diff --git a/cmd/mavend/system_reply_test.go b/cmd/mavend/system_reply_test.go
index d04fe54..cfc06d4 100644
--- a/cmd/mavend/system_reply_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mavend/system_reply_test.go
@@ -57,17 +57,16 @@ func TestReplySystemUnknownDayIsHonest(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // TestReplySystemClockCity — the clock arm must not answer local time for a
-// question about another city (Vikunja #388). Known cities get their own zone;
-// unknown places get an honest "local time only".
+// question about another city (Vikunja #388). She keeps one clock, so every
+// named place gets the honest "local time only" answer.
 func TestReplySystemClockCity(t *testing.T) {
-	// 12:00 UTC — Kyiv is +03 in July, Moscow +03, London +01.
 	now := time.Date(2026, 7, 30, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
 	h := systemHandler(now)
 	cases := []struct{ utterance, want string }{
 		{"который час", "сейчас 12 часов ровно"},
-		{"который час в киеве", "в Киеве сейчас 15 часов ровно"},
-		{"сколько времени в москве", "в Москве сейчас 15 часов ровно"},
-		{"который час в лондоне", "в Лондоне сейчас 13 часов ровно"},
+		{"который час в киеве", onlyLocalTimeReply},
+		{"сколько времени в москве", onlyLocalTimeReply},
+		{"который час в лондоне", onlyLocalTimeReply},
 		{"который час в бишкеке", onlyLocalTimeReply},
 	}
 	for _, c := range cases {
diff --git a/cmd/mavend/voice.go b/cmd/mavend/voice.go
index feb0414..f736b73 100644
--- a/cmd/mavend/voice.go
+++ b/cmd/mavend/voice.go
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
-	// Embeds the tz database in the binary so time.LoadLocation works even in
-	// a container image without /usr/share/zoneinfo. Stdlib, offline.
-	_ "time/tzdata"
 
 	hexisclient "github.com/kami/hexis/pkg/client"
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/audio"
@@ -941,56 +938,15 @@ var ruMonths = []string{
 	"июля", "августа", "сентября", "октября", "ноября", "декабря",
 }
 
-// onlyLocalTimeReply — the honest answer when the user names a place whose
-// time zone we cannot resolve offline. Better than confidently naming the
-// wrong city's time.
+// onlyLocalTimeReply — the honest answer when the user asks the time somewhere
+// other than here. She only keeps one clock, and saying so is better than
+// naming the wrong city's time.
+//
+// There used to be a city→time-zone table here. It was removed on purpose: the
+// user only ever asks for local time, so the table was a second list of cities
+// to keep in step with the weather one for no gain.
 const onlyLocalTimeReply = "я знаю только местное время, про другие города пока не скажу."
 
-// cityZone — a city we can answer the clock for: its IANA time zone (resolved
-// from the tzdata built into the binary, never over the network) and its
-// Russian name in the "в ..." case.
-type cityZone struct {
-	zone          string
-	prepositional string
-}
-
-// cityZones maps a lowercase city stem to its zone. Stems, not full words, so
-// "в москве" / "москва" both hit. Keep in sync-ish with the weather city list.
-var cityZones = map[string]cityZone{
-	"москв":        {"Europe/Moscow", "Москве"},
-	"moscow":       {"Europe/Moscow", "Москве"},
-	"питер":        {"Europe/Moscow", "Питере"},
-	"петербур":     {"Europe/Moscow", "Петербурге"},
-	"киев":         {"Europe/Kyiv", "Киеве"},
-	"kyiv":         {"Europe/Kyiv", "Киеве"},
-	"kiev":         {"Europe/Kyiv", "Киеве"},
-	"минск":        {"Europe/Minsk", "Минске"},
-	"лондон":       {"Europe/London", "Лондоне"},
-	"london":       {"Europe/London", "Лондоне"},
-	"париж":        {"Europe/Paris", "Париже"},
-	"paris":        {"Europe/Paris", "Париже"},
-	"берлин":       {"Europe/Berlin", "Берлине"},
-	"berlin":       {"Europe/Berlin", "Берлине"},
-	"нью-йорк":     {"America/New_York", "Нью-Йорке"},
-	"new york":     {"America/New_York", "Нью-Йорке"},
-	"токио":        {"Asia/Tokyo", "Токио"},
-	"tokyo":        {"Asia/Tokyo", "Токио"},
-	"тбилиси":      {"Asia/Tbilisi", "Тбилиси"},
-	"екатеринбург": {"Asia/Yekaterinburg", "Екатеринбурге"},
-	"новосибирск":  {"Asia/Novosibirsk", "Новосибирске"},
-	"владивосток":  {"Asia/Vladivostok", "Владивостоке"},
-}
-
-// lookupCityZone finds a known city named in the utterance.
-func lookupCityZone(u string) (cityZone, bool) {
-	for stem, cz := range cityZones {
-		if strings.Contains(u, stem) {
-			return cz, true
-		}
-	}
-	return cityZone{}, false
-}
-
 // notPlaceAfterV — words that follow "в" without naming a place, so
 // mentionsUnknownPlace does not mistake them for a city.
 var notPlaceAfterV = map[string]bool{
@@ -1155,16 +1111,8 @@ func (h *reactiveHandler) replySystem(ctx context.Context, dec router.Decision)
 
 	switch {
 	case strings.Contains(u, "час") || strings.Contains(u, "врем"):
-		// "который час в киеве" — answer for the named city when we know its
-		// time zone locally, never guess. Unknown place: say so plainly.
-		if city, ok := lookupCityZone(u); ok {
-			loc, err := time.LoadLocation(city.zone)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Printf("voice: load zone %s: %v", city.zone, err)
-				return onlyLocalTimeReply
-			}
-			return fmt.Sprintf("в %s сейчас %s", city.prepositional, ruClock(now.In(loc)))
-		}
+		// "который час в киеве" — she keeps one clock, so any named place gets
+		// the honest answer. Never local time dressed up as the city's.
 		if mentionsUnknownPlace(u) {
 			return onlyLocalTimeReply
 		}