diff --git a/socat.c b/socat.c
index 5062914..4c9aa1a 100644
--- a/socat.c
+++ b/socat.c
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ static int socat_newchild(void);
 static const char socatversion[] =
 #include "./VERSION"
       ;
-static const char timestamp[] = __DATE__" "__TIME__;
-
 const char copyright_socat[] = "socat by Gerhard Rieger - see www.dest-unreach.org";
 #if WITH_OPENSSL
 const char copyright_openssl[] = "This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. (http://www.openssl.org/)";
@@ -273,7 +271,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[]) {
    Info(copyright_openssl);
    Info(copyright_ssleay);
 #endif
-   Debug2("socat version %s on %s", socatversion, timestamp);
+   Debug1("socat version %s", socatversion);
    xiosetenv("VERSION", socatversion, 1);	/* SOCAT_VERSION */
    uname(&ubuf);	/* ! here we circumvent internal tracing (Uname) */
    Debug4("running on %s version %s, release %s, machine %s\n",
@@ -363,7 +361,7 @@ void socat_version(FILE *fd) {
    struct utsname ubuf;
 
    fputs(copyright_socat, fd); fputc('\n', fd);
-   fprintf(fd, "socat version %s on %s\n", socatversion, timestamp);
+   fprintf(fd, "socat version %s\n", socatversion);
    Uname(&ubuf);
    fprintf(fd, "   running on %s version %s, release %s, machine %s\n",
 	   ubuf.sysname, ubuf.version, ubuf.release, ubuf.machine);