diff --git a/awss3-storage/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/s3/config/S3Configuration.java b/awss3-storage/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/s3/config/S3Configuration.java
index f4930e9c0b..5b8e6b3dcd 100644
--- a/awss3-storage/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/s3/config/S3Configuration.java
+++ b/awss3-storage/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/s3/config/S3Configuration.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public ExternalPayloadStorage s3ExternalPayloadStorage(
             havingValue = "true",
             matchIfMissing = true)
     @Bean
-    public AmazonS3 amazonS3() {
-        return AmazonS3ClientBuilder.standard().withRegion(region).build();
+    public AmazonS3 amazonS3(S3Properties properties) {
+        return AmazonS3ClientBuilder.standard().withRegion(properties.getRegion()).build();
     }
 }
diff --git a/awss3-storage/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/s3/storage/S3PayloadStorage.java b/awss3-storage/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/s3/storage/S3PayloadStorage.java
index 32bbf55a0c..838ab40889 100644
--- a/awss3-storage/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/s3/storage/S3PayloadStorage.java
+++ b/awss3-storage/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/s3/storage/S3PayloadStorage.java
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ public S3PayloadStorage(IDGenerator idGenerator, S3Properties properties, Amazon
         this.s3Client = s3Client;
         bucketName = properties.getBucketName();
         expirationSec = properties.getSignedUrlExpirationDuration().getSeconds();
-        String region = properties.getRegion();
     }
 
     /**