderPool):
-            # NOTE(Shrews): We intentionally do not compare 'provider' here
-            # since this causes recursive checks with OpenStackProviderConfig.
-            return (super().__eq__(other)
-                    and other.name == self.name
-                    and other.subnet_id == self.subnet_id
-                    and other.security_group_id == self.security_group_id
-                    and other.public_ip == self.public_ip
-                    and other.host_key_checking == self.host_key_checking
-                    and other.labels == self.labels)
-        return False
-
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<ProviderPool %s>" % self.name
 
@@ -171,17 +135,6 @@ class AwsProviderConfig(ProviderConfig):
         self.cloud_images = {}
         super().__init__(provider)
 
-    def __eq__(self, other):
-        if isinstance(other, AwsProviderConfig):
-            return (super().__eq__(other)
-                    and other.profile_name == self.profile_name
-                    and other.region_name == self.region_name
-                    and other.pools == self.pools
-                    and other.boot_timeout == self.boot_timeout
-                    and other.launch_retries == self.launch_retries
-                    and other.cloud_images == self.cloud_images)
-        return False
-
     @property
     def pools(self):
         return self.__pools
diff --git a/nodepool/tests/fixtures/aws-config.yaml b/nodepool/tests/fixtures/aws-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ef936b25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nodepool/tests/fixtures/aws-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+zookeeper-servers:
+  - host: {zookeeper_host}
+    port: {zookeeper_port}
+    chroot: {zookeeper_chroot}
+
+zookeeper-tls:
+  ca: {zookeeper_ca}
+  cert: {zookeeper_cert}
+  key: {zookeeper_key}
+
+labels:
+  - name: ubuntu1404
+
+providers:
+  - name: ec2-us-west-2
+    driver: aws
+    region-name: us-west-2
+    cloud-images:
+      - name: ubuntu1404
+        image-id: ami-1e749f67
+        username: ubuntu
+    pools:
+      - name: main
+        max-servers: 1
+        subnet-id: 'subnetid'
+        security-group-id: 'secgroupid'
+        node-attributes:
+          key1: value1
+          key2: value2
+        labels:
+          - name: ubuntu1404
+            cloud-image: ubuntu1404
+            instance-type: t3.medium
+            key-name: zuul
diff --git a/nodepool/tests/unit/test_driver_aws.py b/nodepool/tests/unit/test_driver_aws.py
index 50a6e7a50..c1a78403f 100644
--- a/nodepool/tests/unit/test_driver_aws.py
+++ b/nodepool/tests/unit/test_driver_aws.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import boto3
 from moto import mock_ec2
 import yaml
 
+from nodepool import config as nodepool_config
 from nodepool import tests
 from nodepool import zk
 from nodepool.nodeutils import iterate_timeout
@@ -259,3 +260,10 @@ class TestDriverAws(tests.DBTestCase):
     def test_ec2_machine_shell_type(self):
         self._test_ec2_machine('ubuntu1404-with-shell-type',
                                shell_type="csh")
+
+    def test_aws_config(self):
+        configfile = self.setup_config('aws-config.yaml')
+        config = nodepool_config.loadConfig(configfile)
+        self.assertIn('ec2-us-west-2', config.providers)
+        config2 = nodepool_config.loadConfig(configfile)
+        self.assertEqual(config, config2)