diff --git a/command/alloc_stop.go b/command/alloc_stop.go
index 37050b460..3d9d51521 100644
--- a/command/alloc_stop.go
+++ b/command/alloc_stop.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func (c *AllocStopCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	}
 
 	mon := newMonitor(c.Ui, client, length)
-	return mon.monitor(resp.EvalID, false)
+	return mon.monitor(resp.EvalID)
 }
 
 func (a *AllocStopCommand) Synopsis() string {
diff --git a/command/deployment_fail.go b/command/deployment_fail.go
index 2b795c631..ae1360d87 100644
--- a/command/deployment_fail.go
+++ b/command/deployment_fail.go
@@ -135,5 +135,5 @@ func (c *DeploymentFailCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 
 	c.Ui.Output("")
 	mon := newMonitor(c.Ui, client, length)
-	return mon.monitor(u.EvalID, false)
+	return mon.monitor(u.EvalID)
 }
diff --git a/command/deployment_promote.go b/command/deployment_promote.go
index 2b8bdb644..3596212aa 100644
--- a/command/deployment_promote.go
+++ b/command/deployment_promote.go
@@ -144,5 +144,5 @@ func (c *DeploymentPromoteCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	}
 
 	mon := newMonitor(c.Ui, client, length)
-	return mon.monitor(u.EvalID, false)
+	return mon.monitor(u.EvalID)
 }
diff --git a/command/deployment_resume.go b/command/deployment_resume.go
index 79c2e1a16..0487505c4 100644
--- a/command/deployment_resume.go
+++ b/command/deployment_resume.go
@@ -127,5 +127,5 @@ func (c *DeploymentResumeCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 
 	c.Ui.Output("")
 	mon := newMonitor(c.Ui, client, length)
-	return mon.monitor(u.EvalID, false)
+	return mon.monitor(u.EvalID)
 }
diff --git a/command/deployment_unblock.go b/command/deployment_unblock.go
index d530fc6c3..190074164 100644
--- a/command/deployment_unblock.go
+++ b/command/deployment_unblock.go
@@ -127,5 +127,5 @@ func (c *DeploymentUnblockCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 
 	c.Ui.Output("")
 	mon := newMonitor(c.Ui, client, length)
-	return mon.monitor(u.EvalID, false)
+	return mon.monitor(u.EvalID)
 }
diff --git a/command/eval_status.go b/command/eval_status.go
index 372967abb..dd640a391 100644
--- a/command/eval_status.go
+++ b/command/eval_status.go
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func (c *EvalStatusCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	// If we are in monitor mode, monitor and exit
 	if monitor {
 		mon := newMonitor(c.Ui, client, length)
-		return mon.monitor(evals[0].ID, true)
+		return mon.monitor(evals[0].ID)
 	}
 
 	// Prefix lookup matched a single evaluation
diff --git a/command/job_dispatch.go b/command/job_dispatch.go
index ed3388685..430c60431 100644
--- a/command/job_dispatch.go
+++ b/command/job_dispatch.go
@@ -173,5 +173,5 @@ func (c *JobDispatchCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 
 	c.Ui.Output("")
 	mon := newMonitor(c.Ui, client, length)
-	return mon.monitor(resp.EvalID, false)
+	return mon.monitor(resp.EvalID)
 }
diff --git a/command/job_eval.go b/command/job_eval.go
index 2b3f4e648..1af547c1c 100644
--- a/command/job_eval.go
+++ b/command/job_eval.go
@@ -124,5 +124,5 @@ func (c *JobEvalCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	}
 
 	mon := newMonitor(c.Ui, client, length)
-	return mon.monitor(evalId, false)
+	return mon.monitor(evalId)
 }
diff --git a/command/job_periodic_force.go b/command/job_periodic_force.go
index b98ea2355..52daff565 100644
--- a/command/job_periodic_force.go
+++ b/command/job_periodic_force.go
@@ -148,5 +148,5 @@ func (c *JobPeriodicForceCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 
 	// Detach was not specified, so start monitoring
 	mon := newMonitor(c.Ui, client, length)
-	return mon.monitor(evalID, false)
+	return mon.monitor(evalID)
 }
diff --git a/command/job_promote.go b/command/job_promote.go
index c05e701f1..edb2ffd74 100644
--- a/command/job_promote.go
+++ b/command/job_promote.go
@@ -163,5 +163,5 @@ func (c *JobPromoteCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	}
 
