diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameTimeWindowingSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameTimeWindowingSuite.scala
index a15b4e1221d3bc8a047bb7b471d284d7711a8a6a..4296ec543e27590f2d86179ce9ddb8d170a52ead 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameTimeWindowingSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameTimeWindowingSuite.scala
@@ -29,16 +29,6 @@ class DataFrameTimeWindowingSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext with B
 
   import testImplicits._
 
-  override def beforeEach(): Unit = {
-    super.beforeEach()
-    TimeZone.setDefault(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"))
-  }
-
-  override def afterEach(): Unit = {
-    super.beforeEach()
-    TimeZone.setDefault(null)
-  }
-
   test("tumbling window groupBy statement") {
     val df = Seq(
       ("2016-03-27 19:39:34", 1, "a"),