diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bb04bc804fcc8..b0555fad091e1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@
     "js-yaml": "3.4.1",
     "json-stringify-pretty-compact": "1.0.4",
     "json-stringify-safe": "5.0.1",
-    "jstimezonedetect": "1.0.5",
     "leaflet": "1.0.3",
     "leaflet-draw": "0.4.10",
     "leaflet-responsive-popup": "0.2.0",
diff --git a/src/ui/public/agg_types/buckets/date_histogram.js b/src/ui/public/agg_types/buckets/date_histogram.js
index 78c926e9cdfcf..d430c87bdd2fd 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/agg_types/buckets/date_histogram.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/agg_types/buckets/date_histogram.js
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { jstz as tzDetect } from 'jstimezonedetect';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import chrome from '../../chrome';
-import moment from 'moment';
+import moment from 'moment-timezone';
 import '../../filters/field_type';
 import '../../validate_date_interval';
 import { BucketAggType } from './_bucket_agg_type';
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ import { timefilter } from '../../timefilter';
 import dropPartialTemplate from '../controls/drop_partials.html';
 
 const config = chrome.getUiSettingsClient();
-const detectedTimezone = tzDetect.determine().name();
+const detectedTimezone = moment.tz.guess();
 const tzOffset = moment().format('Z');
 
 function getInterval(agg) {
diff --git a/src/ui/public/vis/lib/timezone.js b/src/ui/public/vis/lib/timezone.js
index 473be70aa791d..670e47da849e8 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/vis/lib/timezone.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/vis/lib/timezone.js
@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-const tzDetect = require('jstimezonedetect').jstz;
-import moment from 'moment';
+import moment from 'moment-timezone';
 
 export function timezoneProvider(config) {
   return function () {
 
     if (config.isDefault('dateFormat:tz')) {
-      const detectedTimezone = tzDetect.determine().name();
+      const detectedTimezone = moment.tz.guess();
       if (detectedTimezone) return detectedTimezone;
       else return moment().format('Z');
     } else {
diff --git a/x-pack/package.json b/x-pack/package.json
index 249cc08c8b900..3225877113042 100644
--- a/x-pack/package.json
+++ b/x-pack/package.json
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@
     "joi": "^13.5.2",
     "jquery": "^3.3.1",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^8.3.0",
-    "jstimezonedetect": "1.0.5",
     "lodash": "npm:@elastic/lodash@3.10.1-kibana1",
     "lodash.clone": "^4.5.0",
     "lodash.keyby": "^4.6.0",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/watcher/public/services/timezone/xpack_watcher_timezone_service.js b/x-pack/plugins/watcher/public/services/timezone/xpack_watcher_timezone_service.js
index 8f57c83082147..7f93427fdcc69 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/watcher/public/services/timezone/xpack_watcher_timezone_service.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/watcher/public/services/timezone/xpack_watcher_timezone_service.js
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
 
-import { jstz as tzDetect } from 'jstimezonedetect';
-import moment from 'moment';
+import moment from 'moment-timezone';
 
 export class XpackWatcherTimezoneService {
   constructor(config) {
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ export class XpackWatcherTimezoneService {
       return this.config.get(DATE_FORMAT_CONFIG_KEY);
     }
 
-    const detectedTimezone = tzDetect.determine().name();
+    const detectedTimezone = moment.tz.guess();
     if (detectedTimezone) {
       return detectedTimezone;
     }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7aa4417df69e4..22af1acf24fc8 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -12713,11 +12713,6 @@ jsprim@^1.2.2:
     json-schema "0.2.3"
     verror "1.10.0"
 
-jstimezonedetect@1.0.5:
-  version "1.0.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jstimezonedetect/-/jstimezonedetect-1.0.5.tgz#93d035cd20e8c7d64eb1375cf5aa7a10a024466a"
-  integrity sha1-k9A1zSDox9ZOsTdc9ap6EKAkRmo=
-
 jstransformer-ejs@^0.0.3:
   version "0.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jstransformer-ejs/-/jstransformer-ejs-0.0.3.tgz#04d9201469274fcf260f1e7efd732d487fa234b6"