 	mon := newMonitor(c.Ui, client, length)
-	return mon.monitor(u.EvalID, false)
+	return mon.monitor(u.EvalID)
 }
diff --git a/command/job_revert.go b/command/job_revert.go
index ece3f556a..ef8afef68 100644
--- a/command/job_revert.go
+++ b/command/job_revert.go
@@ -164,5 +164,5 @@ func (c *JobRevertCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	}
 
 	mon := newMonitor(c.Ui, client, length)
-	return mon.monitor(resp.EvalID, false)
+	return mon.monitor(resp.EvalID)
 }
diff --git a/command/job_run.go b/command/job_run.go
index 24bedb390..f97912445 100644
--- a/command/job_run.go
+++ b/command/job_run.go
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ func (c *JobRunCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 
 	// Detach was not specified, so start monitoring
 	mon := newMonitor(c.Ui, client, length)
-	return mon.monitor(evalID, false)
+	return mon.monitor(evalID)
 
 }
 
diff --git a/command/job_scale.go b/command/job_scale.go
index 7f717b3ae..7fb76a261 100644
--- a/command/job_scale.go
+++ b/command/job_scale.go
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func (j *JobScaleCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 
 	// Create and monitor the evaluation.
 	mon := newMonitor(j.Ui, client, length)
-	return mon.monitor(resp.EvalID, false)
+	return mon.monitor(resp.EvalID)
 }
 
 // performGroupCheck performs logic to ensure the user specified the correct
diff --git a/command/job_status_test.go b/command/job_status_test.go
index b516a46ea..8edcbeee7 100644
--- a/command/job_status_test.go
+++ b/command/job_status_test.go
@@ -387,6 +387,6 @@ func TestJobStatusCommand_RescheduleEvals(t *testing.T) {
 
 func waitForSuccess(ui cli.Ui, client *api.Client, length int, t *testing.T, evalId string) int {
 	mon := newMonitor(ui, client, length)
-	monErr := mon.monitor(evalId, false)
+	monErr := mon.monitor(evalId)
 	return monErr
 }
diff --git a/command/job_stop.go b/command/job_stop.go
index b4ffd75ff..d4360ff00 100644
--- a/command/job_stop.go
+++ b/command/job_stop.go
@@ -206,5 +206,5 @@ func (c *JobStopCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 
 	// Start monitoring the stop eval
 	mon := newMonitor(c.Ui, client, length)
-	return mon.monitor(evalID, false)
+	return mon.monitor(evalID)
 }
diff --git a/command/monitor.go b/command/monitor.go
index 7ff173397..4cb2fae71 100644
--- a/command/monitor.go
+++ b/command/monitor.go
@@ -165,25 +165,19 @@ func (m *monitor) update(update *evalState) {
 
 // monitor is used to start monitoring the given evaluation ID. It
 // writes output directly to the monitor's ui, and returns the
-// exit code for the command. If allowPrefix is false, monitor will only accept
-// exact matching evalIDs.
+// exit code for the command.
 //
 // The return code will be 0 on successful evaluation. If there are
 // problems scheduling the job (impossible constraints, resources
 // exhausted, etc), then the return code will be 2. For any other
 // failures (API connectivity, internal errors, etc), the return code
 // will be 1.
-func (m *monitor) monitor(evalID string, allowPrefix bool) int {
+func (m *monitor) monitor(evalID string) int {
 	// Track if we encounter a scheduling failure. This can only be
 	// detected while querying allocations, so we use this bool to
 	// carry that status into the return code.
 	var schedFailure bool
 
-	// The user may have specified a prefix as eval id. We need to lookup the
-	// full id from the database first. Since we do this in a loop we need a
-	// variable to keep track if we've already written the header message.
-	var headerWritten bool
-
 	// Add the initial pending state
 	m.update(newEvalState())
 
