diff --git a/freqtrade/analyze.py b/freqtrade/analyze.py
index 3b9a870c3..7151208d9 100644
--- a/freqtrade/analyze.py
+++ b/freqtrade/analyze.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG,
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def parse_ticker_dataframe(ticker: list, minimum_date: arrow.Arrow) -> DataFrame:
+def parse_ticker_dataframe(ticker: list) -> DataFrame:
     """
     Analyses the trend for the given pair
     :param pair: pair as str in format BTC_ETH or BTC-ETH
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def analyze_ticker(pair: str) -> DataFrame:
     """
     minimum_date = arrow.utcnow().shift(hours=-24)
     data = get_ticker_history(pair, minimum_date)
-    dataframe = parse_ticker_dataframe(data['result'], minimum_date)
+    dataframe = parse_ticker_dataframe(data['result'])
 
     if dataframe.empty:
         logger.warning('Empty dataframe for pair %s', pair)
diff --git a/freqtrade/tests/test_analyze.py b/freqtrade/tests/test_analyze.py
index d063de775..0c363e4a3 100644
--- a/freqtrade/tests/test_analyze.py
+++ b/freqtrade/tests/test_analyze.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # pragma pylint: disable=missing-docstring
+from datetime import datetime
 import json
 import pytest
-import arrow
 from pandas import DataFrame
 
 from freqtrade.analyze import parse_ticker_dataframe, populate_buy_trend, populate_indicators, \
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def result():
     with open('freqtrade/tests/testdata/btc-eth.json') as data_file:
         data = json.load(data_file)
 
-    return parse_ticker_dataframe(data['result'], arrow.get('2017-08-30T10:00:00'))
+    return parse_ticker_dataframe(data['result'])
 
 def test_dataframe_has_correct_columns(result):
     assert result.columns.tolist() == \
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ def test_populates_buy_trend(result):
     assert 'buy_price' in dataframe.columns
 
 def test_returns_latest_buy_signal(mocker):
-    buydf = DataFrame([{'buy': 1, 'date': arrow.utcnow()}])
+    buydf = DataFrame([{'buy': 1, 'date': datetime.today()}])
     mocker.patch('freqtrade.analyze.analyze_ticker', return_value=buydf)
     assert get_buy_signal('BTC-ETH')
 
-    buydf = DataFrame([{'buy': 0, 'date': arrow.utcnow()}])
+    buydf = DataFrame([{'buy': 0, 'date': datetime.today()}])
     mocker.patch('freqtrade.analyze.analyze_ticker', return_value=buydf)
     assert not get_buy_signal('BTC-ETH')