diff --git a/cmd/helm/list.go b/cmd/helm/list.go
index cec17a245..b71278c7c 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/list.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/list.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/action"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/cli/output"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/release"
-	helmtime "helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/time"
 )
 
 var listHelp = `
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ func newReleaseListWriter(releases []*release.Release, timeFormat string) *relea
 		t := "-"
 		if tspb := r.Info.LastDeployed; !tspb.IsZero() {
 			if timeFormat != "" {
-				t = helmtime.Format(tspb, timeFormat)
+				t = tspb.Format(timeFormat)
 			} else {
 				t = tspb.String()
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/time/time.go b/pkg/time/time.go
index 3309da735..44f3fedfb 100644
--- a/pkg/time/time.go
+++ b/pkg/time/time.go
@@ -89,8 +89,3 @@ func (t Time) Round(d time.Duration) Time    { return Time{Time: t.Time.Round(d)
 func (t Time) Sub(u Time) time.Duration      { return t.Time.Sub(u.Time) }
 func (t Time) Truncate(d time.Duration) Time { return Time{Time: t.Time.Truncate(d)} }
 func (t Time) UTC() Time                     { return Time{Time: t.Time.UTC()} }
-
-// Format formats time in custom output format
-func Format(t Time, format string) string {
-	return t.Format(format)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/time/time_test.go b/pkg/time/time_test.go
index 35c719033..20f0f8e29 100644
--- a/pkg/time/time_test.go
+++ b/pkg/time/time_test.go
@@ -81,19 +81,3 @@ func TestZeroValueUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected time to be equal to zero value, got %v", myTime)
 	}
 }
-
-func TestFormat(t *testing.T) {
-	when := Date(2009, 11, 17, 20, 34, 58, 651387237, time.UTC)
-
-	expected := "2009-11-17 20:34:58 +0000 UTC"
-	got := Format(when, "2006-01-02 15:04:05 -0700 MST")
-	if expected != got {
-		t.Errorf("expected %s, got %s", expected, got)
-	}
-
-	expected = "2009-11-17 20:34 +0000 UTC"
-	got = Format(when, "2006-01-02 15:04 -0700 MST")
-	if expected != got {
-		t.Errorf("expected %s, got %s", expected, got)
-	}
-}