diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 50f399a..ace27a4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,12 +14,3 @@ Please tell Terraform where Vault can be found:
 export VAULT_ADDR=http://127.0.0.1:8200
 export VAULT_TOKEN="hvs.YoUrToKeN."
 ```
-
-Then set the AWS environment variables for Terraform:
-
-```shell
-export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="anaccesskey"
-export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="asecretkey"
-export AWS_REGION="us-west-2"
-```
-
diff --git a/providers.tf b/providers.tf
index c0e55c6..485bceb 100644
--- a/providers.tf
+++ b/providers.tf
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
 terraform {
   required_providers {
-    aws = {
-      source  = "hashicorp/aws"
-      version = "5.41.0"
-    }
     vault = {
       source  = "hashicorp/vault"
       version = "4.0.0"
     }
   }
 }
-
-provider "aws" {
-  region = "us-east-1"
-}