diff --git a/scripts/scan-api b/scripts/scan-api
index 7e26acdcb..29837c8a2 100755
--- a/scripts/scan-api
+++ b/scripts/scan-api
@@ -184,8 +184,7 @@ exec ${GUILE-guile} -l $0 -c "(apply $main (cdr (command-line)))" "$@"
                      (lambda (a b)
                        (string<? (get a 'string)
                                  (get b 'string))))))
-      (format #t ";;; generated ~A UTC by scan-api -- do not edit!\n\n"
-              (strftime "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" (gmtime (current-time))))
+      (format #t ";;; generated by scan-api -- do not edit!\n\n")
       (format #t "(\n")
       (format #t "(meta\n")
       (format #t "  (GUILE_LOAD_PATH . ~S)\n"