diff --git a/builder/amazon/common/access_config.go b/builder/amazon/common/access_config.go
index ec0082ff2..10fba2d79 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/common/access_config.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/common/access_config.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/ec2metadata"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/template/interpolate"
 )
@@ -92,13 +91,7 @@ func (c *AccessConfig) Region() (string, error) {
 		return c.RawRegion, nil
 	}
 
-	sess := session.New()
-	ec2meta := ec2metadata.New(sess)
-	identity, err := ec2meta.GetInstanceIdentityDocument()
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	return identity.Region, nil
+	return "", nil
 }
 
 func (c *AccessConfig) Prepare(ctx *interpolate.Context) []error {