diff --git a/packer.conf b/packer.conf
index 789f330..e45e368 100644
--- a/packer.conf
+++ b/packer.conf
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ builders = [
     }
     ena_support   = "true"
     sriov_support = "true"
-    ami_groups    = "{{user `ami_access`}}"
-    ami_regions   = "{{user `ami_regions`}}"
   }
 ]
 
diff --git a/profiles/alpine.conf b/profiles/alpine.conf
index 6c488bb..eca7f55 100644
--- a/profiles/alpine.conf
+++ b/profiles/alpine.conf
@@ -11,14 +11,7 @@ arch-x86_64   { include required("arch/x86_64") }
 alpine {
   ami_desc_suffix = " - https://github.com/mcrute/alpine-ec2-ami"
 
-  build_region  = "us-west-2"
   build_subnet  = "subnet-b80c36e2"
-  ami_access {
-    all = true    # these AMIs are publicly available
-  }
-  ami_regions {
-    ALL = true
-  }
 }
 
 # Build definitions
diff --git a/profiles/base/1 b/profiles/base/1
index 18decd1..666e5d4 100644
--- a/profiles/base/1
+++ b/profiles/base/1
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ arch        = null
 build_arch  = null
 
 # Builder-instance
-build_region          = null
+build_region          = "us-west-2"
 build_subnet          = null
 build_instance_type   = "t3.nano"
 build_public_ip       = null
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ ami_desc_suffix = ""
 ami_volume_size = "1"
 ami_encrypt     = "false"
 ami_user        = "alpine"  # modification currently not supported
-ami_access      = {}
-ami_regions     = {}
 # NOTE: the following are python format strings, resolved in resolve-profile.py
 ami_name        = "{var.ami_name_prefix}{var.release}-{var.arch}-{var.revision}{var.ami_name_suffix}"
 ami_desc        = "{var.ami_desc_prefix}{var.release} {var.arch} {var.revision}{var.ami_desc_suffix}"
diff --git a/profiles/test.conf b/profiles/test.conf
index 6d8d2e0..085f8cc 100644
--- a/profiles/test.conf
+++ b/profiles/test.conf
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@ arch-aarch64  { include required("arch/aarch64") }
 test {
   ami_name_prefix = "test-"
   ami_desc_prefix = "Alpine Test "
-  build_region    = "us-west-2"
-  build_subnet    = "subnet-00c202262d97c0536"
-#  ami_regions {
-#    ap-east-1 = true
-#  }
 }
 
 # Build definitions
diff --git a/scripts/builder.py b/scripts/builder.py
index c5f33be..08c0fa7 100755
--- a/scripts/builder.py
+++ b/scripts/builder.py
@@ -487,8 +487,6 @@ class ConfigBuilder:
         self.out_dir = out_dir
 
         self._keys_to_transform = {
-            "ami_access"     : self.fold_comma,
-            "ami_regions"    : self.fold_comma,
             "kernel_modules" : self.fold_comma,
             "kernel_options" : self.fold_space,
             "repos"          : self.fold_repos,