diff --git a/themes/bartik/template.php b/themes/bartik/template.php
index 2867f6b5a8c8f12b76e68843ce288f77437cd2ee..6e62de6f18b15190f6962233ba55590db2f70eb8 100644
--- a/themes/bartik/template.php
+++ b/themes/bartik/template.php
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ function bartik_process_maintenance_page(&$variables) {
  * Override or insert variables into the node template.
  */
 function bartik_preprocess_node(&$variables) {
-  $variables['submitted'] = t('published by !username on !datetime', array('!username' => $variables['name'], '!datetime' => $variables['date']));
   if ($variables['view_mode'] == 'full' && node_is_page($variables['node'])) {
     $variables['classes_array'][] = 'node-full';
   }