diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b2010491e..9fc50df80 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ libtool
 src/config/bitcoin-config.h
 src/config/bitcoin-config.h.in
 src/config/stamp-h1
-share/setup.nsi
 
 cache/
 venv-mnf/
diff --git a/share/genbuild.sh b/share/genbuild.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a15cb34e4..000000000
--- a/share/genbuild.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
-    cd "$2"
-fi
-if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
-    FILE="$1"
-    shift
-    if [ -f "$FILE" ]; then
-        INFO="$(head -n 1 "$FILE")"
-    fi
-else
-    echo "Usage: $0 <filename> <srcroot>"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-DESC=""
-SUFFIX=""
-LAST_COMMIT_DATE=""
-if [ -e "$(which git 2>/dev/null)" -a "$(git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>/dev/null)" = "true" ]; then
-    # clean 'dirty' status of touched files that haven't been modified
-    git diff >/dev/null 2>/dev/null 
-
-    # if latest commit is tagged and not dirty, then override using the tag name
-    RAWDESC=$(git describe --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null)
-    if [ "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" = "$(git rev-list -1 $RAWDESC 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
-        git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- && DESC=$RAWDESC
-    fi
-
-    # otherwise generate suffix from git, i.e. string like "59887e8-dirty"
-    SUFFIX=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-    git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- || SUFFIX="$SUFFIX-dirty"
-
-    # get a string like "2012-04-10 16:27:19 +0200"
-    LAST_COMMIT_DATE="$(git log -n 1 --format="%ci")"
-fi
-
-if [ -n "$DESC" ]; then
-    NEWINFO="#define BUILD_DESC \"$DESC\""
-elif [ -n "$SUFFIX" ]; then
-    NEWINFO="#define BUILD_SUFFIX $SUFFIX"
-else
-    NEWINFO="// No build information available"
-fi
-
-# only update build.h if necessary
-if [ "$INFO" != "$NEWINFO" ]; then
-    echo "$NEWINFO" >"$FILE"
-    if [ -n "$LAST_COMMIT_DATE" ]; then
-        echo "#define BUILD_DATE \"$LAST_COMMIT_DATE\"" >> "$FILE"
-    fi
-fi
diff --git a/src/clientversion.cpp b/src/clientversion.cpp
index 5702fbb95..cd6126eb1 100644
--- a/src/clientversion.cpp
+++ b/src/clientversion.cpp
@@ -104,16 +104,7 @@ const std::string CLIENT_NAME = GetArg("-clientname", "GoldenSandtrout");
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#ifndef BUILD_DATE
-#ifdef GIT_COMMIT_DATE
-#define BUILD_DATE GIT_COMMIT_DATE
-#else
-#define BUILD_DATE __DATE__ ", " __TIME__
-#endif
-#endif
-
 const std::string CLIENT_BUILD(BUILD_DESC CLIENT_VERSION_SUFFIX);
-const std::string CLIENT_DATE(BUILD_DATE);
 
 std::string FormatVersion(int nVersion)
 {
diff --git a/src/clientversion.h b/src/clientversion.h
index 1b2802b35..03657120e 100644
--- a/src/clientversion.h
+++ b/src/clientversion.h
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ static const int CLIENT_VERSION =
 
 extern const std::string CLIENT_NAME;
 extern const std::string CLIENT_BUILD;
-extern const std::string CLIENT_DATE;
 
 
 std::string FormatVersion(int nVersion);
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index e057282be..6c0b81b75 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
 
 
     LogPrintf("\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n");
-    LogPrintf("Hush version %s (%s)\n", FormatFullVersion(), CLIENT_DATE);
+    LogPrintf("Hush version %s (%s)\n", FormatFullVersion());
 
     // when specifying an explicit binding address, you want to listen on it
     // even when -connect or -proxy is specified
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
index db2727923..8b3b932c1 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ UniValue dumpwallet_impl(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp, bool fDumpZKeys)
     std::sort(vKeyBirth.begin(), vKeyBirth.end());
 
     // produce output
-    file << strprintf("# Wallet dump created by Hush %s (%s)\n", CLIENT_BUILD, CLIENT_DATE);
+    file << strprintf("# Wallet dump created by Hush %s (%s)\n", CLIENT_BUILD);
     file << strprintf("# * Created on %s\n", EncodeDumpTime(GetTime()));
     file << strprintf("# * Best block at time of backup was %i (%s),\n", chainActive.Height(), chainActive.Tip()->GetBlockHash().ToString());
     file << strprintf("#   mined on %s\n", EncodeDumpTime(chainActive.Tip()->GetBlockTime()));