diff --git a/make-release-build b/make-release-build
index 23aa5e23..19dc5b7d 100755
--- a/make-release-build
+++ b/make-release-build
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ projectname=`sed -n 's,.*name="app_name">\(.*\)<.*,\1,p' res/values/strings.xml`
 export TZ=UTC
 TIMESTAMP=`printf '%(%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S)T' \
     $(git log -n1 --format=format:%at)`
-# run the clock at 5% speed, ant requires a moving clock
-TIMESTAMP_5=`printf '@%(%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S)T x0.05' \
-    $(git log -n1 --format=format:%at)`
 
 git reset --hard
 git clean -fdx
@@ -76,7 +73,7 @@ faketime "$TIMESTAMP" make -C external
 
 ./setup-ant
 
-faketime -f "$TIMESTAMP_5" ant release
+ant release
 
 apk=$projectroot/bin/$projectname-v$describe.apk