diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/shell/Stat.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/shell/Stat.java
index 8c624cc017cb9..697db9f70b64d 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/shell/Stat.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/shell/Stat.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
-import java.util.TimeZone;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@ public static void registerCommands(CommandFactory factory) {
   protected final SimpleDateFormat timeFmt;
   {
     timeFmt = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
-    timeFmt.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
   }
 
   // default format string