diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb-aws-x86_64.yml b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb-aws-x86_64.yml
index f4c4c7eb11..dbe43ea1d2 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb-aws-x86_64.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb-aws-x86_64.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
     keypair: copr-builder
     instance_type: i3.large
     security_group: ssh-only
-    region: us-east-1
     max_spawn_time: 1100
     spawning_vm_user: "fedora"
     image_name: "{{ builder_images.x86_64 }}"
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@
         instance_type: "{{ instance_type }}"
         image: "{{ image_name }}"
         wait: true
-        region: "{{ region }}"
+        region: "{{ aws_region }}"
         vpc_subnet_id: subnet-01d4e967ab5e78005
         assign_public_ip: yes
         instance_tags:
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/terminatepb-aws.yml b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/terminatepb-aws.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81175fd1f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/terminatepb-aws.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+- name: terminate instance
+  hosts: 127.0.0.1
+  gather_facts: False
+
+  vars_files:
+    - vars.yml
+    - nova_cloud_vars.yml
+
+  tasks:
+    - local_action:
+        module: ec2
+        instance_tags:
+            Name: "{{ copr_task.vm_name }}"
+        region: "{{ aws_region }}"
+        state: running
+        aws_access_key: "{{ aws_access_key }}"
+        aws_secret_key: "{{ aws_secret_key }}"
+      register: ec2
+
+    - local_action:
+        module: ec2
+        region: "{{ aws_region }}"
+        state: absent
+        instance_ids: "{{ ec2.instance_ids }}"
+        aws_access_key: "{{ aws_access_key }}"
+        aws_secret_key: "{{ aws_secret_key }}"
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/aws_cloud_vars.yml b/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/aws_cloud_vars.yml
index bd102cb743..9e44c25bfb 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/aws_cloud_vars.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/aws_cloud_vars.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 aws_access_key: {{ copr_aws_access_key_id }}
 aws_secret_key: {{ copr_aws_secret_access_key }}
 
+aws_region: us-east-1
+
 builder_images:
   x86_64: "{{ copr_builder_images.aws.x86_64 }}"