diff --git a/usr/local/www/pkg_mgr.php b/usr/local/www/pkg_mgr.php
index ed4d7170a1..574570ff3e 100644
--- a/usr/local/www/pkg_mgr.php
+++ b/usr/local/www/pkg_mgr.php
@@ -47,13 +47,6 @@ require_once("globals.inc");
 require_once("guiconfig.inc");
 require_once("pkg-utils.inc");
 
-$timezone = $config['system']['timezone'];
-if (!$timezone) {
-	$timezone = "Etc/UTC";
-}
-
-date_default_timezone_set($timezone);
-
 /* if upgrade in progress, alert user */
 if (is_subsystem_dirty('packagelock')) {
 	$pgtitle = array(gettext("System"), gettext("Package Manager"));