diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Rule/SelectController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Rule/SelectController.php
index 24c7dc0860..13a361a0f6 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Rule/SelectController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Rule/SelectController.php
@@ -74,20 +74,16 @@ class SelectController extends Controller
         /** @var User $user */
         $user          = auth()->user();
         $accounts      = implode(',', $request->get('accounts'));
-        $startDate     = new Carbon($request->get('start'));
-        $endDate       = new Carbon($request->get('end'));
 
         // create new rule engine:
         $newRuleEngine = app(RuleEngineInterface::class);
         $newRuleEngine->setUser($user);
 
         // add extra operators:
-        $newRuleEngine->addOperator(['type' => 'date_after', 'value' => $startDate->format('Y-m-d')]);
-        $newRuleEngine->addOperator(['type' => 'date_before', 'value' => $endDate->format('Y-m-d')]);
         $newRuleEngine->addOperator(['type' => 'account_id', 'value' => $accounts]);
 
         // set rules:
-        $newRuleEngine->setRules(new Collection([$rule]));
+        $newRuleEngine->setRules(new Collection()->push($rule));
         $newRuleEngine->fire();
         $resultCount   = $newRuleEngine->getResults();
 
@@ -107,11 +103,9 @@ class SelectController extends Controller
             return redirect(route('rules.index'));
         }
         // does the user have shared accounts?
-        $first    = session('first', today(config('app.timezone'))->subYear())->format('Y-m-d');
-        $today    = today(config('app.timezone'))->format('Y-m-d');
         $subTitle = (string) trans('firefly.apply_rule_selection', ['title' => $rule->title]);
 
-        return view('rules.rule.select-transactions', compact('first', 'today', 'rule', 'subTitle'));
+        return view('rules.rule.select-transactions', compact( 'rule', 'subTitle'));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/RuleGroup/ExecutionController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/RuleGroup/ExecutionController.php
index 4f1b3137b2..a8dc159ce9 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/RuleGroup/ExecutionController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/RuleGroup/ExecutionController.php
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ use Illuminate\View\View;
  */
 class ExecutionController extends Controller
 {
-    private RuleGroupRepositoryInterface $ruleGroupRepository;
-
     /**
      * ExecutionController constructor.
      */
@@ -56,7 +54,6 @@ class ExecutionController extends Controller
                 app('view')->share('title', (string) trans('firefly.rules'));
                 app('view')->share('mainTitleIcon', 'fa-random');
 
-                $this->ruleGroupRepository = app(RuleGroupRepositoryInterface::class);
 
                 return $next($request);
             }
@@ -74,15 +71,11 @@ class ExecutionController extends Controller
         /** @var User $user */
         $user          = auth()->user();
         $accounts      = implode(',', $request->get('accounts'));
-        $startDate     = new Carbon($request->get('start'));
-        $endDate       = new Carbon($request->get('end'));
         // create new rule engine:
         $newRuleEngine = app(RuleEngineInterface::class);
         $newRuleEngine->setUser($user);
 
         // add extra operators:
-        $newRuleEngine->addOperator(['type' => 'date_after', 'value' => $startDate->format('Y-m-d')]);
-        $newRuleEngine->addOperator(['type' => 'date_before', 'value' => $endDate->format('Y-m-d')]);
         $newRuleEngine->addOperator(['type' => 'account_id', 'value' => $accounts]);
 
         // set rules:
@@ -104,10 +97,8 @@ class ExecutionController extends Controller
      */
     public function selectTransactions(RuleGroup $ruleGroup)
     {
-        $first    = session('first')->format('Y-m-d');
-        $today    = today(config('app.timezone'))->format('Y-m-d');
         $subTitle = (string) trans('firefly.apply_rule_group_selection', ['title' => $ruleGroup->title]);
 
-        return view('rules.rule-group.select-transactions', compact('first', 'today', 'ruleGroup', 'subTitle'));
+        return view('rules.rule-group.select-transactions', compact( 'ruleGroup', 'subTitle'));
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/SelectTransactionsRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/SelectTransactionsRequest.php
index 0cbdba1784..d5564d7bc4 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/SelectTransactionsRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/SelectTransactionsRequest.php
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ class SelectTransactionsRequest extends FormRequest
     public function rules(): array
     {
         return [
-            'start'      => 'required|date|after:1970-01-02|before:2038-01-17|before:end|required_with:end',
-            'end'        => 'required|date|after:1970-01-02|before:2038-01-17|after:start|required_with:start',
             'accounts'   => 'required',
             'accounts.*' => 'required|exists:accounts,id|belongsToUser:accounts',
         ];
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 785e14af69..33c6b58bbf 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - [Issue 10808](https://github.com/firefly-iii/firefly-iii/issues/10808) (cron job Error: Undefined variable $preference) reported by @MexerSam
 - [Issue 10813](https://github.com/firefly-iii/firefly-iii/issues/10813) (Error "Argument #2 ($symbol) must be of type string" while try open subscriptions section) reported by @mrResident
 - #10819
+- #10820
 
 ### API
 
diff --git a/resources/views/rules/rule-group/select-transactions.twig b/resources/views/rules/rule-group/select-transactions.twig
index 842458804f..81abe48208 100644
--- a/resources/views/rules/rule-group/select-transactions.twig
+++ b/resources/views/rules/rule-group/select-transactions.twig
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
                             </p>
                             <div class="row">
                                 <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-8 col-sm-12 col-xs-12">
-                                    {{ ExpandedForm.date('start', first) }}
-                                    {{ ExpandedForm.date('end', today) }}
                                     {{ AccountForm.assetAccountCheckList('accounts', {'select_all': true,'class': 'account-checkbox', 'label': trans('firefly.include_transactions_from_accounts') }) }}
                                 </div>
                             </div>
diff --git a/resources/views/rules/rule/select-transactions.twig b/resources/views/rules/rule/select-transactions.twig
index aae7bc3b9a..a6575e53f9 100644
--- a/resources/views/rules/rule/select-transactions.twig
+++ b/resources/views/rules/rule/select-transactions.twig
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
                             </p>
                             <div class="row">
                                 <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-8 col-sm-12 col-xs-12">
-                                    {{ ExpandedForm.date('start', first) }}
-                                    {{ ExpandedForm.date('end', today) }}
                                     {{ AccountForm.assetAccountCheckList('accounts', {'select_all': true,  'class': 'account-checkbox', 'label': trans('firefly.include_transactions_from_accounts') }) }}
                                 </div>
                             </div>