diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/conf/azure/ipi-conf-azure-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/conf/azure/ipi-conf-azure-commands.sh
index f480a8f7a9be..df82d95c4cd1 100755
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/conf/azure/ipi-conf-azure-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/conf/azure/ipi-conf-azure-commands.sh
@@ -6,18 +6,8 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 CONFIG="${SHARED_DIR}/install-config.yaml"
 
-case $((RANDOM % 8)) in
-0) AZURE_REGION=centralus;;
-1) AZURE_REGION=centralus;;
-2) AZURE_REGION=centralus;;
-3) AZURE_REGION=centralus;;
-4) AZURE_REGION=centralus;;
-5) AZURE_REGION=centralus;;
-6) AZURE_REGION=eastus2;;
-7) AZURE_REGION=westus;;
-*) echo >&2 "invalid Azure region index"; exit 1;;
-esac
-echo "Azure region: ${AZURE_REGION}"
+REGION="${LEASED_RESOURCE}"
+echo "Azure region: ${REGION}"
 
 cat >> "${CONFIG}" << EOF
 baseDomain: ci.azure.devcluster.openshift.com
@@ -29,5 +19,5 @@ compute:
 platform:
   azure:
     baseDomainResourceGroupName: os4-common
-    region: ${AZURE_REGION}
+    region: ${REGION}
 EOF