diff --git a/pkg/api/cloudwatch/metrics.go b/pkg/api/cloudwatch/metrics.go
index 6d6ff10dfb9..ab4df6784c7 100644
--- a/pkg/api/cloudwatch/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/api/cloudwatch/metrics.go
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ func init() {
 	}
 }
 
+// Whenever this list is updated, frontend list should also be updated.
+// Please update the region list in public/app/features/org/datasourceEditCtrl.js
 func handleGetRegions(req *cwRequest, c *middleware.Context) {
 	regions := []string{
 		"us-west-2", "us-west-1", "eu-west-1", "eu-central-1", "ap-southeast-1",
diff --git a/public/app/features/org/datasourceEditCtrl.js b/public/app/features/org/datasourceEditCtrl.js
index 46b8ab11abc..09dd8606092 100644
--- a/public/app/features/org/datasourceEditCtrl.js
+++ b/public/app/features/org/datasourceEditCtrl.js
@@ -50,34 +50,16 @@ function (angular, config, _) {
       });
     };
 
-    $scope.loadAWSRegions = function() {
-      var options = {
-        method: 'POST',
-        url: '/api/datasources/proxy/' + $scope.current.id,
-        data: { action: '__GetRegions' }
-      };
-
-      return backendSrv.datasourceRequest(options).then(function(result) {
-        $scope.current.jsonData.allRegions = result.data.map(function(region) {
-          return region.text;
-        });
-      });
-    };
-
     $scope.getDatasourceById = function(id) {
       backendSrv.get('/api/datasources/' + id).then(function(ds) {
         $scope.isNew = false;
         $scope.current = ds;
-        console.log($scope.current);
         $scope.typeChanged();
       });
     };
 
     $scope.typeChanged = function() {
       $scope.datasourceMeta = $scope.types[$scope.current.type];
-      if ($scope.current.type === 'cloudwatch') {
-        $scope.loadAWSRegions();
-      }
     };
 
     $scope.updateFrontendSettings = function() {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/partials/config.html b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/partials/config.html
index 0d7bf81777f..311ca0ae3dc 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/partials/config.html
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/partials/config.html
@@ -19,8 +19,13 @@
 				<li class="tight-form-item" style="width: 200px">
 					Default Region<tip>Specify the region, such as for US West (Oregon) use ` us-west-2 ` as the region.</tip>
 				</li>
-				<li>
-            <select class="tight-form-input input-large last" ng-model="current.jsonData.defaultRegion" ng-options="region for region in current.jsonData.allRegions"></select>
+        <!-- 
+          Whenever this list is updated, backend list should also be updated.
+          Please update the region list in pkg/api/cloudwatch/metric.go
+				-->
+        <li>
+          <select class="tight-form-input input-large last" ng-model="current.jsonData.defaultRegion" ng-options="region for region in ['us-east-1', 'us-west-2', 'us-west-1', 'eu-west-1',
+          'eu-central-1', 'ap-southeast-1'  ,'ap-southeast-2' ,'ap-northeast-1' ,'sa-east-1'  ,'cn-north-1']"></select>
 				</li>
 			</ul>
 			<div class="clearfix"></div>