diff --git a/packages/aws-lambda/layer/bin/publish-layer.sh b/packages/aws-lambda/layer/bin/publish-layer.sh
index 5fcce2d0e1..5d5c591d41 100755
--- a/packages/aws-lambda/layer/bin/publish-layer.sh
+++ b/packages/aws-lambda/layer/bin/publish-layer.sh
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ fi
 
 # The us-gov-* regions are only available to US government agencies, U.S. government etc. The regions have not been (and
 # maybe cannot be) enabled for our AWS account. We currently do not publish Lambda layers to these regions.
-SKIPPED_REGIONS=$'us-gov-east-1\nus-gov-west-1\naf-south-1\nap-east-1\nap-northeast-1\nap-northeast-2\nap-northeast-3\nap-south-1\nap-south-2\nap-southeast-1\nap-southeast-2\nap-southeast-3\nap-southeast-4\nap-southeast-5\nca-central-1\nca-west-1\neu-central-1\neu-central-2\neu-north-1\neu-south-1\neu-south-2\neu-west-1\neu-west-2\neu-west-3\nil-central-1\nme-central-1\nme-south-1\nsa-east-1\nus-east-1\nus-east-2\nus-gov-east-1\nus-gov-west-1\nus-west-1\nus-west-2'
+SKIPPED_REGIONS=$'us-gov-east-1\nus-gov-west-1'
 
 # AWS China is completely separated from the rest of AWS. You cannot enable the Chinese regions in a global AWS account.
 # Instead, we have a separate account for AWS China.
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ if [[ -z $SKIP_AWS_PUBLISH_LAYER ]]; then
         # AWS credential environment variables will be reverted after the publish for this region is done.
         AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID_CHINA
         AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY_CHINA
-        aws_cli_timeout_options="--cli-read-timeout $AWS_CLI_TIMEOUT_FOR_CHINA --cli-connect-timeout $AWS_CLI_TIMEOUT_FOR_CHINA --debug"
+        aws_cli_timeout_options="--cli-read-timeout $AWS_CLI_TIMEOUT_FOR_CHINA --cli-connect-timeout $AWS_CLI_TIMEOUT_FOR_CHINA"
       fi
 
       echo "   + using aws_cli_timeout_options: $aws_cli_timeout_options and retrying $AWS_CLI_RETRY_MAX_ATTEMPTS times"