diff --git a/cmd/celestia/util.go b/cmd/celestia/util.go
index 0e78b1dca6..e75be332f5 100644
--- a/cmd/celestia/util.go
+++ b/cmd/celestia/util.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ func persistentPreRunEnv(cmd *cobra.Command, nodeType node.Type, _ []string) err
 	}
 	ctx = cmdnode.WithNetwork(ctx, parsedNetwork)
 	ctx = cmdnode.WithNodeBuildInfo(ctx, &nodebuilder.BuildInfo{
-		BuildTime:       buildTime,
 		LastCommit:      lastCommit,
 		SemanticVersion: semanticVersion,
 		SystemVersion:   systemVersion,
diff --git a/nodebuilder/config.go b/nodebuilder/config.go
index 4d7937ac77..b43a05d588 100644
--- a/nodebuilder/config.go
+++ b/nodebuilder/config.go
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ func (cfg *Config) Decode(r io.Reader) error {
 
 // BuildInfo stores all necessary information for the current build.
 type BuildInfo struct {
-	BuildTime       string
 	LastCommit      string
 	SemanticVersion string
 	SystemVersion   string
diff --git a/nodebuilder/settings.go b/nodebuilder/settings.go
index f4b8094a95..c6d41a95d2 100644
--- a/nodebuilder/settings.go
+++ b/nodebuilder/settings.go
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ func initializeMetrics(
 			semconv.ServiceNameKey.String(fmt.Sprintf("Celestia-%s", nodeType.String())),
 			semconv.ServiceInstanceIDKey.String(peerID.String()),
 			// custom key-val pairs
-			attribute.String("service.buildTime", buildInfo.BuildTime),
 			attribute.String("service.lastCommit", buildInfo.LastCommit),
 			attribute.String("service.semanticVersion", buildInfo.SemanticVersion),
 			attribute.String("service.systemVersion", buildInfo.SystemVersion),