diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/Log.java b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/Log.java
index 96adb1279..35755b391 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/Log.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/Log.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import android.content.Context;
 import android.database.Cursor;
 import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
 import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper;
-import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Environment;
 import android.os.Process;
 
@@ -63,13 +62,6 @@ public class Log {
     private static boolean sUseDB;
     private static WeakReference<Context> sContextRef;
 
-    private static SimpleDateFormat sTSFormatter;
-    static {
-        if ( Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP >= Build.VERSION.SDK_INT ) {
-            sTSFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat(" MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS ");
-        }
-    }
-
     private static enum LOG_LEVEL {
         INFO,
         ERROR,
@@ -166,10 +158,6 @@ public class Log {
     {
         String str = new Formatter().format( fmt, args ).toString();
         String fullTag = PRE_TAG + tag;
-        if ( null != sTSFormatter ) {
-            fullTag = sTSFormatter.format(new Date()) + fullTag;
-        }
-
         switch ( level ) {
         case DEBUG:
             android.util.Log.d( fullTag, str );