--- a/src/libsox.c
+++ b/src/libsox.c
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ sox_version_info_t const * sox_version_i
 #else
         NULL,
 #endif
-        /* sox_time */
-        __DATE__ " " __TIME__,
         /* sox_distro */
 #ifdef DISTRO
         DISTRO,
--- a/src/sox.h
+++ b/src/sox.h
@@ -1321,7 +1321,6 @@ typedef struct sox_version_info_t {
     sox_uint32_t version_code; /**< version number = 0x140400 */
     char const * version;      /**< version string = sox_version(), for example, "14.4.0" */
     char const * version_extra;/**< version extra info or null = "PACKAGE_EXTRA", for example, "beta" */
-    char const * time;         /**< build time = "__DATE__ __TIME__", for example, "Jan  7 2010 03:31:50" */
     char const * distro;       /**< distro or null = "DISTRO", for example, "Debian" */
     char const * compiler;     /**< compiler info or null, for example, "msvc 160040219" */
     char const * arch;         /**< arch, for example, "1248 48 44 L OMP" */
--- a/src/sox.c
+++ b/src/sox.c
@@ -1828,8 +1828,6 @@ static void display_SoX_version(FILE * f
       info->version_extra ? info->version_extra : "");
 
   if (sox_globals.verbosity > 3) {
-    if (info->time)
-      fprintf(file, "time:     %s\n", info->time);
     if (info->distro)
       fprintf(file, "issue:    %s\n", info->distro);
 #if HAVE_SYS_UTSNAME_H