diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/viewsets/specification.py b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/viewsets/specification.py
index 12ec48a5ce3a504d1edd7df35e418451a66b3e1b..ba12a41f67d92e1b9cc7b86d45053bc719f82ffb 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/viewsets/specification.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/viewsets/specification.py
@@ -320,19 +320,9 @@ class ProjectCategoryViewSet(LOFARViewSet):
     serializer_class = serializers.ProjectCategorySerializer
 
 
-class SchedulingUnitDraftPropertyFilter(property_filters.PropertyFilterSet):
-    start_time = property_filters.PropertyIsoDateTimeFromToRangeFilter(field_name='start_time')
-    stop_time = property_filters.PropertyIsoDateTimeFromToRangeFilter(field_name='stop_time')
-
-    class Meta:
-        model = models.SchedulingUnitDraft
-        fields = ['start_time', 'stop_time']
-
-
 class SchedulingUnitDraftViewSet(LOFARViewSet):
     queryset = models.SchedulingUnitDraft.objects.all()
     serializer_class = serializers.SchedulingUnitDraftSerializer
-    filter_class = SchedulingUnitDraftPropertyFilter
 
     # prefetch all reverse related references from other models on their related_name to avoid a ton of duplicate queries
     queryset = queryset.prefetch_related('copied_from') \
diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/test/t_tmssapp_specification_REST_API.py b/SAS/TMSS/test/t_tmssapp_specification_REST_API.py
index c6b0d3d717a631fbd1dae694c2951ccf88851478..906e1ebcaf53a9408ec9a1d5216c361af5251df9 100755
--- a/SAS/TMSS/test/t_tmssapp_specification_REST_API.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/test/t_tmssapp_specification_REST_API.py
@@ -1944,6 +1944,21 @@ class SchedulingUnitBlueprintTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         GET_OK_and_assert_equal_expected_response(self, BASE_URL + '/scheduling_unit_blueprint/%s/' % id1, test_data_1)
         GET_OK_and_assert_equal_expected_response(self, BASE_URL + '/scheduling_unit_blueprint/%s/' % id2, test_data_2)
 
+    def test_GET_SchedulingUnitBlueprint_view_can_filter_for_time_range(self):
+
+        # setup
+        subtask_1 = models.Subtask.objects.create(**Subtask_test_data(start_time=datetime(2050, 1, 1, 10, 0, 0), stop_time=datetime(2050, 1, 1, 14, 0, 0)))
+        subtask_2 = models.Subtask.objects.create(**Subtask_test_data(start_time=datetime(2050, 1, 5, 10, 0, 0), stop_time=datetime(2050, 1, 5, 14, 0, 0)))
+
+        # assert
+        response_1 = GET_and_assert_equal_expected_code(self, BASE_URL + '/scheduling_unit_blueprint/?start_time_after=2050-01-01T9:00:00&stop_time_before=2050-01-01T15:00:00', 200)
+        response_2 = GET_and_assert_equal_expected_code(self, BASE_URL + '/scheduling_unit_blueprint/?start_time_after=2050-01-01T9:00:00&stop_time_before=2050-01-05T15:00:00', 200)
+
+        self.assertEqual(response_1['count'], 1)
+        self.assertEqual(response_2['count'], 2)
+
+
+
 
 
 class TaskBlueprintTestCase(unittest.TestCase):