diff --git a/src/components/nextTopic.js b/src/components/nextTopic.js
index 7c68f58..4f806b1 100644
--- a/src/components/nextTopic.js
+++ b/src/components/nextTopic.js
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ function getNextTopicDate() {
   // first thursday and third tuesday in month
   const nextTopic = zeroizeTime(today)
 
-  nextTopic.setMonth(5)
-  nextTopic.setDate(1)
-
   // first thursday
   if (calculatePriorWeekdays(nextTopic, THURSDAY) === 0) {
     addDays(nextTopic, getDaysUntilNext(THURSDAY, nextTopic))