diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 763a772df..89e6006f3 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST += \
 	include/xorg-config.h.meson.in \
 	include/xwin-config.h.meson.in \
 	hw/xfree86/loader/symbol-test.c \
-	buildDateTime.sh \
 	composite/meson.build \
 	config/meson.build \
 	damageext/meson.build \
diff --git a/buildDateTime.h.in b/buildDateTime.h.in
deleted file mode 100644
index a4f56b0ae..000000000
--- a/buildDateTime.h.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#define BUILD_DATE @BUILD_DATE@
-#define BUILD_TIME @BUILD_TIME@
diff --git a/buildDateTime.sh b/buildDateTime.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 5f859a5d8..000000000
--- a/buildDateTime.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-DATE_FMT="%Y%m%d"
-TIME_FMT="1%H%M%S"
-
-BUILD_DATE="`date "+$DATE_FMT"`"
-BUILD_TIME="`date "+$TIME_FMT"`"
-if test "x$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" != "x"; then
-	BUILD_DATE="`date -u -d "@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" "+$DATE_FMT" 2>/dev/null || date -u -r "$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" "+$DATE_FMT" 2>/dev/null || date -u "+$DATE_FMT"`"
-	BUILD_TIME="`date -u -d "@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" "+$TIME_FMT" 2>/dev/null || date -u -r "$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" "+$TIME_FMT" 2>/dev/null || date -u "+$TIME_FMT"`"
-fi
-
-output=$1
-echo "#define BUILD_DATE $BUILD_DATE" > $output
-echo "#define BUILD_TIME $BUILD_TIME" >> $output
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9148b94f4..92b593acb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2383,16 +2383,6 @@ AC_DEFINE_DIR(PROJECTROOT, prefix, [Overall prefix])
 AC_DEFINE_DIR(SYSCONFDIR, sysconfdir, [sysconfdir])
 
 AC_SUBST([RELEASE_DATE])
-DATE_FMT="%Y%m%d"
-TIME_FMT="1%H%M%S"
-BUILD_DATE="`date "+$DATE_FMT"`"
-BUILD_TIME="`date "+$TIME_FMT"`"
-if test "x$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" != "x"; then
-	BUILD_DATE="`date -u -d "@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" "+$DATE_FMT" 2>/dev/null || date -u -r "$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" "+$DATE_FMT" 2>/dev/null || date -u "+$DATE_FMT"`"
-	BUILD_TIME="`date -u -d "@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" "+$TIME_FMT" 2>/dev/null || date -u -r "$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" "+$TIME_FMT" 2>/dev/null || date -u "+$TIME_FMT"`"
-fi
-AC_SUBST([BUILD_DATE])
-AC_SUBST([BUILD_TIME])
 
 DIX_CFLAGS="-DHAVE_DIX_CONFIG_H $XSERVER_CFLAGS"
 
@@ -2413,7 +2403,6 @@ if test "x$CONFIG_HAL" = xno && test "x$CONFIG_UDEV" = xno; then
 fi
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
-buildDateTime.h
 Makefile
 glx/Makefile
 include/Makefile
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c
index 1377710db..2b1d7ed96 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
 #include "xf86_OSlib.h"
 #include "xf86cmap.h"
 #include "xorgVersion.h"
-#include "buildDateTime.h"
 #include "mipointer.h"
 #include <X11/extensions/XI.h>
 #include <X11/extensions/XIproto.h>
@@ -188,28 +187,6 @@ xf86PrintBanner(void)
         }
     }
 #endif
-#if defined(BUILD_DATE) && (BUILD_DATE > 19000000)
-    {
-        struct tm t;
-        char buf[100];
-
-        memset(&t, 0, sizeof(t));
-        memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
-        t.tm_mday = BUILD_DATE % 100;
-        t.tm_mon = (BUILD_DATE / 100) % 100 - 1;
-        t.tm_year = BUILD_DATE / 10000 - 1900;
-#if defined(BUILD_TIME)
-        t.tm_sec = BUILD_TIME % 100;
-        t.tm_min = (BUILD_TIME / 100) % 100;
-        t.tm_hour = (BUILD_TIME / 10000) % 100;
-        if (strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d %B %Y  %I:%M:%S%p", &t))
-            xf86ErrorFVerb(0, "Build Date: %s\n", buf);
-#else
-        if (strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d %B %Y", &t))
-            xf86ErrorFVerb(0, "Build Date: %s\n", buf);
-#endif
-    }
-#endif
 #if defined(BUILDERSTRING)
     xf86ErrorFVerb(0, "%s \n", BUILDERSTRING);
 #endif
diff --git a/hw/xquartz/darwin.c b/hw/xquartz/darwin.c
index 5c7e96e87..2826fd6b0 100644
--- a/hw/xquartz/darwin.c
+++ b/hw/xquartz/darwin.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 
 #include <X11/X.h>
 #include <X11/Xproto.h>
-#include "buildDateTime.h"
 #include "os.h"
 #include "servermd.h"
 #include "inputstr.h"
@@ -169,7 +168,6 @@ DarwinPrintBanner(void)
 {
     ErrorF("Xquartz starting:\n");
     ErrorF("X.Org X Server %s\n", XSERVER_VERSION);
-    ErrorF("Build Date: %d\n", BUILD_DATE);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/hw/xquartz/mach-startup/bundle-main.c b/hw/xquartz/mach-startup/bundle-main.c
index 5a593e75f..09ed5e390 100644
--- a/hw/xquartz/mach-startup/bundle-main.c
+++ b/hw/xquartz/mach-startup/bundle-main.c
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
 #include "mach_startupServer.h"
 
 #include "console_redirect.h"
-#include "buildDateTime.h"
 
 /* From darwinEvents.c ... but don't want to pull in all the server cruft */
 void
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ asm (".desc ___crashreporter_info__, 0x10");
 #endif
 
 static const char *__crashreporter_info__base =
-    "X.Org X Server " XSERVER_VERSION " Build Date: " STRINGIZE(BUILD_DATE);
+    "X.Org X Server " XSERVER_VERSION ";
 
 char *bundle_id_prefix = NULL;
 static char *server_bootstrap_name = NULL;
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 08395ff62..639acad8a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -584,12 +584,6 @@ manpage_config.set('modulepath', module_dir)
 manpage_config.set('suid_wrapper_dir', join_paths(get_option('prefix'), 'libexec'))
 manpage_config.set('default_font_path', default_font_path)
 
-# generate header containing date & time build was configued
-build_date_time = configure_file(
-    output: 'buildDateTime.h',
-    command: ['sh', join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'buildDateTime.sh'), '@OUTPUT@'],
-)
-
 # Include must come first, as it sets up dix-config.h
 subdir('include')