diff --git a/src/openvpn/options.c b/src/openvpn/options.c
index 3eae14a7..0ce3158b 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/options.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/options.c
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ const char title_string[] =
 #ifdef ENABLE_DCO
     " [DCO]"
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIGURE_GIT_REVISION
     " built on " __DATE__
+#endif
 ;
 
 #ifndef ENABLE_SMALL
diff --git a/src/tapctl/main.c b/src/tapctl/main.c
index e13549bf..0724cc4d 100644
--- a/src/tapctl/main.c
+++ b/src/tapctl/main.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 
 const TCHAR title_string[] =
     TEXT(PACKAGE_NAME) TEXT(" ") TEXT(PACKAGE_VERSION)
-    TEXT(" built on ") TEXT(__DATE__)
 ;
 
 static const TCHAR usage_message[] =