diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 2c97ed1..ddfc48f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -17,4 +17,3 @@ jobs:
         AWS_S3_BUCKET: ${{ secrets.AWS_S3_BUCKET }}
         AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
         AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
-        AWS_REGION: ${{ secrets.AWS_REGION }}'   # optional: defaults to us-east-1