diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/common_fixes.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/common_fixes.ex
index f13c16eca..721749de0 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/common_fixes.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/common_fixes.ex
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ def fix_defaults(data) do
       Utils.create_context(data["context"] || data["conversation"])
 
     data
-    |> Map.put_new_lazy("published", &Utils.make_date/0)
     |> Map.put_new("context", context)
     |> Map.put_new("context_id", context_id)
   end