diff --git a/js/ui/calendar.js b/js/ui/calendar.js
index 3a3e73c66..0cab1d650 100644
--- a/js/ui/calendar.js
+++ b/js/ui/calendar.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ const Mainloop = imports.mainloop;
 const Shell = imports.gi.Shell;
 
 const MSECS_IN_DAY = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
-const WEEKDATE_HEADER_WIDTH_DIGITS = 3;
 const SHOW_WEEKDATE_KEY = 'show-weekdate';
 
 // in org.gnome.desktop.interface
@@ -95,15 +94,6 @@ function _getCalendarWeekForDate(date) {
     return weekNumber;
 }
 
-function _getDigitWidth(actor){
-    let context = actor.get_pango_context();
-    let themeNode = actor.get_theme_node();
-    let font = themeNode.get_font();
-    let metrics = context.get_metrics(font, context.get_language());
-    let width = metrics.get_approximate_digit_width();
-    return width;
-}
-
 function _getCalendarDayAbbreviation(dayNumber) {
     let abbreviations = [
         /* Translators: Calendar grid abbreviation for Sunday.
@@ -345,8 +335,6 @@ const Calendar = new Lang.Class({
 
     _init: function() {
         this._weekStart = Shell.util_get_week_start();
-        this._weekdate = NaN;
-        this._digitWidth = NaN;
         this._settings = new Gio.Settings({ schema: 'org.gnome.shell.calendar' });
 
         this._settings.connect('changed::' + SHOW_WEEKDATE_KEY, Lang.bind(this, this._onSettingsChange));
@@ -419,8 +407,6 @@ const Calendar = new Lang.Class({
         this.actor.add(this._topBox,
                        { row: 0, col: 0, col_span: offsetCols + 7 });
 
-        this.actor.connect('style-changed', Lang.bind(this, this._onStyleChange));
-
         let back = new St.Button({ style_class: 'calendar-change-month-back' });
         this._topBox.add(back);
         back.connect('clicked', Lang.bind(this, this._onPrevMonthButtonClicked));
@@ -457,18 +443,6 @@ const Calendar = new Lang.Class({
         this._firstDayIndex = this.actor.get_n_children();
     },
 
-    _onStyleChange: function(actor, event) {
-        // width of a digit in pango units
-        this._digitWidth = _getDigitWidth(this.actor) / Pango.SCALE;
-        this._setWeekdateHeaderWidth();
-    },
-
-    _setWeekdateHeaderWidth: function() {
-        if (this.digitWidth != NaN && this._useWeekdate && this._weekdateHeader) {
-            this._weekdateHeader.set_width (this._digitWidth * WEEKDATE_HEADER_WIDTH_DIGITS);
-        }
-    },
-
     _onScroll : function(actor, event) {
         switch (event.get_scroll_direction()) {
         case Clutter.ScrollDirection.UP: