diff --git a/src/library/utils/R/citation.R b/src/library/utils/R/citation.R
index 23299c0312..6a61e90ed1 100644
--- a/src/library/utils/R/citation.R
+++ b/src/library/utils/R/citation.R
@@ -1615,9 +1615,7 @@ function(package = "base", lib.loc = NULL, auto = NULL)
     if(identical(meta$Repository, "CRAN")) {
         z$url <-
             sprintf("https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=%s", package)
-        if(!is.na(d <- meta[["Date/Publication"]]) &&
-           (as.Date(d) <= Sys.Date() - 1L))
-            z$doi <- sprintf("10.32614/CRAN.package.%s", package)
+        z$doi <- sprintf("10.32614/CRAN.package.%s", package)
     }
 
     if(identical(meta$Repository, "R-Forge")) {