diff --git a/indra/llcommon/lldate.cpp b/indra/llcommon/lldate.cpp
index ff1b6c5334dfb77631449d33c6546868bfe1e1a8..3e0b9e786498e268648ac3f8ae801a4cd8204092 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/lldate.cpp
+++ b/indra/llcommon/lldate.cpp
@@ -237,11 +237,6 @@ void LLDate::secondsSinceEpoch(F64 seconds)
 	mSecondsSinceEpoch = seconds;
 }
 
-bool operator!=(const LLDate& first, const LLDate& second)
-{
-	return (first.secondsSinceEpoch() != second.secondsSinceEpoch());
-}
-
 /* static */ LLDate LLDate::now()
 {
 	// time() returns seconds, we want fractions of a second, which LLTimer provides --RN
diff --git a/indra/llcommon/lldate.h b/indra/llcommon/lldate.h
index b660f9fcdd47aef2832fba4bc57ea8e8bf489239..b853196f71a9ed0f6b43fae7c68c89f0d006b97f 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/lldate.h
+++ b/indra/llcommon/lldate.h
@@ -143,9 +143,6 @@ class LLDate
 	F64 mSecondsSinceEpoch;
 };
 
-// this operator required for tut
-bool operator!=(const LLDate& first, const LLDate& second);
-
 // Helper function to stream out a date
 std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& s, const LLDate& date);