diff --git a/config/default.json b/config/default.json
index 0acbe9c7c9..96eb0ed635 100644
--- a/config/default.json
+++ b/config/default.json
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
         "AmazonS3AccessKeyId": "",
         "AmazonS3SecretAccessKey": "",
         "AmazonS3Bucket": "",
-        "AmazonS3Region": "us-east-1",
+        "AmazonS3Region": "",
         "AmazonS3Endpoint": "s3.amazonaws.com",
         "AmazonS3SSL": true,
         "AmazonS3SignV2": false,