diff --git a/src/octoprint/plugins/announcements/__init__.py b/src/octoprint/plugins/announcements/__init__.py
index 890e8291..0ae7d9a5 100644
--- a/src/octoprint/plugins/announcements/__init__.py
+++ b/src/octoprint/plugins/announcements/__init__.py
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ class AnnouncementPlugin(octoprint.plugin.AssetPlugin,
 		return dict(channels=dict(_important=dict(name="Important OctoPrint Announcements",
 		                                          priority=1,
 		                                          type="rss",
-		                                          url="http://octoprint.org/feeds/important.xml",
-		                                          read_until=1449446400),
+		                                          url="http://octoprint.org/feeds/important.xml"),
 		                          _news=dict(name="OctoPrint News",
 		                                     priority=2,
 		                                     type="rss",