diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index e1f8b30..65bbc87 100644
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -3,20 +3,10 @@
 
 import pathlib
 import zipfile
-import subprocess
-import time
 
 
 def reproducible_date():
-    fallback = (1980, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)
-    git_time = subprocess.run(
-        ["git", "show", "-s", "--format=%ct"], capture_output=True
-    )
-    if git_time.returncode != 0:
-        return fallback
-    commit_time = int(git_time.stdout.decode("utf-8").split("\n")[0])
-    t = time.gmtime(commit_time)
-    return (t.tm_year, t.tm_mon, t.tm_mday, t.tm_hour, t.tm_min, t.tm_sec)
+    return (2000, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)
 
 
 def clean_zip(path):