diff --git a/eogrow/pipelines/merge_samples.py b/eogrow/pipelines/merge_samples.py
index 27ce5a01..33d6fea4 100644
--- a/eogrow/pipelines/merge_samples.py
+++ b/eogrow/pipelines/merge_samples.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ class Schema(Pipeline.Schema):
         features_to_merge: List[Feature] = Field(
             description="Dictionary of all features for which samples are to be merged."
         )
-        include_timestamp: bool = Field(False, description="Whether to also prepare an array of merged timestamps.")
         id_filename: Optional[str] = Field(
             description=(
                 "Filename of array holding patch ID of concatenated features. The patch ID is the index of the patch in"
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@ def build_workflow(self) -> EOWorkflow:
             self.storage.get_folder(self.config.input_folder_key),
             filesystem=self.storage.filesystem,
             features=self.config.features_to_merge,
-            load_timestamps=True if self.config.include_timestamp else "auto",
         )
         output_task = OutputTask(name=self._OUTPUT_NAME)
         return EOWorkflow(linearly_connect_tasks(load_task, output_task))
@@ -99,14 +97,6 @@ def merge_and_save_features(self, patches: list[EOPatch]) -> None:
         if patch_sample_nums is None:
             raise ValueError("Need at least one feature to merge.")
 
-        if self.config.include_timestamp:
-            arrays = []
-            for patch, sample_num in zip(patches, patch_sample_nums):
-                arrays.append(np.tile(np.array(patch.get_timestamps()), (sample_num, 1)))
-                patch.timestamps = []
-
-            self._save_array(np.concatenate(arrays, axis=0), "TIMESTAMPS")
-
         if self.config.id_filename:
             LOGGER.info("Started merging EOPatch ids")
             patch_id_arrays = [
diff --git a/tests/test_config_files/merge_samples/merge_features_samples.json b/tests/test_config_files/merge_samples/merge_features_samples.json
index 4001806c..6aafecb3 100644
--- a/tests/test_config_files/merge_samples/merge_features_samples.json
+++ b/tests/test_config_files/merge_samples/merge_features_samples.json
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   "input_folder_key": "features_sampled",
   "output_folder_key": "training_data",
   "features_to_merge": [["data", "FEATURES"]],
-  "include_timestamp": true,
   "id_filename": "PATCH_IDS",
   "suffix": "",
   "workers": 2
diff --git a/tests/test_config_files/merge_samples/merge_reference_samples.json b/tests/test_config_files/merge_samples/merge_reference_samples.json
index 1d898437..4173ac4a 100644
--- a/tests/test_config_files/merge_samples/merge_reference_samples.json
+++ b/tests/test_config_files/merge_samples/merge_reference_samples.json
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   "input_folder_key": "data_sampled",
   "output_folder_key": "training_data",
   "features_to_merge": [["mask_timeless", "LULC_ID"]],
-  "include_timestamp": true,
   "id_filename": "PATCH_IDS",
   "suffix": "",
   "workers": 2
diff --git a/tests/test_stats/merge_samples/merge_features_samples.json b/tests/test_stats/merge_samples/merge_features_samples.json
index 57ce3edd..13417767 100644
--- a/tests/test_stats/merge_samples/merge_features_samples.json
+++ b/tests/test_stats/merge_samples/merge_features_samples.json
@@ -83,12 +83,5 @@
         "value": 1
       }
     ]
-  },
-  "TIMESTAMPS.npy": {
-    "array_shape": [
-      1400,
-      12
-    ],
-    "dtype": "object"
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_stats/merge_samples/merge_reference_samples.json b/tests/test_stats/merge_samples/merge_reference_samples.json
index 5283d69e..8e9f090a 100644
--- a/tests/test_stats/merge_samples/merge_reference_samples.json
+++ b/tests/test_stats/merge_samples/merge_reference_samples.json
@@ -126,12 +126,5 @@
         "value": 1
       }
     ]
-  },
-  "TIMESTAMPS.npy": {
-    "array_shape": [
-      1400,
-      35
-    ],
-    "dtype": "object"
   }
 }