diff --git a/lib/classes/Service.js b/lib/classes/Service.js
index 0ec8d0606..8d05585ee 100644
--- a/lib/classes/Service.js
+++ b/lib/classes/Service.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ class Service {
     this.serviceObject = null;
     this.provider = {
       stage: 'dev',
-      region: 'us-east-1',
       variableSyntax: '\\${([ ~:a-zA-Z0-9._@\'",\\-\\/\\(\\)*]+?)}',
     };
     this.custom = {};