diff --git a/lib/document_stores/amazon-s3-custom.js b/lib/document_stores/amazon-s3-custom.js
index 41d8377..bf2916b 100644
--- a/lib/document_stores/amazon-s3-custom.js
+++ b/lib/document_stores/amazon-s3-custom.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ var AmazonS3CustomDocumentStore = function(options) {
   this.bucket = options.bucket;
   this.client = new AWS.S3({
     endpoint: options.endpoint,
-    region: options.region,
     s3ForcePathStyle: true,
     signatureVersion: 'v4'
   });