diff --git a/presto-jdbc/src/main/java/io/prestosql/jdbc/AbstractPrestoResultSet.java b/presto-jdbc/src/main/java/io/prestosql/jdbc/AbstractPrestoResultSet.java
index f59943342b1a..77fdded476fa 100644
--- a/presto-jdbc/src/main/java/io/prestosql/jdbc/AbstractPrestoResultSet.java
+++ b/presto-jdbc/src/main/java/io/prestosql/jdbc/AbstractPrestoResultSet.java
@@ -107,15 +107,6 @@ abstract class AbstractPrestoResultSet
 
     static final DateTimeFormatter TIMESTAMP_FORMATTER = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS");
 
-    static final DateTimeFormatter TIMESTAMP_WITH_TIME_ZONE_FORMATTER = new DateTimeFormatterBuilder()
-            .append(DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS ZZZ").getPrinter(),
-                    new DateTimeParser[] {
-                            DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS Z").getParser(),
-                            DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS ZZZ").getParser(),
-                    })
-            .toFormatter()
-            .withOffsetParsed();
-
     private final DateTimeZone resultTimeZone;
     protected final Iterator<List<Object>> results;
     private final Map<String, Integer> fieldMap;