diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go
index b21b8bce787..bceec85dddd 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ type InstanceGroupInfo interface {
 
 // AWSCloud is an implementation of Interface, TCPLoadBalancer and Instances for Amazon Web Services.
 type AWSCloud struct {
-	awsServices      AWSServices
 	ec2              EC2
 	elb              ELB
 	asg              ASG
@@ -544,7 +543,6 @@ func newAWSCloud(config io.Reader, awsServices AWSServices) (*AWSCloud, error) {
 	}
 
 	awsCloud := &AWSCloud{
-		awsServices:      awsServices,
 		ec2:              ec2,
 		elb:              elb,
 		asg:              asg,
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws_test.go
index 51e97cd54a6..26126ee7dcd 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws_test.go
@@ -474,7 +474,6 @@ func (a *FakeASG) DescribeAutoScalingGroups(*autoscaling.DescribeAutoScalingGrou
 func mockInstancesResp(instances []*ec2.Instance) *AWSCloud {
 	awsServices := NewFakeAWSServices().withInstances(instances)
 	return &AWSCloud{
-		awsServices:      awsServices,
 		ec2:              awsServices.ec2,
 		availabilityZone: awsServices.availabilityZone,
 	}
@@ -483,7 +482,6 @@ func mockInstancesResp(instances []*ec2.Instance) *AWSCloud {
 func mockAvailabilityZone(region string, availabilityZone string) *AWSCloud {
 	awsServices := NewFakeAWSServices().withAz(availabilityZone)
 	return &AWSCloud{
-		awsServices:      awsServices,
 		ec2:              awsServices.ec2,
 		availabilityZone: awsServices.availabilityZone,
 		region:           region,