diff --git a/share/genbuild.sh b/share/genbuild.sh
index 6d35faa97..42b5778c2 100755
--- a/share/genbuild.sh
+++ b/share/genbuild.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ fi
 
 DESC=""
 SUFFIX=""
-LAST_COMMIT_DATE=""
 if [ -e "$(which git 2>/dev/null)" -a "$(git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>/dev/null)" = "true" ]; then
     # clean 'dirty' status of touched files that haven't been modified
     git diff >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
@@ -36,9 +35,6 @@ if [ -e "$(which git 2>/dev/null)" -a "$(git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>/
     # otherwise generate suffix from git, i.e. string like "59887e8-dirty"
     SUFFIX=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
     git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- || SUFFIX="$SUFFIX-dirty"
-
-    # get a string like "2012-04-10 16:27:19 +0200"
-    LAST_COMMIT_DATE="$(git log -n 1 --format="%ci")"
 fi
 
 if [ -n "$DESC" ]; then
@@ -52,7 +48,4 @@ fi
 # only update build.h if necessary
 if [ "$INFO" != "$NEWINFO" ]; then
     echo "$NEWINFO" >"$FILE"
-    if [ -n "$LAST_COMMIT_DATE" ]; then
-        echo "#define BUILD_DATE \"$LAST_COMMIT_DATE\"" >> "$FILE"
-    fi
 fi
diff --git a/src/clientversion.cpp b/src/clientversion.cpp
index 36dc4b2d4..9b3750140 100644
--- a/src/clientversion.cpp
+++ b/src/clientversion.cpp
@@ -90,16 +90,7 @@ const std::string CLIENT_NAME("MagicBean");
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#ifndef BUILD_DATE
-#ifdef GIT_COMMIT_DATE
-#define BUILD_DATE GIT_COMMIT_DATE
-#else
-#define BUILD_DATE __DATE__ ", " __TIME__
-#endif
-#endif
-
 const std::string CLIENT_BUILD(BUILD_DESC CLIENT_VERSION_SUFFIX);
-const std::string CLIENT_DATE(BUILD_DATE);
 
 std::string FormatVersion(int nVersion)
 {
diff --git a/src/clientversion.h b/src/clientversion.h
index 8e52e0e1a..c0af64569 100644
--- a/src/clientversion.h
+++ b/src/clientversion.h
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ static const int CLIENT_VERSION =
 
 extern const std::string CLIENT_NAME;
 extern const std::string CLIENT_BUILD;
-extern const std::string CLIENT_DATE;
 
 
 std::string FormatVersion(int nVersion);
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index d3dc39c23..ea15d1f1d 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ void InitLogging()
         fLogTimestamps);
 
     LogPrintf("\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n");
-    LogPrintf("Zcash version %s (%s)\n", FormatFullVersion(), CLIENT_DATE);
+    LogPrintf("Zcash version %s\n", FormatFullVersion());
 }
 
 [[noreturn]] static void new_handler_terminate()
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
index 35f4635ca..d8a7a02e5 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ UniValue dumpwallet_impl(const UniValue& params, bool fDumpZKeys)
     KeyIO keyIO(Params());
 
     // produce output
-    file << strprintf("# Wallet dump created by Zcash %s (%s)\n", CLIENT_BUILD, CLIENT_DATE);
+    file << strprintf("# Wallet dump created by Zcash %s\n", CLIENT_BUILD);
     file << strprintf("# * Created on %s\n", EncodeDumpTime(GetTime()));
     file << strprintf("# * Best block at time of backup was %i (%s),\n", chainActive.Height(), chainActive.Tip()->GetBlockHash().ToString());
     file << strprintf("#   mined on %s\n", EncodeDumpTime(chainActive.Tip()->GetBlockTime()));