diff --git a/ohpc-instance/main.tf b/ohpc-instance/main.tf
index 44b80478e5f4f9a4a77ccc6b44345ceb8b759c62..c6e428d56b2a820d71b097c643da1d9714007c46 100644
--- a/ohpc-instance/main.tf
+++ b/ohpc-instance/main.tf
@@ -7,13 +7,6 @@ required_version = ">= 0.14.0"
       version = "~> 1.42.0"
     }
   }
-  backend "s3" {
-    bucket         = "my-terraform-state-bucket"
-    key            = "state/terraform.tfstate"
-    region         = "us-east-1"
-    encrypt        = true
-    dynamodb_table = "my-terraform-lock-table"
-  }
 }