diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b67efa04ee2..effdc2f230d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -697,8 +697,7 @@ class Clean(clean):
 
 
 INSTALL_VERSION_TEMPLATE = '''\
-# This file was auto-generated by salt's setup on \
-{date:%A, %d %B %Y @ %H:%m:%S UTC}.
+# This file was auto-generated by salt's setup
 
 from salt.version import SaltStackVersion