diff --git a/src/rpc/handlers/AccountTx.cpp b/src/rpc/handlers/AccountTx.cpp
index 985655c5..3fff7ac9 100644
--- a/src/rpc/handlers/AccountTx.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/handlers/AccountTx.cpp
@@ -125,8 +125,6 @@ AccountTxHandler::process(AccountTxHandler::Input input, Context const& ctx) con
             obj[JS(meta)] = ripple::strHex(txnPlusMeta.metadata);
             obj[JS(tx_blob)] = ripple::strHex(txnPlusMeta.transaction);
             obj[JS(ledger_index)] = txnPlusMeta.ledgerSequence;
-            // only clio has this field
-            obj[JS(date)] = txnPlusMeta.date;
         }
 
         obj[JS(validated)] = true;
diff --git a/unittests/rpc/handlers/AccountTxTest.cpp b/unittests/rpc/handlers/AccountTxTest.cpp
index 657d2df2..dcdf590e 100644
--- a/unittests/rpc/handlers/AccountTxTest.cpp
+++ b/unittests/rpc/handlers/AccountTxTest.cpp
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ TEST_F(RPCAccountTxHandlerTest, BinaryTrue)
             "120000240000002061400000000000000168400000000000000173047465737481"
             "144B4E9C06F24296074F7BC48F92A97916C6DC5EA98314D31252CF902EF8DD8451"
             "243869B38667CBD89DF3");
-        EXPECT_EQ(output->at("transactions").as_array()[0].as_object().at("date").as_uint64(), 1);
+        EXPECT_FALSE(output->at("transactions").as_array()[0].as_object().contains("date"));
 
         EXPECT_FALSE(output->as_object().contains("limit"));
     });