--- a/scripts/build/mkver.in
+++ b/scripts/build/mkver.in
@@ -15,12 +15,7 @@
  *) ConfStr="${ConfStr}-@VER_SUFFIX@" ;;
 esac
 
-if [ -n "$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" ]; then
-   ConfStr="$ConfStr `LC_TIME=C TZ=UTC date -d@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH 2>/dev/null`" ||
-   ConfStr="$ConfStr `LC_TIME=C TZ=UTC date -r $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH`"
-else
-   ConfStr="$ConfStr `LC_TIME=C TZ=UTC date`"
-fi
+ConfStr="$ConfStr"
 
 if [ ! -f .version ]; then
   echo 0 > .version