diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepository.Export/Tests/Behavior/Features/Bootstrap/CrImportExportTrait.php b/Neos.ContentRepository.Export/Tests/Behavior/Features/Bootstrap/CrImportExportTrait.php
index 658c509834b..996c451bde4 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepository.Export/Tests/Behavior/Features/Bootstrap/CrImportExportTrait.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepository.Export/Tests/Behavior/Features/Bootstrap/CrImportExportTrait.php
@@ -132,13 +132,9 @@ public function iExpectTheFollowingJsonL(PyStringNode $string): void
         $eventsWithoutRandomIds = [];
 
         foreach ($exportedEvents as $exportedEvent) {
-            // we have to remove the event id and initiatingTimestamp to make the events diff able
+            // we have to remove the event ids to make the events diff-able
             $eventsWithoutRandomIds[] = $exportedEvent
-                ->withIdentifier('random-event-uuid')
-                ->processMetadata(function (array $metadata) {
-                    $metadata[InitiatingEventMetadata::INITIATING_TIMESTAMP] = 'random-time';
-                    return $metadata;
-                });
+                ->withIdentifier('random-event-uuid');
         }
 
         Assert::assertSame($string->getRaw(), ExportedEvents::fromIterable($eventsWithoutRandomIds)->toJsonl());
diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepository.Export/Tests/Behavior/Features/EventExportProcessor.feature b/Neos.ContentRepository.Export/Tests/Behavior/Features/EventExportProcessor.feature
index bef4de9bbf2..791b7846ab8 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepository.Export/Tests/Behavior/Features/EventExportProcessor.feature
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepository.Export/Tests/Behavior/Features/EventExportProcessor.feature
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Feature: As a user of the CR I want to export the event stream using the EventExportProcessor
 
   Background:
+    Given the current date and time is "2023-03-16T12:00:00+01:00"
     Given using the following content dimensions:
       | Identifier | Values      | Generalizations |
       | language   | de, gsw, fr | gsw->de         |
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ Feature: As a user of the CR I want to export the event stream using the EventEx
     When the events are exported
     Then I expect the following jsonl:
       """
-      {"identifier":"random-event-uuid","type":"RootNodeAggregateWithNodeWasCreated","payload":{"nodeAggregateId":"lady-eleonode-rootford","nodeTypeName":"Neos.ContentRepository:Root","coveredDimensionSpacePoints":[{"language":"de"},{"language":"gsw"},{"language":"fr"}],"nodeAggregateClassification":"root"},"metadata":{"initiatingUserId":"system","initiatingTimestamp":"random-time"}}
-      {"identifier":"random-event-uuid","type":"NodeAggregateWithNodeWasCreated","payload":{"nodeAggregateId":"nody-mc-nodeface","nodeTypeName":"Neos.ContentRepository.Testing:Document","originDimensionSpacePoint":{"language":"de"},"succeedingSiblingsForCoverage":[{"dimensionSpacePoint":{"language":"de"},"nodeAggregateId":null},{"dimensionSpacePoint":{"language":"gsw"},"nodeAggregateId":null}],"parentNodeAggregateId":"lady-eleonode-rootford","nodeName":"child-document","initialPropertyValues":[],"nodeAggregateClassification":"regular","nodeReferences":[]},"metadata":{"initiatingUserId":"system","initiatingTimestamp":"random-time"}}
+      {"identifier":"random-event-uuid","type":"RootNodeAggregateWithNodeWasCreated","payload":{"nodeAggregateId":"lady-eleonode-rootford","nodeTypeName":"Neos.ContentRepository:Root","coveredDimensionSpacePoints":[{"language":"de"},{"language":"gsw"},{"language":"fr"}],"nodeAggregateClassification":"root"},"metadata":{"initiatingUserId":"system","initiatingTimestamp":"2023-03-16T12:00:00+01:00"}}
+      {"identifier":"random-event-uuid","type":"NodeAggregateWithNodeWasCreated","payload":{"nodeAggregateId":"nody-mc-nodeface","nodeTypeName":"Neos.ContentRepository.Testing:Document","originDimensionSpacePoint":{"language":"de"},"succeedingSiblingsForCoverage":[{"dimensionSpacePoint":{"language":"de"},"nodeAggregateId":null},{"dimensionSpacePoint":{"language":"gsw"},"nodeAggregateId":null}],"parentNodeAggregateId":"lady-eleonode-rootford","nodeName":"child-document","initialPropertyValues":[],"nodeAggregateClassification":"regular","nodeReferences":[]},"metadata":{"initiatingUserId":"system","initiatingTimestamp":"2023-03-16T12:00:00+01:00"}}
 
       """