diff --git a/dandiapi/api/admin.py b/dandiapi/api/admin.py
index fcad88ce4..700ff6152 100644
--- a/dandiapi/api/admin.py
+++ b/dandiapi/api/admin.py
@@ -232,5 +232,5 @@ class AssetAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
 
 @admin.register(Upload)
 class UploadAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
-    list_display = ['id', 'upload_id', 'blob', 'etag', 'upload_id', 'size', 'modified', 'created']
+    list_display = ['id', 'upload_id', 'blob', 'etag', 'upload_id', 'size', 'created']
     list_display_links = ['id', 'upload_id']
diff --git a/dandiapi/api/models/upload.py b/dandiapi/api/models/upload.py
index 723aa7a7f..5479e593e 100644
--- a/dandiapi/api/models/upload.py
+++ b/dandiapi/api/models/upload.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.validators import RegexValidator
 from django.db import models
-from django_extensions.db.models import TimeStampedModel
+from django_extensions.db.models import CreationDateTimeField
 
 from dandiapi.api.storage import (
     get_embargo_storage,
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@
 from .dandiset import Dandiset
 
 
-class BaseUpload(TimeStampedModel):
+class BaseUpload(models.Model):
     ETAG_REGEX = r'[0-9a-f]{32}(-[1-9][0-9]*)?'
 
     class Meta:
         indexes = [models.Index(fields=['etag'])]
         abstract = True
 
+    created = CreationDateTimeField()
+
     # This is the key used to generate the object key, and the primary identifier for the upload.
     upload_id = models.UUIDField(unique=True, default=uuid4, db_index=True)
     etag = models.CharField(