diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index afba35a..e156a2d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ubuntu-dev-tools (0.206) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   [ Simon Quigley ]
   * Read ~/.devscripts in a more robust way, to ideally pick up multi-line
     variables (Closes: #725418).
+  * mk-sbuild: default to using UTC for schroots (LP: #2097159).
 
  -- Simon Quigley <tsimonq2@debian.org>  Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:04:30 -0600
 
diff --git a/mk-sbuild b/mk-sbuild
index e4cc720..2ff985f 100755
--- a/mk-sbuild
+++ b/mk-sbuild
@@ -928,8 +928,8 @@ if [ -n "$TEMP_PREFERENCES" ]; then
     sudo mv "$TEMP_PREFERENCES" $MNT/etc/apt/preferences.d/proposed.pref
 fi
 
-# Copy the timezone (comment this out if you want to leave the chroot at UTC)
-sudo cp -P --remove-destination /etc/localtime /etc/timezone "$MNT"/etc/
+# Copy the timezone (uncomment this if you want to use your local time zone)
+#sudo cp -P --remove-destination /etc/localtime /etc/timezone "$MNT"/etc/
 # Create a schroot entry for this chroot
 TEMP_SCHROOTCONF=`mktemp -t schrootconf-XXXXXX`
 TEMPLATE_SCHROOTCONF=~/.mk-sbuild.schroot.conf