diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/9114-redfish-utils-update-remove-default-applytime.yml b/changelogs/fragments/9114-redfish-utils-update-remove-default-applytime.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..672545a0a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/9114-redfish-utils-update-remove-default-applytime.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - redfish_utils module utils - remove undocumented default applytime (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9114).
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/redfish_utils.py b/plugins/module_utils/redfish_utils.py
index f795eac6cd..9f638c51f4 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/redfish_utils.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/redfish_utils.py
@@ -1958,7 +1958,7 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
         update_uri = data['MultipartHttpPushUri']
 
         # Assemble the JSON payload portion of the request
-        payload = {"@Redfish.OperationApplyTime": "Immediate"}
+        payload = {}
         if targets:
             payload["Targets"] = targets
         if apply_time: