diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_codecommit_repository.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_codecommit_repository.go
index 83d32f42b..c9b2bd2dc 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_codecommit_repository.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_codecommit_repository.go
@@ -74,13 +74,6 @@ func resourceAwsCodeCommitRepository() *schema.Resource {
 
 func resourceAwsCodeCommitRepositoryCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	conn := meta.(*AWSClient).codecommitconn
-	region := meta.(*AWSClient).region
-
-	//	This is a temporary thing - we need to ensure that CodeCommit is only being run against us-east-1
-	//	As this is the only place that AWS currently supports it
-	if region != "us-east-1" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("CodeCommit can only be used with us-east-1. You are trying to use it on %s", region)
-	}
 
 	input := &codecommit.CreateRepositoryInput{
 		RepositoryName:        aws.String(d.Get("repository_name").(string)),
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/code_commit_repository.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/code_commit_repository.html.markdown
index 84a161f5d..ff6f2ac90 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/code_commit_repository.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/aws/r/code_commit_repository.html.markdown
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ description: |-
 
 Provides a CodeCommit Repository Resource.
 
+~> **NOTE on CodeCommit Availability**: The CodeCommit is not yet rolled out
+in all regions - available regions are listed  
+[the AWS Docs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#codecommit_region).
+
 ## Example Usage
 
 ```