diff --git a/lyx.spec b/lyx.spec
index be7c5b3..bc253f2 100644
--- a/lyx.spec
+++ b/lyx.spec
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ each paragraph. Of course, low level formatting is still possible.
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p1
-#remove build date from lyx binary to avoid unnecessary rebuilds
+# Remove build time references so build-compare can do its work
+FAKE_BUILDTIME=$(LC_ALL=C date -u -r %{_sourcedir}/%{name}.changes '+%%H:%%M') 
 FAKE_BUILDDATE=$(LC_ALL=C date -u -r %{_sourcedir}/%{name}.changes '+%%b %%e %%Y')  
-sed -i "s/__DATE__/\"$FAKE_BUILDDATE\"/" src/LyX.cpp  
-FAKE_BUILDTIME=$(LC_ALL=C date -u -r %{_sourcedir}/%{name}.changes '+%%H:%%M:%%S')  
 sed -i "s/__TIME__/\"$FAKE_BUILDTIME\"/" src/LyX.cpp
-
+sed -i "s/__DATE__/\"$FAKE_BUILDDATE\"/" src/LyX.cpp  
+ 
 %build
 #%{?suse_update_config:%{suse_update_config -f config}}
 ./autogen.sh