diff --git a/files/cert2json.py b/files/cert2json.py
index 9609f3c77d3a59dff3778d3ad5298a82e826292e..c798a15903f13617cbfb47f62f9e5c36ab6d8e1c 100755
--- a/files/cert2json.py
+++ b/files/cert2json.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import ast
 import json
 import re
 import os
-import time
 from glob import glob
 import subprocess as sp
 import yaml
@@ -24,9 +23,6 @@ from docopt import docopt
 BASE_DIR = '/var/www/acme_web'
 ARGS = docopt(__doc__)
 PROVIDER = ARGS['--provider']
-TIMENOW = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %X %Z')
-TIMESTAMP_JS = """var mytimestamp = "This report was generated on {}"
-document.getElementById("factstimestamp").innerHTML = mytimestamp;\n""".format(TIMENOW)
 if PROVIDER not in ["letsencrypt", "sectigo_ov", "sectigo_ev", "all"]:
     print("valid providers are: sectigo_ev, sectigo_ov and letsencrypt")
     os.sys.exit()