diff --git a/roles/aws/aws_iam_saml/defaults/main.yml b/roles/aws/aws_iam_saml/defaults/main.yml
index 0b829a539..46314889b 100644
--- a/roles/aws/aws_iam_saml/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/aws/aws_iam_saml/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 aws_iam_saml:
   aws_profile: "{{ _aws_profile }}" # Boto profile to use for AWS connections
-  region: "{{ _aws_region }}" # AWS region to use
   tags: {} # Dict of AWS tags to apply
     #Tagname: "TagValue"
   aws_account_alias: "" # IAM account alias - human readable name to order SSO page