diff --git a/library/Icinga/Test/BaseTestCase.php b/library/Icinga/Test/BaseTestCase.php
index 3b44d7526..aa32b3ca8 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Test/BaseTestCase.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Test/BaseTestCase.php
@@ -92,14 +92,6 @@ namespace Icinga\Test {
             ),
         );
 
-        /**
-         * Setup the default timezone
-         */
-        public static function setupTimezone()
-        {
-            date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
-        }
-
         /**
          * Setup MVC bootstrapping and ensure that the Icinga-Mock gets reinitialized
          */
@@ -319,6 +311,4 @@ namespace Icinga\Test {
             }
         }
     }
-
-    BaseTestCase::setupTimezone();
 }