diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c89a7aa5..2480d529 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 VERSION = $(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
 HASH = $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-DATE = $(shell python -c 'import time; print(time.strftime("%B %d, %Y"))')
+DATE = $(shell go run tools/build-date.go)
 
 # Builds micro after checking dependencies but without updating the runtime
 build: deps tcell
diff --git a/tools/build-date.go b/tools/build-date.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff994d2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build-date.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	fmt.Println(time.Now().Local().Format("January 02, 2006"))
+}