diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index dcea0c2d..46efdc4d 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -197,8 +197,6 @@
         pkgs.dockerTools.buildImage {
           name = package.pname;
           tag = "main";
-          # Debian makes builds reproducible through using the HEAD commit's date
-          created = builtins.substring 0 8 self.lastModifiedDate;
           copyToRoot = [
             pkgs.dockerTools.caCertificates
           ];