diff --git a/config-example.yml b/config-example.yml
index de028b3..c4e2019 100644
--- a/config-example.yml
+++ b/config-example.yml
@@ -86,10 +86,9 @@ spot-providers:
     name: "39C3 TOTA"
     enabled: false
     url: "https://39c3.c3nav.de/"
-    # Start/end dates and fixed SIG/latitude/longitude for all spots are currently only a feature for the "XOTA" provider,
-    # the software found at https://github.com/nischu/xOTA/
-    start-date: "2025-12-26"
-    end-date: "2025-12-31"
+    # Fixed SIG/latitude/longitude for all spots from a provider is currently only a feature for the "XOTA" provider,
+    # the software found at https://github.com/nischu/xOTA/. This is because this is a generic backend for xOTA
+    # programmes and so different URLs provide different programmes.
     sig: "TOTA"
     latitude: 53.5622678
     longitude: 9.9855205
diff --git a/spotproviders/xota.py b/spotproviders/xota.py
index 1947709..5b3e589 100644
--- a/spotproviders/xota.py
+++ b/spotproviders/xota.py
@@ -6,24 +6,19 @@ from spotproviders.http_spot_provider import HTTPSpotProvider
 
 
 # Spot provider for servers based on the "xOTA" software at https://github.com/nischu/xOTA/
-# The provider typically doesn't give us a lat/lon or SIG explicitly, so our own config provides this information. Our
-# config also optionally provides a start & end date; this avoids querying the source if the xOTA event is time-limited
-# and it's not currently running. This functionality is implemented for TOTA events.
+# The provider typically doesn't give us a lat/lon or SIG explicitly, so our own config provides this information. This
+# functionality is implemented for TOTA events.
 class XOTA(HTTPSpotProvider):
     POLL_INTERVAL_SEC = 300
     FIXED_LATITUDE = None
     FIXED_LONGITUDE = None
     SIG = None
-    START_DATE = None
-    END_DATE = None
 
     def __init__(self, provider_config):
         super().__init__(provider_config, provider_config["url"] + "/api/spot/all", self.POLL_INTERVAL_SEC)
         self.FIXED_LATITUDE = provider_config["latitude"] if "latitude" in provider_config else None
         self.FIXED_LONGITUDE = provider_config["longitude"] if "longitude" in provider_config else None
         self.SIG = provider_config["sig"] if "sig" in provider_config else None
-        self.START_DATE = provider_config["start-date"] if "start-date" in provider_config else None
-        self.END_DATE = provider_config["end-date"] if "end-date" in provider_config else None
 
     def http_response_to_spots(self, http_response):
         new_spots = []