diff --git a/src/invidious/config.cr b/src/invidious/config.cr
index baf2702a..bacdb4ac 100644
--- a/src/invidious/config.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/config.cr
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ class Config
   property captcha_enabled : Bool = true
   property login_enabled : Bool = true
   property registration_enabled : Bool = true
-  property region : String?
   property statistics_enabled : Bool = false
   property admins : Array(String) = [] of String
   property external_port : Int32? = nil
diff --git a/src/invidious/user/preferences.cr b/src/invidious/user/preferences.cr
index fd7b4763..c15876f5 100644
--- a/src/invidious/user/preferences.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/user/preferences.cr
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ struct Preferences
 
   @[JSON::Field(converter: Preferences::ProcessString)]
   property locale : String = CONFIG.default_user_preferences.locale
-  property region : String? = CONFIG.region != nil ? CONFIG.region : CONFIG.default_user_preferences.region
+  property region : String? = CONFIG.default_user_preferences.region
 
   @[JSON::Field(converter: Preferences::ClampInt)]
   property max_results : Int32 = CONFIG.default_user_preferences.max_results