diff --git a/matroska/KaxVersion.h b/matroska/KaxVersion.h
index f66573b7..2bd11181 100644
--- a/matroska/KaxVersion.h
+++ b/matroska/KaxVersion.h
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ namespace libmatroska {
 #define LIBMATROSKA_VERSION 0x020000
 
 extern const MATROSKA_DLL_API std::string KaxCodeVersion;
-extern const MATROSKA_DLL_API std::string KaxCodeDate;
 
 /*!
   \todo Improve the CRC/ECC system (backward and forward possible ?) to fit streaming/live writing/simple reading
diff --git a/src/KaxVersion.cpp b/src/KaxVersion.cpp
index d450d530..34655b31 100644
--- a/src/KaxVersion.cpp
+++ b/src/KaxVersion.cpp
@@ -12,9 +12,4 @@ namespace libmatroska {
 
 const std::string KaxCodeVersion = "2.0.0";
 
-// Up to version 1.4.4 this library exported a build date string. As
-// this made the build non-reproducible, replace it by a placeholder to
-// remain binary compatible.
-const std::string KaxCodeDate = "Unknown";
-
 } // namespace libmatroska
diff --git a/test/ebml/test00.cpp b/test/ebml/test00.cpp
index 09cd46e4..04ba7a45 100644
--- a/test/ebml/test00.cpp
+++ b/test/ebml/test00.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const char RW_FILENAME[] = "test.kax";
 */
 int main(void)
 {
-  printf("Test00 :\nEBML %s %s / Matroska %s %s\n", EbmlCodeVersion.c_str(), EbmlCodeDate.c_str(), KaxCodeVersion.c_str(), KaxCodeDate.c_str());
+  printf("Test00 :\nEBML %s / Matroska %s\n", EbmlCodeVersion.c_str(), KaxCodeVersion.c_str());
   StdIOCallback Ebml_file(RW_FILENAME, ::MODE_CREATE);
 
   ///// Writing test