diff --git a/cylc/flow/etc/tutorial/consolidation-tutorial/flow.cylc b/cylc/flow/etc/tutorial/consolidation-tutorial/flow.cylc
index 5cff672eb71..93477403732 100644
--- a/cylc/flow/etc/tutorial/consolidation-tutorial/flow.cylc
+++ b/cylc/flow/etc/tutorial/consolidation-tutorial/flow.cylc
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 #!jinja2
-[scheduler]
-    UTC mode = True
-
 [scheduling]
     # Start the workflow 7 hours before now ignoring minutes and seconds
     # * previous(T-00) takes the current time ignoring minutes and seconds.
diff --git a/cylc/flow/etc/tutorial/cylc-forecasting-workflow/flow.cylc b/cylc/flow/etc/tutorial/cylc-forecasting-workflow/flow.cylc
index 20c95cb34bf..f18f16008b2 100644
--- a/cylc/flow/etc/tutorial/cylc-forecasting-workflow/flow.cylc
+++ b/cylc/flow/etc/tutorial/cylc-forecasting-workflow/flow.cylc
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 #!jinja2
-[scheduler]
-    UTC mode = True
 [task parameters]
     # A list of the weather stations we will be fetching observations from.
     station = camborne, heathrow, shetland, aldergrove
diff --git a/cylc/flow/etc/tutorial/retries-tutorial/flow.cylc b/cylc/flow/etc/tutorial/retries-tutorial/flow.cylc
index 04b97c274c1..3b217a09aee 100644
--- a/cylc/flow/etc/tutorial/retries-tutorial/flow.cylc
+++ b/cylc/flow/etc/tutorial/retries-tutorial/flow.cylc
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[scheduler]
-    UTC mode = True # Ignore DST
-
 [scheduling]
     [[graph]]
         R1 = start => roll_doubles => win
diff --git a/cylc/flow/etc/tutorial/runtime-introduction/flow.cylc b/cylc/flow/etc/tutorial/runtime-introduction/flow.cylc
index 163fe1979b6..aacdf81b78d 100644
--- a/cylc/flow/etc/tutorial/runtime-introduction/flow.cylc
+++ b/cylc/flow/etc/tutorial/runtime-introduction/flow.cylc
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 #!jinja2
-[scheduler]
-    UTC mode = True
 [scheduling]
     initial cycle point = 2000-01-01T00Z
     final cycle point = 2000-01-01T06Z
diff --git a/cylc/flow/etc/tutorial/runtime-tutorial/flow.cylc b/cylc/flow/etc/tutorial/runtime-tutorial/flow.cylc
index 63ddf2a6c4e..37ad4b72e33 100644
--- a/cylc/flow/etc/tutorial/runtime-tutorial/flow.cylc
+++ b/cylc/flow/etc/tutorial/runtime-tutorial/flow.cylc
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!jinja2
 [scheduler]
-    UTC mode = True
     allow implicit tasks = True  # TODO: remove at end of exercise
 
 [scheduling]