diff --git a/freerdp.changes b/freerdp.changes
index 4438aa1..25c9ee1 100644
--- a/freerdp.changes
+++ b/freerdp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 18 08:44:26 UTC 2016 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Kill off __DATE__ from built sources.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May 17 10:25:00 UTC 2016 - fezhang@suse.com
 
diff --git a/freerdp.spec b/freerdp.spec
index ed1dcb0..ad4d1fc 100644
--- a/freerdp.spec
+++ b/freerdp.spec
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ based on libfreerdp.
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}
 
 %build
+find . -type f -name "*.c" -exec perl -i -pe 's{__(DATE|TIME)__}{""}g' "{}" "+"
 %cmake \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%{_prefix} \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=%{_lib} \