diff --git a/config/initializers/paperclip.rb b/config/initializers/paperclip.rb
index c219e0a51..7fdc8322f 100644
--- a/config/initializers/paperclip.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/paperclip.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ if ENV['PAPERCLIP_STORAGE'] == "s3"
       original: :private,
       medium: :private
     },
-    s3_region: ENV['AWS_REGION'],
     s3_storage_class: {
       medium: :reduced_redundancy,
       thumb: :reduced_redundancy,