diff --git a/PluralKit.Core/Models/PKSystem.cs b/PluralKit.Core/Models/PKSystem.cs
index 587a8e5c..afef0d55 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Core/Models/PKSystem.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Core/Models/PKSystem.cs
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ public static class PKSystemExt
         {
             case APIVersion.V1:
                 {
-                    o.Add("tz", null);
+                    // this property was moved to SystemConfig
+                    // see notice in /api/legacy docs
+                    o.Add("tz", "UTC");
 
                     o.Add("description_privacy",
                         ctx == LookupContext.ByOwner ? system.DescriptionPrivacy.ToJsonString() : null);
@@ -91,9 +93,6 @@ public static class PKSystemExt
                 }
             case APIVersion.V2:
                 {
-                    // todo: remove this
-                    o.Add("timezone", null);
-
                     if (ctx == LookupContext.ByOwner)
                     {
                         // todo: should this be moved to a different JSON model?
diff --git a/docs/content/api/legacy.md b/docs/content/api/legacy.md
index bbd3f3d2..0455f76f 100644
--- a/docs/content/api/legacy.md
+++ b/docs/content/api/legacy.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ permalink: /api/legacy
 # Legacy API documentation
 ::: warning
 This is the documentation for v1 of the PluralKit API. Please use v2 going forwards - v1 is deprecated and will be removed eventually.
+
+Some keys have been phased out of models and are therefore no longer functioning on v1:
+- 2021-12-07: `tz` in system model always returns `UTC` (the default value). the [get system settings](/api/models#get-system-settings) v2 endpoint can be used to get the correct timezone for a system (requires authentication).
 :::
 
 ## Models