diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/job.js b/app/assets/javascripts/job.js
index 8f32dcc94e2..7927e97ea47 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/job.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/job.js
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ export default class Job {
       .off('resize.build')
       .on('resize.build', _.throttle(this.sidebarOnResize.bind(this), 100));
 
-    this.updateArtifactRemoveDate();
     this.initAffixTopArea();
 
     this.getBuildTrace();
@@ -261,16 +260,7 @@ export default class Job {
   sidebarOnClick() {
     if (this.shouldHideSidebarForViewport()) this.toggleSidebar();
   }
-  // eslint-disable-next-line class-methods-use-this, consistent-return
-  updateArtifactRemoveDate() {
-    const $date = $('.js-artifacts-remove');
-    if ($date.length) {
-      const date = $date.text();
-      return $date.text(
-        timeFor(new Date(date.replace(/([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)/g, '$1/$2/$3'))),
-      );
-    }
-  }
+
   // eslint-disable-next-line class-methods-use-this
   populateJobs(stage) {
     $('.build-job').hide();
diff --git a/app/views/projects/jobs/_sidebar.html.haml b/app/views/projects/jobs/_sidebar.html.haml
index a71333497e6..e779473c239 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/jobs/_sidebar.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/jobs/_sidebar.html.haml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
           - elsif @build.has_expiring_artifacts?
             %p.build-detail-row
               The artifacts will be removed in
-              %span.js-artifacts-remove= @build.artifacts_expire_at
+              %span= time_ago_in_words @build.artifacts_expire_at
 
           - if @build.artifacts?
             .btn-group.btn-group-justified{ role: :group }
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/job_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/job_spec.js
index b740c9ed893..feb341d22e6 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/job_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/job_spec.js
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@ describe('Job', () => {
         expect($('.build-job[data-stage="test"]').is(':visible')).toBe(false);
         expect($('.build-job[data-stage="deploy"]').is(':visible')).toBe(false);
       });
-
-      it('displays the remove date correctly', () => {
-        const removeDateElement = document.querySelector('.js-artifacts-remove');
-        expect(removeDateElement.innerText.trim()).toBe('1 year remaining');
-      });
     });
 
     describe('running build', () => {