diff --git a/src/date.ts b/src/date.ts
index 7b4e93a..713c8d7 100644
--- a/src/date.ts
+++ b/src/date.ts
@@ -378,18 +378,6 @@ export default function (bot: mwn) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Tweak set* methods (setHours, setUTCMinutes, etc) so that they
-	// return the modified XDate object rather than the seconds-since-epoch
-	// representation which is what JS Date() gives
-	(<(keyof startWith<'set', XDate>)[]>Object.getOwnPropertyNames(Date.prototype))
-		.filter((f) => typeof f === 'string' && f.startsWith('set'))
-		.forEach((func) => {
-			let proxy = XDate.prototype[func];
-			XDate.prototype[func] = function (...args: Parameters<XDate[typeof func]>) {
-				return proxy.call(this, ...args);
-			};
-		});
-
 	return XDate as MwnDateStatic;
 }