diff --git a/js/ui/calendar.js b/js/ui/calendar.js
index ef3a28240..6a5f024f7 100644
--- a/js/ui/calendar.js
+++ b/js/ui/calendar.js
@@ -1029,8 +1029,4 @@ class CalendarMessageList extends St.Widget {
         let canClear = sections.some(s => s.canClear && s.visible);
         this._clearButton.reactive = canClear;
     }
-
-    setDate(date) {
-        this._sectionList.get_children().forEach(s => s.setDate(date));
-    }
 });
diff --git a/js/ui/dateMenu.js b/js/ui/dateMenu.js
index 681968dc1..a98b5eec5 100644
--- a/js/ui/dateMenu.js
+++ b/js/ui/dateMenu.js
@@ -632,7 +632,6 @@ class DateMenuButton extends PanelMenu.Button {
         this._calendar.connect('selected-date-changed', (_calendar, datetime) => {
             let date = _gDateTimeToDate(datetime);
             layout.frozen = !_isToday(date);
-            this._messageList.setDate(date);
         });
 
         this.menu.connect('open-state-changed', (menu, isOpen) => {
@@ -641,7 +640,6 @@ class DateMenuButton extends PanelMenu.Button {
                 let now = new Date();
                 this._calendar.setDate(now);
                 this._date.setDate(now);
-                this._messageList.setDate(now);
             }
         });
 
diff --git a/js/ui/messageList.js b/js/ui/messageList.js
index fb9476717..a79f87bb4 100644
--- a/js/ui/messageList.js
+++ b/js/ui/messageList.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ const { Atk, Clutter, Gio, GLib,
 const Main = imports.ui.main;
 const MessageTray = imports.ui.messageTray;
 
-const Calendar = imports.ui.calendar;
 const Util = imports.misc.util;
 
 var MESSAGE_ANIMATION_TIME = 100;
@@ -572,7 +571,6 @@ var MessageListSection = GObject.registerClass({
             Main.sessionMode.disconnect(id);
         });
 
-        this._date = new Date();
         this._empty = true;
         this._canClear = false;
         this._sync();
@@ -598,13 +596,6 @@ var MessageListSection = GObject.registerClass({
         return true;
     }
 
-    setDate(date) {
-        if (Calendar.sameDay(date, this._date))
-            return;
-        this._date = date;
-        this._sync();
-    }
-
     addMessage(message, animate) {
         this.addMessageAtIndex(message, -1, animate);
     }