diff --git a/recipes/bsi_news.recipe b/recipes/bsi_news.recipe
index cacd527bcc..49ff39d7ab 100644
--- a/recipes/bsi_news.recipe
+++ b/recipes/bsi_news.recipe
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_literals
 
-from datetime import datetime
-
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 
 
@@ -22,10 +20,6 @@ class germanyBSI(BasicNewsRecipe):
     simultaneous_downloads = 10
     # description, some Reader show this in titlepage
     description = u'News from BSI'
-    # add date to description so for dayly downloads you can find them easier
-    # ---- can be edit by user
-    description = description + ' fetched: ' + \
-        datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")  # %H:%M:%S")
     # Who published the content?
     publisher = u'Newsfeeds des BSI'
     # What is the content of?
diff --git a/recipes/google_news.recipe b/recipes/google_news.recipe
index 7b0becf263..042810743b 100644
--- a/recipes/google_news.recipe
+++ b/recipes/google_news.recipe
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # vim:fileencoding=utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals, division, absolute_import, print_function
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
-from datetime import datetime
 import json
 
 # a serarch topic, filled into the string below. You can change that to anything google news should be searched for...
@@ -27,10 +26,6 @@ class google_news_de(BasicNewsRecipe):
     simultaneous_downloads = 10
     # description, some Reader show this in titlepage
     description = u'Google News filter by your own recipe. Please read it in calibre software!'
-    # add date to description so for dayly downloads you can find them easier
-    # ---- can be edit by user
-    description = description + ' fetched: ' + \
-        datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")  # %H:%M:%S")
     # What is the content of?
     category = u'NEWS'
     # describes itself, 						 							---- can be edit by user
diff --git a/recipes/my_dealz_de.recipe b/recipes/my_dealz_de.recipe
index 9b2c686d22..f5720ce7d5 100644
--- a/recipes/my_dealz_de.recipe
+++ b/recipes/my_dealz_de.recipe
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals, division, absolute_import, print_function
 
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
-from datetime import datetime
 
 
 class MyDealzDE(BasicNewsRecipe):
@@ -21,10 +20,6 @@ class MyDealzDE(BasicNewsRecipe):
     simultaneous_downloads = 10
     # description, some Reader show this in titlepage
     description = u'MyDealz - Shopping Deals for Germany'
-    # add date to description so for dayly downloads you can find them easier
-    # ---- can be edit by user
-    description = description + ' fetched: ' + \
-        datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")  # %H:%M:%S")
     # Who published the content?
     publisher = u'https://www.mydealz.de'
     # What is the content of?
diff --git a/recipes/spiegelde.recipe b/recipes/spiegelde.recipe
index 02b5cd4961..02575fd335 100644
--- a/recipes/spiegelde.recipe
+++ b/recipes/spiegelde.recipe
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # License: 'CC-BY-4.0'
 # Copyright: '2019, vohe Based on the recipe by Darko Miletic <darko.miletic at gmail.com>'
-from datetime import datetime
 
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 '''
@@ -35,9 +34,6 @@ class Spiegel_DE_all(BasicNewsRecipe):
     # "selbst wenn Sie keinen Internet-Browser geöffnet haben. Sie können unsere Nachrichten-Feeds kostenlos abonnieren - nach Ihren Themenvorlieben.")
     # above a long description, but we use a shorter one
     description = u'Spiegel Online RSS News'
-    # add fetching date to the description
-    description = description + ' fetched: ' + datetime.now(
-            ).strftime("%Y-%m-%d")  # %H:%M:%S")
     # Who published the content?
     publisher = u'SPIEGEL ONLINE Gmbh'
     cover_url = 'https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Spiegel_Online_logo.svg'