diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/joda/cfg/JacksonJodaDateFormat.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/joda/cfg/JacksonJodaDateFormat.java
index 745a5ff..60ed3b4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/joda/cfg/JacksonJodaDateFormat.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/joda/cfg/JacksonJodaDateFormat.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.joda.cfg;
 
 import java.util.Locale;
-import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 
 import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/joda/failing/DateTimeSerializationWithOffsets146Test.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/joda/failing/DateTimeSerializationWithOffsets146Test.java
index d1c129c..16ea91b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/joda/failing/DateTimeSerializationWithOffsets146Test.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/joda/failing/DateTimeSerializationWithOffsets146Test.java
@@ -10,22 +10,24 @@
 // [datatype-joda#146]: disable overwriting of timezone
 public class DateTimeSerializationWithOffsets146Test extends JodaTestBase
 {
-    private final ObjectMapper MAPPER = jodaMapper();
-    {
-        MAPPER.enable(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS);
-        MAPPER.enable(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DURATIONS_AS_TIMESTAMPS);
-    }
-
     // [datatype-joda#146]
-    public void testLocalDateSer() throws Exception
+    public void testLocalDateSerDefault() throws Exception
     {
-        final ObjectMapper MAPPER = mapperWithModuleBuilder()
+        final String inputStr = "2024-12-01T12:00:00+02:00";
+        final DateTime inputValue = DateTime.parse(inputStr);
+        final ObjectMapper mapper = mapperWithModuleBuilder()
                 .disable(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS)
-                .disable(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_WITH_CONTEXT_TIME_ZONE)
                 .build();
-        final String inputStr = "2024-12-01T00:00:00+02:00";
 
-        DateTime dateTime = DateTime.parse(inputStr);
-        assertEquals(q(inputStr), MAPPER.writeValueAsString(dateTime));
+        // By default, do adjust timezone to UTC
+        final String defaultOutput = mapper.writeValueAsString(inputValue);
+        assertEquals(q("2024-12-01T10:00:00.000Z"), defaultOutput);
+
+        // But if we disable it, no adjustment
+        final String alternateOutput = mapper.writer()
+                .without(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_WITH_CONTEXT_TIME_ZONE)
+                .writeValueAsString(inputValue);
+
+        assertEquals(q(inputStr), alternateOutput);
     }
 }