diff --git a/maven.changes b/maven.changes
index 51f3794..d7bf87d 100644
--- a/maven.changes
+++ b/maven.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep 12 12:55:07 UTC 2023 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Reproducible builds: do not output build number
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Sep  4 15:13:23 UTC 2023 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/maven.spec b/maven.spec
index 5c05723..b5bbc48 100644
--- a/maven.spec
+++ b/maven.spec
@@ -202,9 +202,7 @@ rm apache-maven/src/main/appended-resources/META-INF/LICENSE.vm
 %pom_remove_plugin -r :maven-site-plugin
 %pom_remove_plugin -r :buildnumber-maven-plugin
 sed -i "
-/buildNumber=/ {
-  s/=.*/=SUSE %{version}-%{release}/
-}
+/buildNumber=/ d
 /timestamp=/ d
 " `find -name build.properties`
 sed -i "s/version=.*/version=%{version}/" `find -name build.properties`