diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/config.go b/builtin/providers/aws/config.go
index 5ff64450c4d2..d9631fcc390a 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/config.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/config.go
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ func (c *Config) Client() (interface{}, error) {
 	client.cloudwatchconn = cloudwatch.New(sess)
 	client.cloudwatcheventsconn = cloudwatchevents.New(sess)
 	client.cloudwatchlogsconn = cloudwatchlogs.New(sess)
-	client.codecommitconn = codecommit.New(usEast1Sess)
+	client.codecommitconn = codecommit.New(sess)
 	client.codedeployconn = codedeploy.New(sess)
 	client.dsconn = directoryservice.New(sess)
 	client.dynamodbconn = dynamodb.New(dynamoSess)
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_codecommit_repository_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_codecommit_repository_test.go
index 9708bedac220..a46405beee15 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_codecommit_repository_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_codecommit_repository_test.go
@@ -161,9 +161,6 @@ func testAccCheckCodeCommitRepositoryDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
 
 func testAccCodeCommitRepository_basic(rInt int) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-east-1"
-}
 resource "aws_codecommit_repository" "test" {
   repository_name = "test_repository_%d"
   description = "This is a test description"
@@ -173,9 +170,6 @@ resource "aws_codecommit_repository" "test" {
 
 func testAccCodeCommitRepository_withChanges(rInt int) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-east-1"
-}
 resource "aws_codecommit_repository" "test" {
   repository_name = "test_repository_%d"
   description = "This is a test description - with changes"
@@ -185,9 +179,6 @@ resource "aws_codecommit_repository" "test" {
 
 func testAccCodeCommitRepository_with_default_branch(rInt int) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-east-1"
-}
 resource "aws_codecommit_repository" "test" {
   repository_name = "test_repository_%d"
   description = "This is a test description"