diff --git a/pandoc/defaults/bavbavhaus.net.yaml b/pandoc/defaults/bavbavhaus.net.yaml
index a923539..def78fe 100644
--- a/pandoc/defaults/bavbavhaus.net.yaml
+++ b/pandoc/defaults/bavbavhaus.net.yaml
@@ -10,5 +10,4 @@ filters:
 - collect_internal_linked.lua
 - resolve_internal_links.lua
 - link_headings.lua
-- current_date.lua
 ...
diff --git a/pandoc/filters/current_date.lua b/pandoc/filters/current_date.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index cad0f19..0000000
--- a/pandoc/filters/current_date.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-SCRIPT_NAME = "current_date.lua"
-os.setlocale("C")
-
-local utils = pandoc.utils
-
-LOCALEMAP = {
-  de = "de_DE.UTF-8",
-  en = "en_US.UTF-8",
-  it = "it_IT.UTF-8",
-  sl = "sl_SI.UTF-8",
-}
-
-return {
-  { Meta = function(m)
-    os.setlocale(LOCALEMAP[utils.stringify(m.lang)])
-    m.date = os.date("%c")
-    return m
-  end }
-}
diff --git a/pandoc/templates/bavbavhaus.net.html5 b/pandoc/templates/bavbavhaus.net.html5
index d451f7b..ccbe26d 100644
--- a/pandoc/templates/bavbavhaus.net.html5
+++ b/pandoc/templates/bavbavhaus.net.html5
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ $abstract$
 </div>
 $endif$
 $body$
-$if(date)$
-<footer>
-<p>$date$</p>
-</footer>
-$endif$
 </article>
 <article id="recto">
 $for(parts)$