diff --git a/app/main/forms.py b/app/main/forms.py
index 1a4c577f7..9e96a8ccc 100644
--- a/app/main/forms.py
+++ b/app/main/forms.py
@@ -516,16 +516,3 @@ class Whitelist(Form):
         max_entries=5,
         label="Mobile numbers"
     )
-
-
-class DateFilterForm(Form):
-    start_date = DateField("Start Date", [validators.optional()])
-    end_date = StringField("End Date", [validators.optional()])
-
-    def validate(self):
-        print("****In validate")
-        if self.start_date.data and not self.end_date.data:
-            print("***** false {}".format(type(self.end_date.errors)))
-            raise ValidationError('Both required')
-        else:
-            return True
diff --git a/app/main/views/platform_admin.py b/app/main/views/platform_admin.py
index 6c5fb8f06..70f598efb 100644
--- a/app/main/views/platform_admin.py
+++ b/app/main/views/platform_admin.py
@@ -5,62 +5,44 @@ from flask import (
     request
 )
 from flask_login import login_required
-from wtforms import ValidationError
 
 from app import service_api_client
 from app.main import main
-from app.main.forms import DateFilterForm
 from app.utils import user_has_permissions
 from app.statistics_utils import get_formatted_percentage
 
 
-@main.route("/platform-admin", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
+@main.route("/platform-admin")
 @login_required
 @user_has_permissions(admin_override=True)
 def platform_admin():
-    form = DateFilterForm()
     include_from_test_key = request.args.get('include_from_test_key') != 'False'
+    start_date = request.args.get('start_date', None)
+    end_date = request.args.get('end_date', None)
     # specifically DO get inactive services
     api_args = {'detailed': True}
     if not include_from_test_key:
         api_args['include_from_test_key'] = False
-    if form.validate_on_submit():
-        start_date = form.start_date.data
-        end_date = form.end_date.data
 
-        if start_date:
-            print(start_date)
-            print(end_date)
-            api_args['start_date'] = start_date
-            if not end_date:
-                raise ValidationError(message='requires end date', field =form.end_date)
-            api_args['end_date'] = end_date
+    if start_date:
+        # For now the start and end date are only set as query params. The previous commit added a form
+        # but I could get the validation right, not did the page look good.
+        # This is just an intermediate pass at returning the data.
+        api_args['start_date'] = start_date
+        api_args['end_date'] = end_date
 
-        services = service_api_client.get_services(api_args)['data']
+    services = service_api_client.get_services(api_args)['data']
 
-        return render_template(
-            'views/platform-admin.html',
-            include_from_test_key=include_from_test_key,
-            form=form,
-            **get_statistics(sorted(
-                services,
-                key=lambda service: (service['active'], service['created_at']),
-                reverse=True
-            ))
-        )
-    else:
-        services = service_api_client.get_services(api_args)['data']
+    return render_template(
+        'views/platform-admin.html',
+        include_from_test_key=include_from_test_key,
+        **get_statistics(sorted(
+            services,
+            key=lambda service: (service['active'], service['created_at']),
+            reverse=True
+        ))
+    )
 
-        return render_template(
-            'views/platform-admin.html',
-            include_from_test_key=include_from_test_key,
-            form=form,
-            **get_statistics(sorted(
-                services,
-                key=lambda service: (service['active'], service['created_at']),
-                reverse=True
-            ))
-        )
 
 def get_statistics(services):
     return {
diff --git a/app/templates/views/platform-admin.html b/app/templates/views/platform-admin.html
index b5a94cd10..6147edaa3 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/platform-admin.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/platform-admin.html
@@ -96,11 +96,6 @@
     {% else %}
       Excluding test keys (<a href="{{ url_for('.platform_admin') }}">change</a>)
     {% endif %}
-    <form autocomplete="off" method="post">
-      {{ textbox(form.start_date, hint="Enter start date in format YYYY-MM-DD") }}
-      {{ textbox(form.end_date, hint="Enter end date in format YYYY-MM-DD") }}
-      {{ page_footer('Apply filter') }}
-    </form>
   </p>
 
   <div class="grid-row bottom-gutter">
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_platform_admin.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_platform_admin.py
index 8956115d3..efa700b30 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_platform_admin.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_platform_admin.py
@@ -121,6 +121,28 @@ def test_platform_admin_toggle_including_from_test_key(
     mock_get_detailed_services.assert_called_once_with(api_args)
 
 
+def test_platform_admin_with_date_filter(
+    app_,
+    platform_admin_user,
+    mocker,
+    mock_get_detailed_services
+):
+    with app_.test_request_context():
+        with app_.test_client() as client:
+            mock_get_user(mocker, user=platform_admin_user)
+            client.login(platform_admin_user)
+            response = client.get(url_for('main.platform_admin', start_date='2016-12-20', end_date='2012-12-28'))
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    resp_data = response.get_data(as_text=True)
+    assert 'Platform admin' in resp_data
+    assert 'Showing stats for today' in resp_data
+    assert 'Live services' in resp_data
+    assert 'Trial mode services' in resp_data
+    mock_get_detailed_services.assert_called_once_with({'detailed': True,
+                                                        'start_date': '2016-12-20', 'end_date': '2012-12-28'})
+
+
 def test_create_global_stats_sets_failure_rates(fake_uuid):
     services = [
         service_json(fake_uuid, 'a', []),