diff --git a/aws/data_source_aws_availability_zone_test.go b/aws/data_source_aws_availability_zone_test.go
index 0ee6c41d53ce..ad1614992444 100644
--- a/aws/data_source_aws_availability_zone_test.go
+++ b/aws/data_source_aws_availability_zone_test.go
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ func TestAccDataSourceAwsAvailabilityZone(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 const testAccDataSourceAwsAvailabilityZoneConfig = `
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 data "aws_availability_zone" "by_name" {
   name = "us-west-2a"
 }
diff --git a/aws/data_source_aws_canonical_user_id_test.go b/aws/data_source_aws_canonical_user_id_test.go
index 88a6320c71c8..bef8ea870d41 100644
--- a/aws/data_source_aws_canonical_user_id_test.go
+++ b/aws/data_source_aws_canonical_user_id_test.go
@@ -42,9 +42,5 @@ func testAccDataSourceAwsCanonicalUserIdCheckExists(name string) resource.TestCh
 }
 
 const testAccDataSourceAwsCanonicalUserIdConfig = `
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 data "aws_canonical_user_id" "current" { }
 `
diff --git a/aws/data_source_aws_kms_ciphertext_test.go b/aws/data_source_aws_kms_ciphertext_test.go
index fd45b2f592b5..292549c9587e 100644
--- a/aws/data_source_aws_kms_ciphertext_test.go
+++ b/aws/data_source_aws_kms_ciphertext_test.go
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@ func TestAccDataSourceAwsKmsCiphertext_validate_withContext(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 const testAccDataSourceAwsKmsCiphertextConfig_basic = `
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 resource "aws_kms_key" "foo" {
   description = "tf-test-acc-data-source-aws-kms-ciphertext-basic"
   is_enabled = true
@@ -72,10 +68,6 @@ data "aws_kms_ciphertext" "foo" {
 `
 
 const testAccDataSourceAwsKmsCiphertextConfig_validate = `
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 resource "aws_kms_key" "foo" {
   description = "tf-test-acc-data-source-aws-kms-ciphertext-validate"
   is_enabled = true
@@ -90,10 +82,6 @@ data "aws_kms_ciphertext" "foo" {
 `
 
 const testAccDataSourceAwsKmsCiphertextConfig_validate_withContext = `
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 resource "aws_kms_key" "foo" {
   description = "tf-test-acc-data-source-aws-kms-ciphertext-validate-with-context"
   is_enabled = true
diff --git a/aws/data_source_aws_nat_gateway_test.go b/aws/data_source_aws_nat_gateway_test.go
index e1482f32c95a..0d9bb25a6fc5 100644
--- a/aws/data_source_aws_nat_gateway_test.go
+++ b/aws/data_source_aws_nat_gateway_test.go
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ func TestAccDataSourceAwsNatGateway(t *testing.T) {
 
 func testAccDataSourceAwsNatGatewayConfig(rInt int) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 resource "aws_vpc" "test" {
   cidr_block = "172.%d.0.0/16"
 
diff --git a/aws/data_source_aws_prefix_list_test.go b/aws/data_source_aws_prefix_list_test.go
index 0839788bd53a..3666d1371eb4 100644
--- a/aws/data_source_aws_prefix_list_test.go
+++ b/aws/data_source_aws_prefix_list_test.go
@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@ func testAccDataSourceAwsPrefixListCheck(name string) resource.TestCheckFunc {
 }
 
 const testAccDataSourceAwsPrefixListConfig = `
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 data "aws_prefix_list" "s3_by_id" {
   prefix_list_id = "pl-68a54001"
 }
diff --git a/aws/data_source_aws_sns_test.go b/aws/data_source_aws_sns_test.go
index 60c09a853dc6..0bc54b106e7e 100644
--- a/aws/data_source_aws_sns_test.go
+++ b/aws/data_source_aws_sns_test.go
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ func testAccDataSourceAwsSnsTopicCheck(name string) resource.TestCheckFunc {
 }
 
 const testAccDataSourceAwsSnsTopicConfig = `
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 resource "aws_sns_topic" "tf_wrong1" {
   name = "wrong1"
 }
diff --git a/aws/data_source_aws_vpc_test.go b/aws/data_source_aws_vpc_test.go
index 61ee58b9c830..74baac45d49b 100644
--- a/aws/data_source_aws_vpc_test.go
+++ b/aws/data_source_aws_vpc_test.go
@@ -132,10 +132,6 @@ func TestAccDataSourceAwsVpc_multipleCidr(t *testing.T) {
 
 func testAccDataSourceAwsVpcConfigIpv6(cidr, tag string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 resource "aws_vpc" "test" {
   cidr_block                       = "%s"
   assign_generated_ipv6_cidr_block = true
@@ -153,10 +149,6 @@ data "aws_vpc" "by_id" {
 
 func testAccDataSourceAwsVpcConfig(cidr, tag string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 resource "aws_vpc" "test" {
   cidr_block = "%s"
 
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go
index a15be248614b..79dfb76e05be 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go
@@ -2479,10 +2479,6 @@ resource "aws_security_group" "tf_test_self" {
 `
 
 const testAccAWSAutoScalingGroupConfig_ALB_TargetGroup_post_duo = `
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 resource "aws_vpc" "default" {
   cidr_block = "10.0.0.0/16"
 
