diff --git a/script/fetch-issues.js b/script/fetch-issues.js
index e08d58e8..a03fb1da 100644
--- a/script/fetch-issues.js
+++ b/script/fetch-issues.js
@@ -14,14 +14,12 @@ let earliestDate = process.env.EARLIEST_DATE || '2017-01-01T00:00:00Z';
 
 if (isDeployPreview) {
   const earliestDateForPr = process.env.EARLIEST_DATE_PR ||
-    '2018-04-01T00:00:00Z';
-  if (getTime(earliestDate) < getTime(earliestDateForPr)) {
-    earliestDate = earliestDateForPr;
-    console.log('To speed up netlify pr build, set earliest date threshold',
-      earliestDate);
-  }
+    moment().subtract(3, 'months').format('YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ');
+  earliestDate = earliestDateForPr;
 }
 
+console.log('The earliest date has been set to', earliestDate);
+
 // review will be ignored if it's written by any author specified here
 // delimiter: space
 const ignoreAuthor = process.env.IGNORE_REVIEW_AUTHOR ||