diff --git a/extensions/Voting/Extension.pm b/extensions/Voting/Extension.pm
index b513c64f99..f3819a83a7 100644
--- a/extensions/Voting/Extension.pm
+++ b/extensions/Voting/Extension.pm
@@ -896,8 +896,7 @@ sub _remove_votes {
 sub _confirm_if_vote_confirmed {
   my ($id, $product) = @_;
   my $bug = ref $id ? $id : new Bugzilla::Bug({id => $id, cache => 1});
-  $product   ||= $bug->product_obj;
-  $timestamp ||= Bugzilla->dbh->selectrow_array('SELECT LOCALTIMESTAMP(0)');
+  $product ||= $bug->product_obj;
 
   my $ret = 0;
   if ( !$bug->everconfirmed