diff --git a/src/etc/inc/dyndns.class b/src/etc/inc/dyndns.class
index 7772bc70f0..1ace9e5c16 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/dyndns.class
+++ b/src/etc/inc/dyndns.class
@@ -650,10 +650,9 @@
 				case 'route53':		
 					require_once("r53.class");
 					$r53 = new Route53($this->_dnsUser, $this->_dnsPass);
-					list($r53_regionId, $r53_zoneId) = split('/', $this->_dnsZoneID);
-					$apiurl = $r53->getApiUrl($r53_zoneId);
+					$apiurl = $r53->getApiUrl($this->_dnsZoneID);
 					$xmlreq = $r53->getRequestBody($this->_dnsHost, $this->_dnsIP, $this->_dnsTTL);
-					$httphead = $r53->getHttpPostHeaders($r53_zoneId, $r53_regionId, hash("sha256",$xmlreq));
+					$httphead = $r53->getHttpPostHeaders($this->_dnsZoneID, "us-east-1", hash("sha256",$xmlreq));
 					curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $httphead);
 					if($this->_dnsVerboseLog){
 						log_error(sprintf("Sending reuquest to: %s", $apiurl));
diff --git a/src/usr/local/www/services_dyndns_edit.php b/src/usr/local/www/services_dyndns_edit.php
index 083fce9292..b30aa3d87b 100644
--- a/src/usr/local/www/services_dyndns_edit.php
+++ b/src/usr/local/www/services_dyndns_edit.php
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ $section->addInput(new Form_Input(
 	'Zone ID',
 	'text',
 	$pconfig['zoneid']
-))->setHelp('Route53: Enter AWS Region and Zone ID in the form REGION/ZONEID (example: "us-east-1/A1B2C3D4E5F6Z").%1$s' .
+))->setHelp('Route53: Enter AWS Zone ID.%1$s' .
 			'DNSimple: Enter the Record ID of record to update.', '<br />');
 
 $section->addInput(new Form_Input(