diff --git a/src/core_plugins/region_map/public/region_map_controller.js b/src/core_plugins/region_map/public/region_map_controller.js
index 37c57015be359f6..afa78b4b3ab71bc 100644
--- a/src/core_plugins/region_map/public/region_map_controller.js
+++ b/src/core_plugins/region_map/public/region_map_controller.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { KibanaMap } from '../../tile_map/public/kibana_map';
 import ChoroplethLayer from './choropleth_layer';
 import { truncatedColorMaps }  from 'ui/vislib/components/color/truncated_colormaps';
 import AggResponsePointSeriesTooltipFormatterProvider from './tooltip_formatter';
-// import '../../tile_map/public/lib/service_settings';
 import 'ui/vis/map/service_settings';
 
 
@@ -14,10 +13,14 @@ const module = uiModules.get('kibana/region_map', ['kibana']);
 module.controller('KbnRegionMapController', function ($scope, $element, Private, Notifier, getAppState,
                                                        serviceSettings, config) {
 
+  const DEFAULT_ZOOM_SETTINGS = {
+    zoom: 2,
+    mapCenter: [0, 0]
+  };
+
   const tooltipFormatter = Private(AggResponsePointSeriesTooltipFormatterProvider);
   const notify = new Notifier({ location: 'Region map' });
 
-
   let kibanaMap = null;
   let choroplethLayer = null;
   const kibanaMapReady = makeKibanaMap();
@@ -95,8 +98,8 @@ module.controller('KbnRegionMapController', function ($scope, $element, Private,
     const uiState = $scope.vis.getUiState();
     const zoomFromUiState = parseInt(uiState.get('mapZoom'));
     const centerFromUIState = uiState.get('mapCenter');
-    options.zoom = !isNaN(zoomFromUiState) ? zoomFromUiState : $scope.vis.type.visConfig.defaults.mapZoom;
-    options.center = centerFromUIState ? centerFromUIState : $scope.vis.type.visConfig.defaults.mapCenter;
+    options.zoom = !isNaN(zoomFromUiState) ? zoomFromUiState : DEFAULT_ZOOM_SETTINGS.zoom;
+    options.center = centerFromUIState ? centerFromUIState : DEFAULT_ZOOM_SETTINGS.mapCenter;
     kibanaMap = new KibanaMap($element[0], options);
 
 
diff --git a/src/core_plugins/region_map/public/region_map_vis.js b/src/core_plugins/region_map/public/region_map_vis.js
index d1907cde5afe330..f631adb867be134 100644
--- a/src/core_plugins/region_map/public/region_map_vis.js
+++ b/src/core_plugins/region_map/public/region_map_vis.js
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ VisTypesRegistryProvider.register(function RegionMapProvider(Private, regionmaps
         addTooltip: true,
         colorSchema: 'Yellow to Red',
         selectedLayer: selectedLayer,
-        selectedJoinField: selectedJoinField,
-        mapZoom: 2,
-        mapCenter: [0, 0]
+        selectedJoinField: selectedJoinField
       },
       template: regionTemplate,
     },