diff --git a/moto/sqs/models.py b/moto/sqs/models.py
index 2063a952a..87f8183e7 100644
--- a/moto/sqs/models.py
+++ b/moto/sqs/models.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class Queue(object):
         self.last_modified_timestamp = now
         self.maximum_message_size = 64 << 10
         self.message_retention_period = 86400 * 4  # four days
-        self.queue_arn = 'arn:aws:sqs:sqs.us-east-1:123456789012:%s' % self.name
+        self.queue_arn = 'arn:aws:sqs:us-east-1:123456789012:%s' % self.name
         self.receive_message_wait_time_seconds = 0
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/tests/test_sqs/test_sqs.py b/tests/test_sqs/test_sqs.py
index f84717913..dfa02f7c4 100644
--- a/tests/test_sqs/test_sqs.py
+++ b/tests/test_sqs/test_sqs.py
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ def test_queue_attributes():
     attributes = queue.get_attributes()
 
     attributes['QueueArn'].should.look_like(
-        'arn:aws:sqs:sqs.us-east-1:123456789012:%s' % queue_name)
+        'arn:aws:sqs:us-east-1:123456789012:%s' % queue_name)
 
     attributes['VisibilityTimeout'].should.look_like(str(visibility_timeout))