diff --git a/ccdb/users/middleware.py b/ccdb/users/middleware.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e1e72a6..0000000
--- a/ccdb/users/middleware.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-import pytz
-
-from django.utils import timezone
-
-
-class TimezoneMiddleware(object):
-    def process_request(self, request):
-        if not request.user.is_anonymous():
-            tzname = request.user.timezone
-            if tzname:
-                timezone.activate(pytz.timezone(tzname))
-            else:
-                timezone.deactivate()
diff --git a/ccdb/users/migrations/0003_remove_user_timezone.py b/ccdb/users/migrations/0003_remove_user_timezone.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db8415c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ccdb/users/migrations/0003_remove_user_timezone.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('users', '0002_timezone'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='user',
+            name='timezone',
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/ccdb/users/models.py b/ccdb/users/models.py
index 3a8dcb6..c1afa06 100644
--- a/ccdb/users/models.py
+++ b/ccdb/users/models.py
@@ -3,15 +3,9 @@ from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
-import pytz
-
 
 class User(AbstractUser):
     name = models.CharField(_("Name of User"), blank=True, max_length=255)
-    timezone = models.CharField(_("Current Timezone"), max_length=255,
-                                default="UTC",
-                                choices=[(x, x) for x in pytz.common_timezones],
-                                blank=False)
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.username
diff --git a/config/settings/base.py b/config/settings/base.py
index 024c6f9..d9d6a67 100644
--- a/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/config/settings/base.py
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
-    'ccdb.users.middleware.TimezoneMiddleware',
 )
 
 # DEBUG