diff --git a/datetime/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/deser/LocalDateTimeDeserializer.java b/datetime/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/deser/LocalDateTimeDeserializer.java
index 5cf82ab0..c4545a61 100644
--- a/datetime/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/deser/LocalDateTimeDeserializer.java
+++ b/datetime/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/deser/LocalDateTimeDeserializer.java
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.time.DateTimeException;
-import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
-import java.time.ZoneOffset;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonFormat;
@@ -150,15 +148,6 @@ protected LocalDateTime _fromString(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt,
         }
         final DateTimeFormatter format = _formatter;
         try {
-            if (format == DEFAULT_FORMATTER) {
-                // JavaScript by default includes time and zone in JSON serialized Dates (UTC/ISO instant format).
-                if (string.length() > 10 && string.charAt(10) == 'T') {
-                   if (string.endsWith("Z")) {
-                       return LocalDateTime.ofInstant(Instant.parse(string), ZoneOffset.UTC);
-                   }
-                   return LocalDateTime.parse(string, DEFAULT_FORMATTER);
-                }
-            }
             return LocalDateTime.parse(string, format);
         } catch (DateTimeException e) {
             return _handleDateTimeFormatException(ctxt, e, format, string);
diff --git a/datetime/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/deser/LocalDateTimeDeserTest.java b/datetime/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/deser/LocalDateTimeDeserTest.java
index 326c894a..a951a6af 100644
--- a/datetime/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/deser/LocalDateTimeDeserTest.java
+++ b/datetime/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/deser/LocalDateTimeDeserTest.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.Month;
-import java.time.ZoneOffset;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
 import java.time.temporal.Temporal;
 import java.util.Calendar;
@@ -169,11 +168,16 @@ public void testDeserializationAsString03() throws Exception
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testDeserializationAsString04() throws Exception
+    public void testBadDeserializationOfTimeWithTimeZone() throws Exception
     {
-        Instant instant = Instant.now();
-        LocalDateTime value = MAPPER.readValue('"' + instant.toString() + '"', LocalDateTime.class);
-        assertEquals("The value is not correct.", LocalDateTime.ofInstant(instant, ZoneOffset.UTC), value);
+        try {
+            Instant instant = Instant.now();
+            MAPPER.readValue('"' + instant.toString() + '"', LocalDateTime.class);
+            fail("expected fail");
+        } catch (InvalidFormatException e) {
+            verifyException(e, "Cannot deserialize value of type");
+            verifyException(e, "from String \"");
+        }
     }
 
     @Test