diff --git a/time/Makefile b/time/Makefile
index 92bc3db315..1d2e667cad 100644
--- a/time/Makefile
+++ b/time/Makefile
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ CFLAGS-mktime.c += $(config-cflags-wno-ignored-attributes)
 # Don't warn about Y2k problem in strftime format string.
 CFLAGS-test_time.c += -Wno-format
 
-tst-getdate-ENV= DATEMSK=datemsk TZDIR=${common-objpfx}timezone/testdata
 test_time-ARGS= EST5EDT CST
 
 tst-tzname-ENV = TZDIR=${common-objpfx}timezone/testdata
diff --git a/time/datemsk b/time/datemsk
deleted file mode 100644
index 3dc4d417fe..0000000000
--- a/time/datemsk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-%H:%M:%S %F
-%d-%m-%Y %T
diff --git a/time/tst-getdate.c b/time/tst-getdate.c
index cf97e220f7..4c9ed28d58 100644
--- a/time/tst-getdate.c
+++ b/time/tst-getdate.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static const char datemskstr[] =
 static void
 do_prepare (int argc, char **argv)
 {
-  int fd = create_temp_file ("tst-chk1.", &datemsk);
+  int fd = create_temp_file ("tst-getdate.", &datemsk);
   xwrite (fd, datemskstr, sizeof (datemskstr) - 1);
 
   setenv ("DATEMSK", datemsk, 1);