diff --git a/tasks/transient_cloud_new.yml b/tasks/transient_cloud_new.yml
index 426a55665c..b9819cd43d 100644
--- a/tasks/transient_cloud_new.yml
+++ b/tasks/transient_cloud_new.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
   local_action:
       instance_type: "{{ instance_type }}"
       security_groups: web-80-anywhere-transient,web-443-anywhere-transient,ssh-anywhere-transient,default
-      region: nova
       nics:
       - net-id: "28db7265-fb78-4937-bfe3-9c8a9b959c30"
       name: "{{ name }}"