diff --git a/src/braket/aws/aws_qpu.py b/src/braket/aws/aws_qpu.py
index 3fc0f82ee..835612b61 100644
--- a/src/braket/aws/aws_qpu.py
+++ b/src/braket/aws/aws_qpu.py
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ def _aws_session_for_qpu(self, qpu_arn: str, aws_session: AwsSession) -> AwsSess
                     aws_access_key_id=creds.access_key,
                     aws_secret_access_key=creds.secret_key,
                     aws_session_token=creds.token,
-                    profile_name=aws_session.boto_session.profile_name,
                     region_name=qpu_regions[0],
                 )
                 return AwsSession(boto_session=boto_session)
diff --git a/test/unit_tests/braket/aws/test_aws_qpu.py b/test/unit_tests/braket/aws/test_aws_qpu.py
index 06b7141d9..4ffa94dd0 100644
--- a/test/unit_tests/braket/aws/test_aws_qpu.py
+++ b/test/unit_tests/braket/aws/test_aws_qpu.py
@@ -93,12 +93,11 @@ def test_aws_session_in_another_qpu_region(
 
     AwsQpu(arn, different_region_aws_session)
 
-    # assert creds, profile, and region were correctly supplied
+    # assert creds, and region were correctly supplied
     boto_session_init.assert_called_with(
         aws_access_key_id=creds.access_key,
         aws_secret_access_key=creds.secret_key,
         aws_session_token=creds.token,
-        profile_name=different_region_aws_session.boto_session.profile_name,
         region_name=region,
     )