diff --git a/Attrap.py b/Attrap.py
index 1fed9fde72f7b1349c03fbf3bee3cef62d007a00..3b899e3db071d01650871256f46de85e3efee3e7 100644
--- a/Attrap.py
+++ b/Attrap.py
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ class Attrap:
         self.mastodon_prefix = ''
         self.mastodon_suffix = ''
         self.safe_mode = False
-        self.timezone = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc).astimezone().tzname()
 
         self.update_user_agent(user_agent)