diff --git a/tools/update-timezone.mjs b/tools/update-timezone.mjs
index bf3498b8abf..bf3a706bdb0 100755
--- a/tools/update-timezone.mjs
+++ b/tools/update-timezone.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // Usage: tools/update-timezone.mjs
 import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
 import { renameSync, readdirSync, rmSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { exit } from 'node:process';
 
 const fileNames = [
   'zoneinfo64.res',
@@ -15,14 +14,8 @@ const availableVersions = readdirSync('icu-data/tzdata/icunew', { withFileTypes:
 .filter((dirent) => dirent.isDirectory())
 .map((dirent) => dirent.name);
 
-const currentVersion = process.versions.tz;
 const latestVersion = availableVersions.sort().at(-1);
 
-if (latestVersion === currentVersion) {
-  console.log(`Terminating early, tz version is latest @ ${currentVersion}`);
-  exit();
-}
-
 execSync('bzip2 -d deps/icu-small/source/data/in/icudt*.dat.bz2');
 fileNames.forEach((file) => {
   renameSync(`icu-data/tzdata/icunew/${latestVersion}/44/le/${file}`, `deps/icu-small/source/data/in/${file}`);