diff --git a/calendar/providers/gdata/components/calGoogleRequest.js b/calendar/providers/gdata/components/calGoogleRequest.js
index e9b7e13225..50fb34d25f 100644
--- a/calendar/providers/gdata/components/calGoogleRequest.js
+++ b/calendar/providers/gdata/components/calGoogleRequest.js
@@ -50,10 +50,8 @@ function calGoogleRequest(aSession) {
 calGoogleRequest.prototype = {
 
     /* Members */
-    uri: null,
     mUploadContent: null,
     mUploadData: null,
-    responseListener: null,
     mSession: null,
     mExtraData: null,
     mQueryParameters: null,
diff --git a/calendar/providers/gdata/components/calGoogleUtils.js b/calendar/providers/gdata/components/calGoogleUtils.js
index 4e04d52595..d512375829 100644
--- a/calendar/providers/gdata/components/calGoogleUtils.js
+++ b/calendar/providers/gdata/components/calGoogleUtils.js
@@ -362,8 +362,11 @@ function ItemToXMLEntry(aItem, aAuthorEmail, aAuthorName) {
 
     // gd:when
     var duration = aItem.endDate.subtractDate(aItem.startDate);
-    entry.gd::when.@startTime = cal.toRFC3339(aItem.startDate);
-    entry.gd::when.@endTime = cal.toRFC3339(aItem.endDate);
+    if (!aItem.recurrenceInfo) {
+        // gd:when isn't allowed for recurring items where gd:recurrence is set
+        entry.gd::when.@startTime = cal.toRFC3339(aItem.startDate);
+        entry.gd::when.@endTime = cal.toRFC3339(aItem.endDate);
+    }
 
     // gd:reminder
     let alarms = aItem.getAlarms({});