diff --git a/content/static/script/calendar.js b/content/static/script/calendar.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cc8a0bfe..000000000
--- a/content/static/script/calendar.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-function hilight_today() {
-    var now = new Date();
-    var today_id = "calendar-" +
-        now.getFullYear() + "-" +
-        (now.getMonth() + 1) + "-" +
-        now.getDate();
-
-    var today = document.getElementById(today_id);
-
-    /* Has document fetching completed enough? */
-    if (today) {
-        var td = today.parentNode;
-        var klass = td.getAttribute('class');
-        klass = (klass || "") + " today";
-        td.setAttribute('class', klass);
-    } else {
-        /* No calendar, retry later: */
-        window.setTimeout(hilight_today, 100);
-    }
-}
-
-window.setTimeout(hilight_today, 1);
diff --git a/xsl/calendar.xsl b/xsl/calendar.xsl
index 43740d802..02e20a9c3 100644
--- a/xsl/calendar.xsl
+++ b/xsl/calendar.xsl
@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@
 -->
 <xsl:template name="output-day">
   <xsl:param name="date"/>
+  <xsl:variable name="today"><xsl:value-of select="substring(date:date(),1,10)"/></xsl:variable>
   <td>
-    <xsl:attribute name="class">
+    <xsl:attribute name="class"><xsl:if test="$today = $date">today </xsl:if>
       <xsl:text>cal</xsl:text>
       <xsl:choose>
         <xsl:when test="date:day-in-week($date) = 1">sun</xsl:when>