diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/DataTransformer/DateTimeToLocalizedStringTransformer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/DataTransformer/DateTimeToLocalizedStringTransformer.php
index 36c19970f280..6ca20106fa39 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/DataTransformer/DateTimeToLocalizedStringTransformer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/DataTransformer/DateTimeToLocalizedStringTransformer.php
@@ -162,11 +162,8 @@ protected function getIntlDateFormatter($ignoreTimezone = false)
     {
         $dateFormat = $this->dateFormat;
         $timeFormat = $this->timeFormat;
-        $timezone = $ignoreTimezone ? 'UTC' : $this->outputTimezone;
-        if (class_exists('IntlTimeZone', false)) {
-            // see https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66323
-            $timezone = \IntlTimeZone::createTimeZone($timezone);
-        }
+        $timezone = new \DateTimeZone($ignoreTimezone ? 'UTC' : $this->outputTimezone);
+
         $calendar = $this->calendar;
         $pattern = $this->pattern;