diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/az/az_driver.conf b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/az/az_driver.conf
index c4a1301add..3ba2eeb7e1 100644
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/az/az_driver.conf
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/az/az_driver.conf
@@ -1,98 +1,4 @@
 proxy_uri:
-regions:
-    default:
-        region_name: "West Europe"
-    # pem_management_cert --> Absolute path to pem management certificate
-    # Info on creating certificates:
-    # http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/linux-use-ssh-key/
-        pem_management_cert:
-        subscription_id:
-        management_endpoint:
-        capacity:
-            Small: 5
-            Medium: 1
-            Large: 0
-    west-europe:
-        region_name: "West Europe"
-        pem_management_cert:
-        subscription_id:
-        management_endpoint:
-        capacity:
-            Small: 5
-            Medium: 1
-            Large: 0
-    north-europe:
-        region_name: "North Europe"
-        pem_management_cert:
-        subscription_id:
-        management_endpoint:
-        capacity:
-            Small:
-            Medium:
-            Large:
-    east-us:
-        region_name: "East US"
-        pem_management_cert:
-        subscription_id:
-        management_endpoint:
-        capacity:
-            Small:
-            Medium:
-            Large:
-    south-central-us:
-        region_name: "South Central US"
-        pem_management_cert:
-        subscription_id:
-        management_endpoint:
-        capacity:
-            Small:
-            Medium:
-            Large:
-    west-us:
-        region_name: "West US"
-        pem_management_cert:
-        subscription_id:
-        management_endpoint:
-        capacity:
-            Small:
-            Medium:
-            Large:
-    east-asia:
-        region_name: "East Asia"
-        pem_management_cert:
-        subscription_id:
-        management_endpoint:
-        capacity:
-            Small:
-            Medium:
-            Large:
-    southeast-asia:
-        region_name: "Southeast Asia"
-        pem_management_cert:
-        subscription_id:
-        management_endpoint:
-        capacity:
-            Small:
-            Medium:
-            Large:
-    japan-west:
-        region_name: "Japan West"
-        pem_management_cert:
-        subscription_id:
-        management_endpoint:
-        capacity:
-            Small:
-            Medium:
-            Large:
-    brazil-south:
-        region_name: "Brazil South"
-        pem_management_cert:
-        subscription_id:
-        management_endpoint:
-        capacity:
-            Small:
-            Medium:
-            Large:
 instance_types:
     ExtraSmall:
         cpu: 1
diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/az/az_driver.rb b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/az/az_driver.rb
index b5eaa28470..1e2ccb7f9e 100755
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/az/az_driver.rb
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/az/az_driver.rb
@@ -154,15 +154,11 @@ class AzureDriver
 
         access_id     = conn_opts[:id]
         endpoint_addr = conn_opts[:endpoint]
-        region_name   = conn_opts[:region]
+        @region_name   = conn_opts[:region]
         certificate << conn_opts[:cert]
 
         certificate.close
 
-        #DEPRECATE
-        #############################################################
-        regions = @public_cloud_az_conf['regions']
-
         # Sanitize region data
         if certificate.nil?
             raise "pem_management_cert not defined for #{host}"
@@ -425,19 +421,14 @@ private
         # try to use hostname as datacenter
         if !az.elements["LOCATION"]
             location=REXML::Element.new("LOCATION")
-            if @defaults["LOCATION"]
-                location.text=@defaults["LOCATION"]
+            if @region_name
+                location.text=@region_name
             else
                 location.text=host
             end
             az.elements << location
         end
 
-        # Translate region name form keyword to actual value
-        region_keyword = az.elements["LOCATION"].text
-        translated_region = @public_cloud_az_conf["regions"][region_keyword]
-        az.elements["LOCATION"].text=translated_region["region_name"]
-
         az
     end