diff --git a/khal/icalendar.py b/khal/icalendar.py
index 39e6eda8f..ba3a554a9 100644
--- a/khal/icalendar.py
+++ b/khal/icalendar.py
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ def sanitize_datetime(date: dt.date) -> dt.date:
         if allday and isinstance(date, dt.datetime):
             date = date.date()
         if events_tz is not None:
-            date = events_tz.localize(date)
+            date = date.replace(tzinfo=events_tz)
         return date
 
     rrule_param = vevent.get('RRULE')