diff --git a/packages/puppeteer-parse/index.js b/packages/puppeteer-parse/index.js
index 3ed1a4c46..5ef409f8d 100644
--- a/packages/puppeteer-parse/index.js
+++ b/packages/puppeteer-parse/index.js
@@ -761,15 +761,7 @@ async function retrieveHtml(page, logRecord) {
         document.getElementById('px-block-form-wrapper')) {
         return 'IS_BLOCKED'
       }
-      // check if create_time is defined
-      if (typeof create_time !== 'undefined' && create_time) {
-        // create_time is a global variable set by WeChat when rendering the page
-        const date = new Date(create_time * 1000);
-        const dateNode = document.createElement('div');
-        dateNode.className = 'omnivore-published-date';
-        dateNode.innerHTML = date.toLocaleString();
-        document.body.appendChild(dateNode);
-      }
+
       return document.documentElement.outerHTML;
     }, iframes);
     logRecord.puppeteerSuccess = true;
diff --git a/pkg/extension/src/scripts/content/prepare-content.js b/pkg/extension/src/scripts/content/prepare-content.js
index c10549a6f..59208ebed 100644
--- a/pkg/extension/src/scripts/content/prepare-content.js
+++ b/pkg/extension/src/scripts/content/prepare-content.js
@@ -136,19 +136,7 @@
     document.documentElement.appendChild(contentCopyEl);
 
     Array.from(contentCopyEl.getElementsByTagName('*')).forEach(prepareContentPostItem);
-    try {
-      // check if create_time is defined
-      if (typeof create_time !== 'undefined' && create_time) {
-        // create_time is a global variable set by WeChat when rendering the page
-        const date = new Date(create_time * 1000);
-        const dateNode = document.createElement('div');
-        dateNode.className = 'omnivore-published-date';
-        dateNode.innerHTML = date.toLocaleString();
-        contentCopyEl.appendChild(dateNode);
-      }
-    } catch (e) {
-      console.log('Error while trying to add published date to WeChat post', e);
-    }
+
     /*
    * Grab head and body separately as using clone on entire document into a div
    * removes the head and body tags while grabbing html in them. Instead we