diff --git a/app/lib/activitypub/activity.rb b/app/lib/activitypub/activity.rb
index 9b00f0f522e..5b97a6208d2 100644
--- a/app/lib/activitypub/activity.rb
+++ b/app/lib/activitypub/activity.rb
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity
 
     # Only continue if the status is supposed to have
     # arrived in real-time
-    return unless @options[:override_timestamps] || status.within_realtime_window?
+    return unless status.within_realtime_window?
 
     distribute_to_followers(status)
   end
diff --git a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/announce.rb b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/announce.rb
index c8a35819505..8840a450cb7 100644
--- a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/announce.rb
+++ b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/announce.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity::Announce < ActivityPub::Activity
       account: @account,
       reblog: original_status,
       uri: @json['id'],
-      created_at: @options[:override_timestamps] ? nil : @json['published'],
+      created_at: @json['published'],
       visibility: original_status.visibility
     )
 
diff --git a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
index 411286fa511..edee2691ffc 100644
--- a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
+++ b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity::Create < ActivityPub::Activity
       text: text_from_content || '',
       language: detected_language,
       spoiler_text: @object['summary'] || '',
-      created_at: @options[:override_timestamps] ? nil : @object['published'],
+      created_at: @object['published'],
       reply: @object['inReplyTo'].present?,
       sensitive: @object['sensitive'] || false,
       visibility: visibility_from_audience,
diff --git a/app/lib/ostatus/activity/creation.rb b/app/lib/ostatus/activity/creation.rb
index 6235127b206..a24a0093c35 100644
--- a/app/lib/ostatus/activity/creation.rb
+++ b/app/lib/ostatus/activity/creation.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class OStatus::Activity::Creation < OStatus::Activity::Base
         reblog: cached_reblog,
         text: content,
         spoiler_text: content_warning,
-        created_at: @options[:override_timestamps] ? nil : published,
+        created_at: published,
         reply: thread?,
         language: content_language,
         visibility: visibility_scope,
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class OStatus::Activity::Creation < OStatus::Activity::Base
     Rails.logger.debug "Queuing remote status #{status.id} (#{id}) for distribution"
 
     LinkCrawlWorker.perform_async(status.id) unless status.spoiler_text?
-    DistributionWorker.perform_async(status.id) if @options[:override_timestamps] || status.within_realtime_window?
+    DistributionWorker.perform_async(status.id) if status.within_realtime_window?
 
     status
   end
diff --git a/app/workers/activitypub/processing_worker.rb b/app/workers/activitypub/processing_worker.rb
index 0e2e0edddba..bb9adf64bde 100644
--- a/app/workers/activitypub/processing_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/activitypub/processing_worker.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ class ActivityPub::ProcessingWorker
   sidekiq_options backtrace: true
 
   def perform(account_id, body)
-    ActivityPub::ProcessCollectionService.new.call(body, Account.find(account_id), override_timestamps: true)
+    ActivityPub::ProcessCollectionService.new.call(body, Account.find(account_id))
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/workers/processing_worker.rb b/app/workers/processing_worker.rb
index 978c3aba26f..5df404bcc9b 100644
--- a/app/workers/processing_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/processing_worker.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ class ProcessingWorker
   sidekiq_options backtrace: true
 
   def perform(account_id, body)
-    ProcessFeedService.new.call(body, Account.find(account_id), override_timestamps: true)
+    ProcessFeedService.new.call(body, Account.find(account_id))
   end
 end