diff --git a/gerrit-launcher/BUCK b/gerrit-launcher/BUCK
index 344e53d90d..e5ff3d0f3b 100644
--- a/gerrit-launcher/BUCK
+++ b/gerrit-launcher/BUCK
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 java_library(
   name = 'launcher',
   srcs = glob(['src/main/java/**/*.java']),
-  deps = ['//lib/joda:joda-time'],
   visibility = [
     '//gerrit-acceptance-tests/...',
     '//gerrit-main:main_lib',
diff --git a/gerrit-launcher/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/launcher/GerritLauncher.java b/gerrit-launcher/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/launcher/GerritLauncher.java
index ead7dc727f..359338699c 100644
--- a/gerrit-launcher/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/launcher/GerritLauncher.java
+++ b/gerrit-launcher/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/launcher/GerritLauncher.java
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ package com.google.gerrit.launcher;
 import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.DAYS;
 import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS;
 
-import org.joda.time.DateTimeUtils;
-
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
@@ -509,7 +507,7 @@ public final class GerritLauncher {
     //
     final File[] tmpEntries = tmp.listFiles();
     if (tmpEntries != null) {
-      final long now = DateTimeUtils.currentTimeMillis();
+      final long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
       final long expired = now - MILLISECONDS.convert(7, DAYS);
       for (final File tmpEntry : tmpEntries) {
         if (tmpEntry.isDirectory() && tmpEntry.lastModified() < expired) {