diff --git a/s3/src/main/java/ch/cyberduck/core/s3/S3Session.java b/s3/src/main/java/ch/cyberduck/core/s3/S3Session.java
index 4c4ce2af0aa..a0006e61883 100644
--- a/s3/src/main/java/ch/cyberduck/core/s3/S3Session.java
+++ b/s3/src/main/java/ch/cyberduck/core/s3/S3Session.java
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@
 import ch.cyberduck.core.cloudfront.CloudFrontDistributionConfigurationPreloader;
 import ch.cyberduck.core.cloudfront.WebsiteCloudFrontDistributionConfiguration;
 import ch.cyberduck.core.date.RFC822DateFormatter;
-import ch.cyberduck.core.exception.AccessDeniedException;
 import ch.cyberduck.core.exception.BackgroundException;
-import ch.cyberduck.core.exception.InteroperabilityException;
 import ch.cyberduck.core.exception.LoginCanceledException;
 import ch.cyberduck.core.features.*;
 import ch.cyberduck.core.http.CustomServiceUnavailableRetryStrategy;
@@ -51,7 +49,6 @@
 import ch.cyberduck.core.preferences.PreferencesReader;
 import ch.cyberduck.core.proxy.ProxyFinder;
 import ch.cyberduck.core.restore.Glacier;
-import ch.cyberduck.core.shared.DefaultHomeFinderService;
 import ch.cyberduck.core.shared.DefaultPathHomeFeature;
 import ch.cyberduck.core.shared.DelegatingHomeFeature;
 import ch.cyberduck.core.shared.DisabledBulkFeature;
@@ -364,32 +361,23 @@ public void login(final LoginCallback prompt, final CancelCallback cancel) throw
             }
         }
         else {
-            try {
-                final Path home = new DelegatingHomeFeature(new DefaultPathHomeFeature(host)).find();
-                if(home.isRoot()) {
-                    if(log.isDebugEnabled()) {
-                        log.debug(String.format("Skip querying region for %s", home));
-                    }
-                }
-                else {
-                    final Location.Name location = new S3LocationFeature(S3Session.this, regions).getLocation(home);
-                    if(log.isDebugEnabled()) {
-                        log.debug(String.format("Retrieved region %s", location));
-                    }
-                    if(!Location.unknown.equals(location)) {
-                        if(log.isDebugEnabled()) {
-                            log.debug(String.format("Set default region to %s determined from %s", location, home));
-                        }
-                        //
-                        host.setProperty("s3.location", location.getIdentifier());
-                    }
+            final Path home = new DelegatingHomeFeature(new DefaultPathHomeFeature(host)).find();
+            if(home.isRoot()) {
+                if(log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                    log.debug(String.format("Skip querying region for %s", home));
                 }
             }
-            catch(AccessDeniedException | InteroperabilityException e) {
-                log.warn(String.format("Failure %s querying region", e));
-                final Path home = new DefaultHomeFinderService(this).find();
+            else {
+                final Location.Name location = new S3LocationFeature(this, regions).getLocation(home);
                 if(log.isDebugEnabled()) {
-                    log.debug(String.format("Retrieved %s", home));
+                    log.debug(String.format("Retrieved region %s", location));
+                }
+                if(!Location.unknown.equals(location)) {
+                    if(log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                        log.debug(String.format("Set default region to %s determined from %s", location, home));
+                    }
+                    //
+                    host.setProperty("s3.location", location.getIdentifier());
                 }
             }
         }