--- a/src/process.c
+++ b/src/process.c
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@
 
 	openlogger(identname, logmode);
 
-	logger(DEBUG_ALWAYS, LOG_NOTICE, "tincd %s (%s %s) starting, debug level %d",
-			   BUILD_VERSION, BUILD_DATE, BUILD_TIME, debug_level);
+	logger(DEBUG_ALWAYS, LOG_NOTICE, "tincd %s starting, debug level %d",
+			   BUILD_VERSION, debug_level);
 
 	return true;
 }
--- a/src/tincctl.c
+++ b/src/tincctl.c
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@
 };
 
 static void version(void) {
-	printf("%s version %s (built %s %s, protocol %d.%d)\n", PACKAGE,
-		   BUILD_VERSION, BUILD_DATE, BUILD_TIME, PROT_MAJOR, PROT_MINOR);
+	printf("%s version %s (protocol %d.%d)\n", PACKAGE,
+		   BUILD_VERSION, PROT_MAJOR, PROT_MINOR);
 	printf("Copyright (C) 1998-2016 Ivo Timmermans, Guus Sliepen and others.\n"
 			"See the AUTHORS file for a complete list.\n\n"
 			"tinc comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.  This is free software,\n"
--- a/src/tincd.c
+++ b/src/tincd.c
@@ -344,8 +344,8 @@
 	chdir(confbase);
 
 	if(show_version) {
-		printf("%s version %s (built %s %s, protocol %d.%d)\n", PACKAGE,
-			   BUILD_VERSION, BUILD_DATE, BUILD_TIME, PROT_MAJOR, PROT_MINOR);
+		printf("%s version %s (protocol %d.%d)\n", PACKAGE,
+			   BUILD_VERSION, PROT_MAJOR, PROT_MINOR);
 		printf("Copyright (C) 1998-2016 Ivo Timmermans, Guus Sliepen and others.\n"
 				"See the AUTHORS file for a complete list.\n\n"
 				"tinc comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.  This is free software,\n"
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 #include "../config.h"
 
 /* This file is always rebuilt (even if there are no changes) so that the following is updated */
-const char* const BUILD_DATE = __DATE__;
-const char* const BUILD_TIME = __TIME__;
 #ifdef GIT_DESCRIPTION
 const char* const BUILD_VERSION = GIT_DESCRIPTION;
 #else