diff --git a/dandiapi/api/admin.py b/dandiapi/api/admin.py
index fcad88ce4..700ff6152 100644
--- a/dandiapi/api/admin.py
+++ b/dandiapi/api/admin.py
@@ -232,5 +232,5 @@ class AssetAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
 
 @admin.register(Upload)
 class UploadAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
-    list_display = ['id', 'upload_id', 'blob', 'etag', 'upload_id', 'size', 'modified', 'created']
+    list_display = ['id', 'upload_id', 'blob', 'etag', 'upload_id', 'size', 'created']
     list_display_links = ['id', 'upload_id']
diff --git a/dandiapi/api/migrations/0044_remove_embargoedupload_modified_and_more.py b/dandiapi/api/migrations/0044_remove_embargoedupload_modified_and_more.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26982c597
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dandiapi/api/migrations/0044_remove_embargoedupload_modified_and_more.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.1.11 on 2023-10-16 16:37
+
+from django.db import migrations
+import django_extensions.db.fields
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ('api', '0043_asset_asset_metadata_no_computed_keys_or_published'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='embargoedupload',
+            name='modified',
+        ),
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='upload',
+            name='modified',
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='embargoedupload',
+            name='created',
+            field=django_extensions.db.fields.CreationDateTimeField(auto_now_add=True),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='upload',
+            name='created',
+            field=django_extensions.db.fields.CreationDateTimeField(auto_now_add=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/dandiapi/api/models/upload.py b/dandiapi/api/models/upload.py
index 723aa7a7f..5479e593e 100644
--- a/dandiapi/api/models/upload.py
+++ b/dandiapi/api/models/upload.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.validators import RegexValidator
 from django.db import models
-from django_extensions.db.models import TimeStampedModel
+from django_extensions.db.models import CreationDateTimeField
 
 from dandiapi.api.storage import (
     get_embargo_storage,
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@
 from .dandiset import Dandiset
 
 
-class BaseUpload(TimeStampedModel):
+class BaseUpload(models.Model):
     ETAG_REGEX = r'[0-9a-f]{32}(-[1-9][0-9]*)?'
 
     class Meta:
         indexes = [models.Index(fields=['etag'])]
         abstract = True
 
+    created = CreationDateTimeField()
+
     # This is the key used to generate the object key, and the primary identifier for the upload.
     upload_id = models.UUIDField(unique=True, default=uuid4, db_index=True)
     etag = models.CharField(