--- a/scripts/build/mkver.in
+++ b/scripts/build/mkver.in
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  *) ConfStr="${ConfStr}-@VER_SUFFIX@" ;;
 esac
 
-ConfStr="$ConfStr `LC_TIME=C TZ=UTC date`"
+ConfStr="$ConfStr"
 
 if [ ! -f .version ]; then
   echo 0 > .version