diff --git a/lib/Mailer/Methods/AmazonSES.php b/lib/Mailer/Methods/AmazonSES.php
index 5ae90e9348..d86ff4d92d 100644
--- a/lib/Mailer/Methods/AmazonSES.php
+++ b/lib/Mailer/Methods/AmazonSES.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class AmazonSES {
   public $reply_to;
   public $date;
   public $date_without_time;
-  const SES_REGIONS = array(
+  private $available_regions = array(
     'US East (N. Virginia)' => 'us-east-1',
     'US West (Oregon)' => 'us-west-2',
     'EU (Ireland)' => 'eu-west-1'
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class AmazonSES {
   function __construct($region, $access_key, $secret_key, $sender, $reply_to) {
     $this->aws_access_key = $access_key;
     $this->aws_secret_key = $secret_key;
-    $this->aws_region = (in_array($region, self::SES_REGIONS)) ? $region : false;
+    $this->aws_region = (in_array($region, $this->available_regions)) ? $region : false;
     if(!$this->aws_region) {
       throw new \Exception(__('Unsupported Amazon SES region.', 'mailpoet'));
     }
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class AmazonSES {
     $this->date_without_time = gmdate('Ymd');
   }
 
+
   function send($newsletter, $subscriber) {
     $result = wp_remote_post(
       $this->url,
diff --git a/lib/Settings/Hosts.php b/lib/Settings/Hosts.php
index 906c71eb95..013d881cd1 100644
--- a/lib/Settings/Hosts.php
+++ b/lib/Settings/Hosts.php
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 namespace MailPoet\Settings;
 
-use MailPoet\Mailer\Methods\AmazonSES;
-
 class Hosts {
   private static $_smtp = array(
     'AmazonSES' => array(
@@ -14,7 +12,11 @@ class Hosts {
         'access_key',
         'secret_key'
       ),
-      'regions' => AmazonSES::SES_REGIONS
+      'regions' => array(
+        'US East (N. Virginia)' => 'us-east-1',
+        'US West (Oregon)' => 'us-west-2',
+        'EU (Ireland)' => 'eu-west-1'
+      )
     ),
     'SendGrid' => array(
       'name' => 'SendGrid',