@@ -2622,10 +2618,6 @@ resource "aws_autoscaling_group" "bar" {
 
 func testAccAWSAutoScalingGroupConfig_ALB_TargetGroup_ELBCapacity(rInt int) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 resource "aws_vpc" "default" {
   cidr_block           = "10.0.0.0/16"
   enable_dns_hostnames = "true"
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_default_route_table_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_default_route_table_test.go
index 6f1fd4b6900c..b81202c6efce 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_default_route_table_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_default_route_table_test.go
@@ -239,10 +239,6 @@ resource "aws_internet_gateway" "gw" {
 }`
 
 const testAccDefaultRouteTable_change = `
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 resource "aws_vpc" "foo" {
   cidr_block           = "10.1.0.0/16"
   enable_dns_hostnames = true
@@ -289,10 +285,6 @@ resource "aws_route_table" "r" {
 `
 
 const testAccDefaultRouteTable_change_mod = `
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 resource "aws_vpc" "foo" {
   cidr_block           = "10.1.0.0/16"
   enable_dns_hostnames = true
@@ -382,10 +374,6 @@ resource "aws_default_route_table" "test" {
 }
 
 const testAccDefaultRouteTable_vpc_endpoint = `
-provider "aws" {
-    region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 resource "aws_vpc" "test" {
     cidr_block = "10.0.0.0/16"
 
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_default_vpc_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_default_vpc_test.go
index 21f249a1ef61..9e49be5c4bc0 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_default_vpc_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_default_vpc_test.go
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ func testAccCheckAWSDefaultVpcDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
 }
 
 const testAccAWSDefaultVpcConfigBasic = `
-provider "aws" {
-    region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 resource "aws_default_vpc" "foo" {
 	tags = {
 		Name = "Default VPC"
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_elb_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_elb_test.go
index 7aa650dedfd0..2a501c1ea6b7 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_elb_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_elb_test.go
@@ -1678,10 +1678,6 @@ resource "aws_elb" "bar" {
 }
 
 const testAccAWSELBConfig_subnets = `
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 resource "aws_vpc" "azelb" {
   cidr_block           = "10.1.0.0/16"
   enable_dns_hostnames = true
@@ -1749,10 +1745,6 @@ resource "aws_internet_gateway" "gw" {
 `
 
 const testAccAWSELBConfig_subnet_swap = `
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 resource "aws_vpc" "azelb" {
   cidr_block           = "10.1.0.0/16"
   enable_dns_hostnames = true
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_opsworks_custom_layer_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_opsworks_custom_layer_test.go
index 8f7184982db6..406ce5b140bf 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_opsworks_custom_layer_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_opsworks_custom_layer_test.go
@@ -347,10 +347,6 @@ resource "aws_opsworks_custom_layer" "tf-acc" {
 
 func testAccAwsOpsworksCustomLayerConfigVpcCreate(name string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 resource "aws_opsworks_custom_layer" "tf-acc" {
   stack_id               = "${aws_opsworks_stack.tf-acc.id}"
   name                   = "%s"
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_opsworks_rails_app_layer_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_opsworks_rails_app_layer_test.go
index 4d33058a74e8..9f1fd7b4c582 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_opsworks_rails_app_layer_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_opsworks_rails_app_layer_test.go
@@ -77,10 +77,6 @@ func testAccCheckAwsOpsworksRailsAppLayerDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
 
 func testAccAwsOpsworksRailsAppLayerConfigVpcCreate(name string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 resource "aws_opsworks_rails_app_layer" "tf-acc" {
   stack_id = "${aws_opsworks_stack.tf-acc.id}"
   name     = "%s"
@@ -101,10 +97,6 @@ resource "aws_opsworks_rails_app_layer" "tf-acc" {
 
 func testAccAwsOpsworksRailsAppLayerNoManageBundlerConfigVpcCreate(name string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 resource "aws_opsworks_rails_app_layer" "tf-acc" {
   stack_id = "${aws_opsworks_stack.tf-acc.id}"
   name     = "%s"
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_opsworks_stack_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_opsworks_stack_test.go
index 5f21e816df39..03ce3c736216 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_opsworks_stack_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_opsworks_stack_test.go
@@ -724,10 +724,6 @@ resource "aws_iam_instance_profile" "opsworks_instance" {
 
 func testAccAwsOpsworksStackConfigNoVpcCreateTags(name string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 resource "aws_opsworks_stack" "tf-acc" {
   name                          = "%s"
   region                        = "us-west-2"
@@ -817,10 +813,6 @@ resource "aws_iam_instance_profile" "opsworks_instance" {
 
 func testAccAwsOpsworksStackConfigNoVpcUpdateTags(name string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 resource "aws_opsworks_stack" "tf-acc" {
   name                          = "%s"
   region                        = "us-west-2"
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_subnet_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_subnet_test.go
index 47700465401e..0e34156d7ef0 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_subnet_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_subnet_test.go
@@ -454,10 +454,6 @@ resource "aws_subnet" "foo" {
 `
 
 const testAccSubnetConfigAvailabilityZoneId = `
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 resource "aws_vpc" "foo" {
   cidr_block = "10.1.0.0/16"
   tags = {
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_vpc_endpoint_route_table_association_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_vpc_endpoint_route_table_association_test.go
index 2ccc567a7b1d..5456724c6a59 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_vpc_endpoint_route_table_association_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_vpc_endpoint_route_table_association_test.go
@@ -103,10 +103,6 @@ func testAccCheckVpcEndpointRouteTableAssociationExists(n string, vpce *ec2.VpcE
 }
 
 const testAccVpcEndpointRouteTableAssociationConfig = `
-provider "aws" {
-    region = "us-west-2"
-}
-
 resource "aws_vpc" "foo" {
     cidr_block = "10.0.0.0/16"
   tags = {