diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux/default.nix
index cf2783b9bbee..13749d7eaa15 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     --enable-write
     --enable-last
     --enable-mesg
-    --enable-ddate
     --disable-use-tty-group
     --enable-fs-paths-default=/var/setuid-wrappers:/var/run/current-system/sw/bin:/sbin
     ${if ncurses == null then "--without-ncurses" else ""}