diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 66791d6a..65f20f0e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.32.7
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.28.5
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2 v1.198.1
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/route53 v1.46.2
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ssm v1.56.1
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8dc7dd2b..ccf8f154 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/internal/accept-encoding v1.12.1 h1:iXtILhv
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/internal/accept-encoding v1.12.1/go.mod h1:9nu0fVANtYiAePIBh2/pFUSwtJ402hLnp854CNoDOeE=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/internal/presigned-url v1.12.7 h1:8eUsivBQzZHqe/3FE+cqwfH+0p5Jo8PFM/QYQSmeZ+M=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/internal/presigned-url v1.12.7/go.mod h1:kLPQvGUmxn/fqiCrDeohwG33bq2pQpGeY62yRO6Nrh0=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/route53 v1.46.2 h1:wmt05tPp/CaRZpPV5B4SaJ5TwkHKom07/BzHoLdkY1o=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/route53 v1.46.2/go.mod h1:d+K9HESMpGb1EU9/UmmpInbGIUcAkwmcY6ZO/A3zZsw=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ssm v1.56.1 h1:cfVjoEwOMOJOI6VoRQua0nI0KjZV9EAnR8bKaMeSppE=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ssm v1.56.1/go.mod h1:fGHwAnTdNrLKhgl+UEeq9uEL4n3Ng4MJucA+7Xi3sC4=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sso v1.24.6 h1:3zu537oLmsPfDMyjnUS2g+F2vITgy5pB74tHI+JBNoM=
diff --git a/pkg/provider/aws/aws.go b/pkg/provider/aws/aws.go
index 023d9f08..977a8d8a 100644
--- a/pkg/provider/aws/aws.go
+++ b/pkg/provider/aws/aws.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2/types"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/route53"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 )
 
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ type AWS struct {
 type Provider struct {
 	Tags      []types.Tag
 	ec2       *ec2.Client
-	r53       *route53.Client
 	cacheFile string
 
 	*v1alpha1.Environment
@@ -106,7 +104,6 @@ func New(log *logger.FunLogger, env v1alpha1.Environment, cacheFile string) (*Pr
 	}
 
 	client := ec2.NewFromConfig(cfg)
-	r53 := route53.NewFromConfig(cfg)
 	p := &Provider{
 		[]types.Tag{
 			{Key: aws.String("Product"), Value: aws.String("Cloud Native")},
@@ -123,7 +120,6 @@ func New(log *logger.FunLogger, env v1alpha1.Environment, cacheFile string) (*Pr
 			{Key: aws.String("GitHubRunAttempt"), Value: aws.String(gitHubRunAttempt)},
 		},
 		client,
-		r53,
 		cacheFile,
 		&env,
 		log,