diff --git a/builder/amazon/common/access_config.go b/builder/amazon/common/access_config.go
index 7eb027132..0a57e160f 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/common/access_config.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/common/access_config.go
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ func (c *AccessConfig) Session() (*session.Session, error) {
 
 	if sess, err := session.NewSessionWithOptions(opts); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
-	} else if *sess.Config.Region == "" {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Could not find AWS region, make sure it's set.")
 	} else {
 		log.Printf("Found region %s", *sess.Config.Region)
 		c.session = sess