diff --git a/src/sbbs3/uedit/uedit.c b/src/sbbs3/uedit/uedit.c
index d24ca63796f878196e1b9b1e31075c66fb5b9f2e..be7a5965851f510b808ad69d3e1220294f25990d 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/uedit/uedit.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/uedit/uedit.c
@@ -1799,9 +1799,6 @@ int createdefaults()
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
-	if(!(cfg.sys_misc&SM_LOCAL_TZ))
-		putenv("TZ=UTC0");
-
 	now=time(NULL);
 
 	memset(&user,0,sizeof(user));