diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b132732..d120a4d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,18 +30,12 @@ How to verify the most important user journeys are not broken without writing a
       @Provides
       @Singleton
       def getTip(config: Config): Tip = {
-        val now = DateTimeFormat
-            .forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'")
-            .withZone(DateTimeZone.UTC)
-            .print(DateTime.now())
-    
         val tipConfig = TipConfig(
           owner = "guardian",
           repo = "identity",
           personalAccessToken = config.Tip.personalAccessToken, // set to empty string "" if you do not need GitHub label functionality
           label = "Verified in PROD",
-          boardSha = BuildInfo.GitHeadSha,
-          deployTime = now
+          boardSha = BuildInfo.GitHeadSha
         )
     
         if (config.App.stage == "PROD")
diff --git a/cloud/tip-create-board.js b/cloud/tip-create-board.js
index 143be56..7da5d9d 100644
--- a/cloud/tip-create-board.js
+++ b/cloud/tip-create-board.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const AWS = require('aws-sdk');
 AWS.config.update({region: 'eu-west-1'});
 const ddb = new AWS.DynamoDB.DocumentClient();
 
-function registerBoard(sha, board, repo, deployTime) {
+function registerBoard(sha, board, repo) {
     return ddb.put(
         {
             TableName: 'TipCloud-PROD',
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function registerBoard(sha, board, repo, deployTime) {
                 sha: sha,
                 board: board,
                 repo: repo,
-                deployTime: deployTime
+                deployTime: (new Date()).toISOString()
             }
         }
     ).promise();
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ exports.handler = (event, context, callback) => {
     const board = body.board;
     const sha = body.sha;
     const repo = body.repo;
-    const deployTime = body.deployTime;
 
-    registerBoard(sha, board, repo, deployTime)
+    registerBoard(sha, board, repo)
         .then(() => callback(null, {statusCode: 200, body: `{"field": "value"}`}));
 };
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/gu/tip/Configuration.scala b/src/main/scala/com/gu/tip/Configuration.scala
index c239db2..f86b70c 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/gu/tip/Configuration.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/gu/tip/Configuration.scala
@@ -12,14 +12,11 @@ import scala.io.Source
 
 // $COVERAGE-OFF$
 
-case class TipConfig(
-    owner: String,
-    repo: String,
-    personalAccessToken: String,
-    label: String,
-    boardSha: String = "",
-    deployTime: String = ""
-)
+case class TipConfig(owner: String,
+                     repo: String,
+                     personalAccessToken: String,
+                     label: String,
+                     boardSha: String = "")
 
 class TipConfigurationException(
     msg: String = "Missing TiP config. Please refer to README.")
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/gu/tip/Tip.scala b/src/main/scala/com/gu/tip/Tip.scala
index 8d5eed4..21d4862 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/gu/tip/Tip.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/gu/tip/Tip.scala
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ object Tip
     val sha = configuration.tipConfig.boardSha
     val repo =
       s"${configuration.tipConfig.owner}/${configuration.tipConfig.repo}"
-    val deployTime = configuration.tipConfig.deployTime
-    createBoard(sha, repo, deployTime).run.attempt
+    createBoard(sha, repo).run.attempt
       .unsafeRunSync()
   }
 }
@@ -139,8 +138,7 @@ object TipFactory {
         val sha = configuration.tipConfig.boardSha
         val repo =
           s"${configuration.tipConfig.owner}/${configuration.tipConfig.repo}"
-        val deployTime = configuration.tipConfig.deployTime
-        createBoard(sha, repo, deployTime).run.attempt
+        createBoard(sha, repo).run.attempt
           .unsafeRunSync()
       }
     }
@@ -155,8 +153,7 @@ object TipFactory {
         val sha = configuration.tipConfig.boardSha
         val repo =
           s"${configuration.tipConfig.owner}/${configuration.tipConfig.repo}"
-        val deployTime = configuration.tipConfig.deployTime
-        createBoard(sha, repo, deployTime).run.attempt
+        createBoard(sha, repo).run.attempt
           .unsafeRunSync()
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/gu/tip/cloud/TipCloudApi.scala b/src/main/scala/com/gu/tip/cloud/TipCloudApi.scala
index f671daf..85d18d4 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/gu/tip/cloud/TipCloudApi.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/gu/tip/cloud/TipCloudApi.scala
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 import net.liftweb.json._
 
 trait TipCloudApiIf { this: HttpClientIf with ConfigurationIf =>
-  def createBoard(sha: String,
-                  repo: String,
-                  deployTime: String): WriterT[IO, List[Log], String]
+  def createBoard(sha: String, repo: String): WriterT[IO, List[Log], String]
   def verifyPath(sha: String, name: String): WriterT[IO, List[Log], String]
   def getBoard(sha: String): WriterT[IO, List[Log], String]
 }
@@ -21,10 +19,8 @@ trait TipCloudApi extends TipCloudApiIf with LazyLogging {
   val tipCloudApiRoot =
     "https://i2i2l4x9kl.execute-api.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/PROD"
 
-  override def createBoard(
-      sha: String,
-      repo: String,
-      deployTime: String): WriterT[IO, List[Log], String] = {
+  override def createBoard(sha: String,
+                           repo: String): WriterT[IO, List[Log], String] = {
     val paths = configuration.readPaths("tip.yaml")
 
     val board = paths.map { path =>
@@ -41,7 +37,6 @@ trait TipCloudApi extends TipCloudApiIf with LazyLogging {
          |{
          |   "sha": "$sha",
          |   "repo": "$repo",
-         |   "deployTime": "$deployTime",
          |   "board": [
          |     ${board.mkString(",")}
          |   ]