diff --git a/packages/data-store/src/__tests__/digitalCredential.entities.test.ts b/packages/data-store/src/__tests__/digitalCredential.entities.test.ts
index 50b16ac11..14141b538 100644
--- a/packages/data-store/src/__tests__/digitalCredential.entities.test.ts
+++ b/packages/data-store/src/__tests__/digitalCredential.entities.test.ts
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ describe('Database entities tests', (): void => {
       tenantId: 'urn:uuid:nnag4b43-1e7a-98f8-a32c-a48dbc5b10mj',
     })
     expect(digitalCredential.credentialType).toEqual(CredentialType.VP)
-    expect(digitalCredential.validFrom).toEqual(new Date('2018-09-14T21:19:10.000Z'))
+    expect(digitalCredential.validFrom).toEqual(undefined)
     expect(digitalCredential.documentFormat).toEqual(CredentialDocumentFormat.JSON_LD)
     expect(digitalCredential.validUntil).toEqual(undefined)
   })
diff --git a/packages/data-store/src/utils/digitalCredential/MappingUtils.ts b/packages/data-store/src/utils/digitalCredential/MappingUtils.ts
index 81fb8866b..48d4e43b0 100644
--- a/packages/data-store/src/utils/digitalCredential/MappingUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/data-store/src/utils/digitalCredential/MappingUtils.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import {
   CredentialMapper,
   decodeSdJwtVc,
   DocumentFormat,
-  IProof,
   IVerifiableCredential,
   IVerifiablePresentation,
   OriginalVerifiableCredential,
@@ -73,14 +72,8 @@ function getValidUntil(uniformDocument: IVerifiableCredential | IVerifiablePrese
 }
 
 function getValidFrom(uniformDocument: IVerifiableCredential | IVerifiablePresentation | SdJwtDecodedVerifiableCredentialPayload): Date | undefined {
-  let proof: IProof | undefined = undefined
-  if (uniformDocument.proof && !uniformDocument.vct) {
-    proof = Array.isArray(uniformDocument.proof) ? <IProof>uniformDocument.proof[0] : <IProof>uniformDocument.proof
-  }
   if ('issuanceDate' in uniformDocument) {
     return new Date(uniformDocument.issuanceDate)
-  } else if (proof && proof.created) {
-    return new Date(proof.created)
   } else if ('validFrom' in uniformDocument) {
     return new Date(uniformDocument['validFrom'])
   } else if ('nbf' in uniformDocument) {