@@ -191,51 +185,11 @@ func (m *monitor) monitor(evalID string, allowPrefix bool) int {
 		// Query the evaluation
 		eval, _, err := m.client.Evaluations().Info(evalID, nil)
 		if err != nil {
-			if !allowPrefix {
-				m.ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("No evaluation with id %q found", evalID))
-				return 1
-			}
-			if len(evalID) == 1 {
-				m.ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Identifier must contain at least two characters."))
-				return 1
-			}
-
-			evalID = sanitizeUUIDPrefix(evalID)
-			evals, _, err := m.client.Evaluations().PrefixList(evalID)
-			if err != nil {
-				m.ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error reading evaluation: %s", err))
-				return 1
-			}
-			if len(evals) == 0 {
-				m.ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("No evaluation(s) with prefix or id %q found", evalID))
-				return 1
-			}
-			if len(evals) > 1 {
-				// Format the evaluations
-				out := make([]string, len(evals)+1)
-				out[0] = "ID|Priority|Type|Triggered By|Status"
-				for i, eval := range evals {
-					out[i+1] = fmt.Sprintf("%s|%d|%s|%s|%s",
-						limit(eval.ID, m.length),
-						eval.Priority,
-						eval.Type,
-						eval.TriggeredBy,
-						eval.Status)
-				}
-				m.ui.Output(fmt.Sprintf("Prefix matched multiple evaluations\n\n%s", formatList(out)))
-				return 0
-			}
-			// Prefix lookup matched a single evaluation
-			eval, _, err = m.client.Evaluations().Info(evals[0].ID, nil)
-			if err != nil {
-				m.ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error reading evaluation: %s", err))
-			}
+			m.ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("No evaluation with id %q found", evalID))
+			return 1
 		}
 
-		if !headerWritten {
-			m.ui.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Monitoring evaluation %q", limit(eval.ID, m.length)))
-			headerWritten = true
-		}
+		m.ui.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Monitoring evaluation %q", limit(eval.ID, m.length)))
 
 		// Create the new eval state.
 		state := newEvalState()
@@ -319,7 +273,7 @@ func (m *monitor) monitor(evalID string, allowPrefix bool) int {
 
 			// Reset the state and monitor the new eval
 			m.state = newEvalState()
-			return m.monitor(eval.NextEval, allowPrefix)
+			return m.monitor(eval.NextEval)
 		}
 		break
 	}
diff --git a/command/monitor_test.go b/command/monitor_test.go
index 8f2719c59..327dc4736 100644
--- a/command/monitor_test.go
+++ b/command/monitor_test.go
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func TestMonitor_Monitor(t *testing.T) {
 	doneCh := make(chan struct{})
 	go func() {
 		defer close(doneCh)
-		code = mon.monitor(resp.EvalID, false)
+		code = mon.monitor(resp.EvalID)
 	}()
 
 	// Wait for completion
@@ -216,72 +216,3 @@ func TestMonitor_Monitor(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("missing final status\n\n%s", out)
 	}
 }
-
-func TestMonitor_MonitorWithPrefix(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-	srv, client, _ := testServer(t, false, nil)
-	defer srv.Shutdown()
-
-	// Create the monitor
-	ui := cli.NewMockUi()
-	mon := newMonitor(ui, client, shortId)
-
-	// Submit a job - this creates a new evaluation we can monitor
-	job := testJob("job1")
-	resp, _, err := client.Jobs().Register(job, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	// Start monitoring the eval
-	var code int
-	doneCh := make(chan struct{})
-	go func() {
-		defer close(doneCh)
-		code = mon.monitor(resp.EvalID[:13], true)
-	}()
-
-	// Wait for completion
-	select {
-	case <-doneCh:
-	case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
-		t.Fatalf("eval monitor took too long")
-	}
-
-	// Check the return code. We should get exit code 2 as there
-	// would be a scheduling problem on the test server (no clients).
-	if code != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("expect exit 2, got: %d", code)
-	}
-
-	// Check the output
-	out := ui.OutputWriter.String()
-	if !strings.Contains(out, resp.EvalID[:8]) {
-		t.Fatalf("missing eval\n\n%s", out)
-	}
-	if strings.Contains(out, resp.EvalID) {
-		t.Fatalf("expected truncated eval id, got: %s", out)
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(out, "finished with status") {
-		t.Fatalf("missing final status\n\n%s", out)
-	}
-
-	// Fail on identifier with too few characters
-	code = mon.monitor(resp.EvalID[:1], true)
-	if code != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("expect exit 1, got: %d", code)
-	}
-	if out := ui.ErrorWriter.String(); !strings.Contains(out, "must contain at least two characters.") {
-		t.Fatalf("expected too few characters error, got: %s", out)
-	}
-	ui.ErrorWriter.Reset()
-
-	code = mon.monitor(resp.EvalID[:3], true)
-	if code != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("expect exit 2, got: %d", code)
-	}
-	if out := ui.OutputWriter.String(); !strings.Contains(out, "Monitoring evaluation") {
-		t.Fatalf("expected evaluation monitoring output, got: %s", out)
-	}
-
-}