diff --git a/core/modules/system/src/Form/DateFormatFormBase.php b/core/modules/system/src/Form/DateFormatFormBase.php
index 8e6cd82c94427906771147338d884bf536e25174..72a4d2e79ae4462c082256a74a8e73cb8297670c 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/src/Form/DateFormatFormBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Form/DateFormatFormBase.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Language\LanguageInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
-use Drupal\Core\Datetime\DrupalDateTime;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityForm;
 
 /**
@@ -38,8 +37,6 @@ abstract class DateFormatFormBase extends EntityForm {
    *   The date format storage.
    */
   public function __construct(DateFormatterInterface $date_formatter, ConfigEntityStorageInterface $date_format_storage) {
-    $date = new DrupalDateTime();
-
     $this->dateFormatter = $date_formatter;
     $this->dateFormatStorage = $date_format_storage;
   }