diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.exec/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/exec/internal/handler/ExecHandler.java b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.exec/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/exec/internal/handler/ExecHandler.java
index bf3e54ff553..47f73fa5be1 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.exec/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/exec/internal/handler/ExecHandler.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.exec/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/exec/internal/handler/ExecHandler.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
-import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Date;
@@ -296,9 +295,7 @@ public class ExecHandler extends BaseThingHandler {
             }
 
             updateState(OUTPUT, new StringType(transformedResponse));
-
-            DateTimeType stampType = new DateTimeType(ZonedDateTime.now());
-            updateState(LAST_EXECUTION, stampType);
+            updateState(LAST_EXECUTION, new DateTimeType());
         }
     }