diff --git a/data/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/orc/GenericOrcReaders.java b/data/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/orc/GenericOrcReaders.java
index 1ad87f5a25ff..bf721ec91be1 100644
--- a/data/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/orc/GenericOrcReaders.java
+++ b/data/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/orc/GenericOrcReaders.java
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@
 
 
 public class GenericOrcReaders {
-  private static final OffsetDateTime EPOCH = Instant.ofEpochSecond(0).atOffset(ZoneOffset.UTC);
-  private static final LocalDate EPOCH_DAY = EPOCH.toLocalDate();
 
   private GenericOrcReaders() {
   }