diff --git a/src/provision.js b/src/provision.js
index 5744f6cd6..d5cd26f77 100644
--- a/src/provision.js
+++ b/src/provision.js
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ var appstore = require('./appstore.js'),
     semver = require('semver'),
     settings = require('./settings.js'),
     sysinfo = require('./sysinfo.js'),
-    superagent = require('superagent'),
     users = require('./users.js'),
     tld = require('tldjs'),
     _ = require('underscore');
@@ -151,31 +150,6 @@ function setup(dnsConfig, sysinfoConfig, auditSource, callback) {
     });
 }
 
-function setTimeZone(ip, callback) {
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof ip, 'string');
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
-
-    debug('setTimeZone ip:%s', ip);
-
-    superagent.get('https://geolocation.cloudron.io/json').query({ ip: ip }).timeout(10 * 1000).end(function (error, result) {
-        if ((error && !error.response) || result.statusCode !== 200) {
-            debug('Failed to get geo location: %s', error.message);
-            return callback(null);
-        }
-
-        var timezone = safe.query(result.body, 'location.time_zone');
-
-        if (!timezone || typeof timezone !== 'string') {
-            debug('No timezone in geoip response : %j', result.body);
-            return callback(null);
-        }
-
-        debug('Setting timezone to ', timezone);
-
-        settings.setTimeZone(timezone, callback);
-    });
-}
-
 function activate(username, password, email, displayName, ip, auditSource, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof username, 'string');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof password, 'string');
@@ -187,8 +161,6 @@ function activate(username, password, email, displayName, ip, auditSource, callb
 
     debug('activating user:%s email:%s', username, email);
 
-    setTimeZone(ip, function () { }); // TODO: get this from user. note that timezone is detected based on the browser location and not the cloudron region
-
     users.createOwner(username, password, email, displayName, auditSource, function (error, userObject) {
         if (error && error.reason === BoxError.ALREADY_EXISTS) return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.CONFLICT, 'Already activated'));
         if (error) return callback(error);