diff --git a/_shared_utils/pyproject.toml b/_shared_utils/pyproject.toml
index b845fb321..858c5515e 100644
--- a/_shared_utils/pyproject.toml
+++ b/_shared_utils/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "shared-utils"
-version = "5.0.0"
+version = "5.0.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.11.0, <3.12.0"
 dependencies = [
     "calitp-data-analysis",
diff --git a/_shared_utils/shared_utils/rt_utils.py b/_shared_utils/shared_utils/rt_utils.py
index e751e3290..a478b6cf4 100644
--- a/_shared_utils/shared_utils/rt_utils.py
+++ b/_shared_utils/shared_utils/rt_utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import datetime as dt
-import os
-import time
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import branca
@@ -20,10 +18,6 @@
 gcsgp = GCSGeoPandas()
 
 
-# set system time
-os.environ["TZ"] = "America/Los_Angeles"
-time.tzset()
-
 GCS_PROJECT = "cal-itp-data-infra"
 BUCKET_NAME = "calitp-analytics-data"
 BUCKET_DIR = "data-analyses/rt_delay"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 6b1328e86..93544d1a6 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -3209,7 +3209,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "shared-utils"
-version = "5.0.0"
+version = "5.0.1"
 source = { editable = "_shared_utils" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "altair" },