diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 23b9abe67..a4350b89c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/akamai/AkamaiOPEN-edgegrid-golang v1.2.2
 	github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2 v2.4.0
 	github.com/aliyun/alibaba-cloud-sdk-go v1.63.0
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.55.5
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.30.3
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.27.27
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials v1.17.27
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ea9c32dcc..70d598d21 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20230301143203-a9d515a09cc2/go.mod h1:W
 github.com/aws/aws-lambda-go v1.13.3/go.mod h1:4UKl9IzQMoD+QF79YdCuzCwp8VbmG4VAQwij/eHl5CU=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.15.11/go.mod h1:mFuSZ37Z9YOHbQEwBWztmVzqXrEkub65tZoCYDt7FT0=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.27.0/go.mod h1:KmX6BPdI08NWTb3/sm4ZGu5ShLoqVDhKgpiN924inxo=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.55.5 h1:KKUZBfBoyqy5d3swXyiC7Q76ic40rYcbqH7qjh59kzU=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.55.5/go.mod h1:eRwEWoyTWFMVYVQzKMNHWP5/RV4xIUGMQfXQHfHkpNU=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v0.18.0/go.mod h1:JWVYvqSMppoMJC0x5wdwiImzgXTI9FuZwxzkQq9wy+g=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.30.3 h1:jUeBtG0Ih+ZIFH0F4UkmL9w3cSpaMv9tYYDbzILP8dY=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.30.3/go.mod h1:nIQjQVp5sfpQcTc9mPSr1B0PaWK5ByX9MOoDadSN4lc=
diff --git a/provider/aws/session.go b/provider/aws/config.go
similarity index 57%
rename from provider/aws/session.go
rename to provider/aws/config.go
index 038963bb5..bbfca9e97 100644
--- a/provider/aws/session.go
+++ b/provider/aws/config.go
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config"
 	stscredsv2 "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials/stscreds"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials/stscreds"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/request"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
 	"github.com/linki/instrumented_http"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
@@ -83,92 +79,6 @@ func CreateV2Configs(cfg *externaldns.Config) map[string]awsv2.Config {
 	return result
 }
 
-func CreateDefaultSession(cfg *externaldns.Config) *session.Session {
-	result, err := newSession(
-		AWSSessionConfig{
-			AssumeRole:           cfg.AWSAssumeRole,
-			AssumeRoleExternalID: cfg.AWSAssumeRoleExternalID,
-			APIRetries:           cfg.AWSAPIRetries,
-		},
-	)
-	if err != nil {
-		logrus.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	return result
-}
-
-func CreateSessions(cfg *externaldns.Config) map[string]*session.Session {
-	result := make(map[string]*session.Session)
-
-	if len(cfg.AWSProfiles) == 0 || (len(cfg.AWSProfiles) == 1 && cfg.AWSProfiles[0] == "") {
-		session, err := newSession(
-			AWSSessionConfig{
-				AssumeRole:           cfg.AWSAssumeRole,
-				AssumeRoleExternalID: cfg.AWSAssumeRoleExternalID,
-				APIRetries:           cfg.AWSAPIRetries,
-			},
-		)
-		if err != nil {
-			logrus.Fatal(err)
-		}
-		result[defaultAWSProfile] = session
-	} else {
-		for _, profile := range cfg.AWSProfiles {
-			session, err := newSession(
-				AWSSessionConfig{
-					AssumeRole:           cfg.AWSAssumeRole,
-					AssumeRoleExternalID: cfg.AWSAssumeRoleExternalID,
-					APIRetries:           cfg.AWSAPIRetries,
-					Profile:              profile,
-				},
-			)
-			if err != nil {
-				logrus.Fatal(err)
-			}
-			result[profile] = session
-		}
-	}
-	return result
-}
-
-func newSession(awsConfig AWSSessionConfig) (*session.Session, error) {
-	config := aws.NewConfig().WithMaxRetries(awsConfig.APIRetries)
-
-	config.WithHTTPClient(
-		instrumented_http.NewClient(config.HTTPClient, &instrumented_http.Callbacks{
-			PathProcessor: func(path string) string {
-				parts := strings.Split(path, "/")
-				return parts[len(parts)-1]
-			},
-		}),
-	)
-
-	session, err := session.NewSessionWithOptions(session.Options{
-		Config:            *config,
-		SharedConfigState: session.SharedConfigEnable,
-		Profile:           awsConfig.Profile,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("instantiating AWS session: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	if awsConfig.AssumeRole != "" {
-		if awsConfig.AssumeRoleExternalID != "" {
-			logrus.Infof("Assuming role: %s with external id %s", awsConfig.AssumeRole, awsConfig.AssumeRoleExternalID)
-			session.Config.WithCredentials(stscreds.NewCredentials(session, awsConfig.AssumeRole, func(p *stscreds.AssumeRoleProvider) {
-				p.ExternalID = &awsConfig.AssumeRoleExternalID
-			}))
-		} else {
-			logrus.Infof("Assuming role: %s", awsConfig.AssumeRole)
-			session.Config.WithCredentials(stscreds.NewCredentials(session, awsConfig.AssumeRole))
-		}
-	}
-
-	session.Handlers.Build.PushBack(request.MakeAddToUserAgentHandler("ExternalDNS", externaldns.Version))
-
-	return session, nil
-}
-
 func newV2Config(awsConfig AWSSessionConfig) (awsv2.Config, error) {
 	defaultOpts := []func(*config.LoadOptions) error{
 		config.WithRetryer(func() awsv2.Retryer {
diff --git a/provider/aws/session_test.go b/provider/aws/config_test.go
similarity index 66%
rename from provider/aws/session_test.go
rename to provider/aws/config_test.go
index b73485c03..00b3b46aa 100644
--- a/provider/aws/session_test.go
+++ b/provider/aws/config_test.go
@@ -25,45 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-func Test_newSession(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Run("should use profile from credentials file", func(t *testing.T) {
-		// setup
-		credsFile, err := prepareCredentialsFile(t)
-		defer os.Remove(credsFile.Name())
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		os.Setenv("AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE", credsFile.Name())
-		defer os.Unsetenv("AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE")
-
-		// when
-		s, err := newSession(AWSSessionConfig{Profile: "profile2"})
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		creds, err := s.Config.Credentials.Get()
-
-		// then
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, "AKID2345", creds.AccessKeyID)
-		assert.Equal(t, "SECRET2", creds.SecretAccessKey)
-	})
-
-	t.Run("should respect env variables without profile", func(t *testing.T) {
-		// setup
-		os.Setenv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", "AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE")
-		os.Setenv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", "topsecret")
-		defer os.Unsetenv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID")
-		defer os.Unsetenv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY")
-
-		// when
-		s, err := newSession(AWSSessionConfig{})
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		creds, err := s.Config.Credentials.Get()
-
-		// then
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, "AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE", creds.AccessKeyID)
-		assert.Equal(t, "topsecret", creds.SecretAccessKey)
-	})
-}
-
 func Test_newV2Config(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("should use profile from credentials file", func(t *testing.T) {
 		// setup