diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e45895f4..c49d2b72c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ based on _prefix_ in addition to globs. This means that a filter like
 - [#1058](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1058): Fix possible leaky TCP connections in influxdb output.
 - [#1044](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1044): Fix SNMP OID possible collisions. Thanks @relip
 - [#1022](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1022): Dont error deb/rpm install on systemd errors.
+- [#1078](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1078): Use default AWS credential chain.
 
 ## v0.12.1 [2016-04-14]
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go b/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
index e3fa74bad..8e6384180 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials/ec2rolecreds"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/ec2metadata"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/cloudwatch"
@@ -62,7 +59,7 @@ func (c *CloudWatch) SampleConfig() string {
   ## Collection Delay (required - must account for metrics availability via CloudWatch API)
   delay = '1m'
 
-  ## Recomended: use metric 'interval' that is a multiple of 'period' to avoid 
+  ## Recomended: use metric 'interval' that is a multiple of 'period' to avoid
   ## gaps or overlap in pulled data
   interval = '1m'
 
@@ -74,7 +71,7 @@ func (c *CloudWatch) SampleConfig() string {
   ## Refreshes Namespace available metrics every 1h
   #[[inputs.cloudwatch.metrics]]
   #  names = ['Latency', 'RequestCount']
-  #	
+  #
   #  ## Dimension filters for Metric (optional)
   #  [[inputs.cloudwatch.metrics.dimensions]]
   #    name = 'LoadBalancerName'
@@ -154,12 +151,6 @@ func init() {
 func (c *CloudWatch) initializeCloudWatch() error {
 	config := &aws.Config{
 		Region: aws.String(c.Region),
-		Credentials: credentials.NewChainCredentials(
-			[]credentials.Provider{
-				&ec2rolecreds.EC2RoleProvider{Client: ec2metadata.New(session.New())},
-				&credentials.EnvProvider{},
-				&credentials.SharedCredentialsProvider{},
-			}),
 	}
 
 	c.client = cloudwatch.New(session.New(config))
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go b/plugins/outputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
index 42d98b5be..75b2addf4 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials/ec2rolecreds"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/ec2metadata"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/cloudwatch"
 
@@ -43,12 +40,6 @@ func (c *CloudWatch) Description() string {
 func (c *CloudWatch) Connect() error {
 	Config := &aws.Config{
 		Region: aws.String(c.Region),
-		Credentials: credentials.NewChainCredentials(
-			[]credentials.Provider{
-				&ec2rolecreds.EC2RoleProvider{Client: ec2metadata.New(session.New())},
-				&credentials.EnvProvider{},
-				&credentials.SharedCredentialsProvider{},
-			}),
 	}
 
 	svc := cloudwatch.New(session.New(Config))
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis.go b/plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis.go
index 01906a7f5..a4b5e6a7b 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis.go
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials/ec2rolecreds"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/ec2metadata"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/kinesis"
 
@@ -67,12 +64,6 @@ func (k *KinesisOutput) Connect() error {
 	}
 	Config := &aws.Config{
 		Region: aws.String(k.Region),
-		Credentials: credentials.NewChainCredentials(
-			[]credentials.Provider{
-				&ec2rolecreds.EC2RoleProvider{Client: ec2metadata.New(session.New())},
-				&credentials.EnvProvider{},
-				&credentials.SharedCredentialsProvider{},
-			}),
 	}
 	svc := kinesis.New(session.New(Config))