diff --git a/conda/build_conda_packages.sh b/conda/build_conda_packages.sh
index 878dd858..91cd3397 100755
--- a/conda/build_conda_packages.sh
+++ b/conda/build_conda_packages.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ NV_INGEST_CLIENT_DIR="${BUILD_SCRIPT_BASE}/packages/nv_ingest_client"
 echo "Using OUTPUT_DIR: $OUTPUT_DIR"
 mkdir -p "${OUTPUT_DIR}/linux-64"
 
-DATE_STRING="$(date +%y%m%d)"
 GIT_SHA=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 
 ##############################
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ GIT_SHA=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 ##############################
 if [[ "${BUILD_NV_INGEST}" -eq 1 ]]; then
     echo "Building nv_ingest..."
-    GIT_ROOT="${GIT_ROOT}" DATE_STRING="${DATE_STRING}" GIT_SHA="${GIT_SHA}" conda build "${NV_INGEST_DIR}" \
+    GIT_ROOT="${GIT_ROOT}" GIT_SHA="${GIT_SHA}" conda build "${NV_INGEST_DIR}" \
         -c nvidia/label/dev -c rapidsai -c nvidia -c conda-forge -c pytorch \
         --output-folder "${OUTPUT_DIR}" --no-anaconda-upload
 else
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ fi
 
 if [[ "${BUILD_NV_INGEST_CLIENT}" -eq 1 ]]; then
     echo "Building nv_ingest_client..."
-    GIT_ROOT="${GIT_ROOT}/client" DATE_STRING="${DATE_STRING}" GIT_SHA="${GIT_SHA}" conda build "${NV_INGEST_CLIENT_DIR}" \
+    GIT_ROOT="${GIT_ROOT}/client" GIT_SHA="${GIT_SHA}" conda build "${NV_INGEST_CLIENT_DIR}" \
         -c conda-forge \
         --output-folder "${OUTPUT_DIR}" --no-anaconda-upload
 else
diff --git a/conda/packages/nv_ingest/meta.yaml b/conda/packages/nv_ingest/meta.yaml
index 04e9f3dd..611d0d02 100644
--- a/conda/packages/nv_ingest/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/packages/nv_ingest/meta.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 {% set name = data.get('name', 'nv_ingest') | lower %}
 {% set version = data.get('version') %}
 {% set py_version = environ['CONDA_PY'] %}
-{% set date_string = environ['DATE_STRING'] %}
 {% set GIT_SHA = environ['GIT_SHA'] %}
 
 # Determine Git root, falling back to default path ../../.. if Git is not available or the directory is not a Git repo
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ source:
 
 build:
   number: 0
-  string: py{{ py_version }}_{{ date_string }}_{{ GIT_SHA }}
+  string: py{{ py_version }}_{{ GIT_SHA }}
   script:
     - {{ PYTHON }} -m pip install . --no-deps -vv
 
diff --git a/conda/packages/nv_ingest_client/meta.yaml b/conda/packages/nv_ingest_client/meta.yaml
index d15ffaaa..079515e5 100644
--- a/conda/packages/nv_ingest_client/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/packages/nv_ingest_client/meta.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 {% set name = data.get('name', 'nv_ingest_client') | lower %}
 {% set version = data.get('version') %}
 {% set py_version = environ['CONDA_PY'] %}
-{% set date_string = environ['DATE_STRING'] %}
 {% set GIT_SHA = environ['GIT_SHA'] %}
 
 # Determine Git root, falling back to default path ../../.. if Git is not available or the directory is not a Git repo
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ source:
 
 build:
   number: 0
-  string: py{{ py_version }}_{{ date_string }}_{{ GIT_SHA }}
+  string: py{{ py_version }}_{{ GIT_SHA }}
   script:
     - {{ PYTHON }} -m pip install ./ --no-deps -vv