diff --git a/application/models/Adif_data.php b/application/models/Adif_data.php
index 98828a557..9dda46fce 100644
--- a/application/models/Adif_data.php
+++ b/application/models/Adif_data.php
@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ class adif_data extends CI_Model {
 		// Add chunking
 		$this->db->limit($chunk_size, $offset);
 
-		$this->db->order_by($this->config->item('table_name').".COL_TIME_ON", "ASC");
 		$this->db->order_by("COL_PRIMARY_KEY", "ASC");
 		$this->db->join('station_profile', 'station_profile.station_id = '.$this->config->item('table_name').'.station_id');
 		$this->db->join('dxcc_entities', 'station_profile.station_dxcc = dxcc_entities.adif', 'left outer');