diff --git a/quartz/cfg.ts b/quartz/cfg.ts
index bdb8ef1d7..9027c461f 100644
--- a/quartz/cfg.ts
+++ b/quartz/cfg.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { ValidDateType } from "./components/Date"
 import { QuartzComponent } from "./components/types"
 import { ValidLocale } from "./i18n"
 import { PluginSpecifier } from "./plugins/loader/types"
@@ -68,8 +67,6 @@ export interface GlobalConfiguration {
   analytics: Analytics
   /** Glob patterns to not search */
   ignorePatterns: string[]
-  /** Whether to use created, modified, or published as the default type of date */
-  defaultDateType: ValidDateType
   /** Base URL to use for CNAME files, sitemaps, and RSS feeds that require an absolute URL.
    *   Quartz will avoid using this as much as possible and use relative URLs most of the time
    */
diff --git a/quartz/cli/plugin-data.js b/quartz/cli/plugin-data.js
index e8617ca0b..e5cdfecfe 100644
--- a/quartz/cli/plugin-data.js
+++ b/quartz/cli/plugin-data.js
@@ -334,7 +334,6 @@ export function createConfigFromDefault() {
         locale: "en-US",
         baseUrl: "quartz.jzhao.xyz",
         ignorePatterns: ["private", "templates", ".obsidian"],
-        defaultDateType: "created",
         theme: {
           cdnCaching: true,
           typography: {
diff --git a/quartz/components/Date.tsx b/quartz/components/Date.tsx
index 15be573e8..096cdc69b 100644
--- a/quartz/components/Date.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/Date.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { GlobalConfiguration } from "../cfg"
 import { ValidLocale } from "../i18n"
 import { QuartzPluginData } from "../plugins/vfile"
 
@@ -9,13 +8,13 @@ interface Props {
 
 export type ValidDateType = keyof Required<QuartzPluginData>["dates"]
 
-export function getDate(cfg: GlobalConfiguration, data: QuartzPluginData): Date | undefined {
-  if (!cfg.defaultDateType) {
+export function getDate(data: QuartzPluginData): Date | undefined {
+  if (!data.defaultDateType) {
     throw new Error(
-      `Field 'defaultDateType' was not set in the configuration object of quartz.config.yaml. See https://quartz.jzhao.xyz/configuration#general-configuration for more details.`,
+      `Field 'defaultDateType' was not set. Ensure the CreatedModifiedDate plugin is configured with a 'defaultDateType' option. See https://quartz.jzhao.xyz/plugins/CreatedModifiedDate for more details.`,
     )
   }
-  return data.dates?.[cfg.defaultDateType]
+  return data.dates?.[data.defaultDateType]
 }
 
 export function formatDate(d: Date, locale: ValidLocale = "en-US"): string {
diff --git a/quartz/components/PageList.tsx b/quartz/components/PageList.tsx
index 7bf23829c..51ceef76c 100644
--- a/quartz/components/PageList.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/PageList.tsx
@@ -2,16 +2,15 @@ import { FullSlug, isFolderPath, resolveRelative } from "../util/path"
 import { QuartzPluginData } from "../plugins/vfile"
 import { Date, getDate } from "./Date"
 import { QuartzComponent, QuartzComponentProps } from "./types"
-import { GlobalConfiguration } from "../cfg"
 
 export type SortFn = (f1: QuartzPluginData, f2: QuartzPluginData) => number
 
-export function byDateAndAlphabetical(cfg: GlobalConfiguration): SortFn {
+export function byDateAndAlphabetical(): SortFn {
   return (f1, f2) => {
     // Sort by date/alphabetical
     if (f1.dates && f2.dates) {
       // sort descending
-      return getDate(cfg, f2)!.getTime() - getDate(cfg, f1)!.getTime()
+      return getDate(f2)!.getTime() - getDate(f1)!.getTime()
     } else if (f1.dates && !f2.dates) {
       // prioritize files with dates
       return -1
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ export function byDateAndAlphabetical(cfg: GlobalConfiguration): SortFn {
   }
 }
 
-export function byDateAndAlphabeticalFolderFirst(cfg: GlobalConfiguration): SortFn {
+export function byDateAndAlphabeticalFolderFirst(): SortFn {
   return (f1, f2) => {
     // Sort folders first
     const f1IsFolder = isFolderPath(f1.slug ?? "")
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ export function byDateAndAlphabeticalFolderFirst(cfg: GlobalConfiguration): Sort
     // If both are folders or both are files, sort by date/alphabetical
     if (f1.dates && f2.dates) {
       // sort descending
-      return getDate(cfg, f2)!.getTime() - getDate(cfg, f1)!.getTime()
+      return getDate(f2)!.getTime() - getDate(f1)!.getTime()
     } else if (f1.dates && !f2.dates) {
       // prioritize files with dates
       return -1
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ type Props = {
 } & QuartzComponentProps
 
 export const PageList: QuartzComponent = ({ cfg, fileData, allFiles, limit, sort }: Props) => {
-  const sorter = sort ?? byDateAndAlphabeticalFolderFirst(cfg)
+  const sorter = sort ?? byDateAndAlphabeticalFolderFirst()
   let list = allFiles.sort(sorter)
   if (limit) {
     list = list.slice(0, limit)
@@ -73,9 +72,7 @@ export const PageList: QuartzComponent = ({ cfg, fileData, allFiles, limit, sort
         return (
           <li class="section-li">
             <div class="section">
-              <p class="meta">
-                {page.dates && <Date date={getDate(cfg, page)!} locale={cfg.locale} />}
-              </p>
+              <p class="meta">{page.dates && <Date date={getDate(page)!} locale={cfg.locale} />}</p>
               <div class="desc">
                 <h3>
                   <a href={resolveRelative(fileData.slug!, page.slug!)} class="internal">
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/index.ts b/quartz/plugins/index.ts
index 269236936..e290d9415 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/index.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/index.ts
@@ -95,5 +95,6 @@ declare module "vfile" {
       modified: Date
       published: Date
     }
+    defaultDateType?: "created" | "modified" | "published"
   }
 }
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/quartz-plugins.schema.json b/quartz/plugins/quartz-plugins.schema.json
index 2afbd1287..482c22e33 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/quartz-plugins.schema.json
+++ b/quartz/plugins/quartz-plugins.schema.json
@@ -174,11 +174,6 @@
             "type": "string"
           },
           "description": "Patterns to ignore during processing"
-        },
-        "defaultDateType": {
-          "type": "string",
-          "enum": ["created", "modified", "published"],
-          "description": "Default date type for pages"
         }
       }
     },