diff --git a/aws-olh-prereqs/main.tf b/aws-olh-prereqs/main.tf
index 370dcfe..b997541 100644
--- a/aws-olh-prereqs/main.tf
+++ b/aws-olh-prereqs/main.tf
@@ -1,29 +1,8 @@
 terraform {
-
-  required_version = ">= 0.14"
-
   required_providers {
     aws = {
       source  = "hashicorp/aws"
       version = ">= 6.0.0"
     }
   }
-}
-
-provider "aws" {
-
-    region  = var.region
-    
-    default_tags {
-      tags = {
-        Deployment = "QMI-${var.provision_id}"
-        "Cost Center" = "6600"
-        Environment = "QMI-${var.provision_id}"
-        Name        = "qmi-olh-${var.provision_id}"
-        Owner       = var.user_id
-        QMI_user    = var.user_id
-        ProvID      = var.provision_id
-        forced_destroy = var.forced_destroy
-      }
-  }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/aws-olh-prereqs/variables.tf b/aws-olh-prereqs/variables.tf
index 4d4607d..cf1f940 100644
--- a/aws-olh-prereqs/variables.tf
+++ b/aws-olh-prereqs/variables.tf
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ variable "provision_id" {
 }
 
 variable "user_id" {
-  description = "user identifier (optional)"
-  default = null
 }
 
 variable "vpc_cidr" {