diff --git a/src/pudl/extract/eia860m.py b/src/pudl/extract/eia860m.py
index a0a33bf866..69134235c1 100644
--- a/src/pudl/extract/eia860m.py
+++ b/src/pudl/extract/eia860m.py
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ def process_raw(self, df, page, **partition):
             df["report_year"] = datetime.strptime(
                 list(partition.values())[0], "%Y-%m"
             ).year
-            df["report_date"] = pd.to_datetime(
-                list(partition.values())[0], format="%Y-%m", exact=False
-            )
         df = self.add_data_maturity(df, page, **partition)
         self.cols_added.append("report_year")
         # Eventually we should probably make this a transform