diff --git a/vncviewer/vncviewer.cxx b/vncviewer/vncviewer.cxx
index aa9ae7f..cf52de5 100644
--- a/vncviewer/vncviewer.cxx
+++ b/vncviewer/vncviewer.cxx
@@ -77,14 +77,12 @@
 using namespace rfb;
 using namespace std;
 
-static const char _aboutText[] = N_("TigerVNC Viewer %d-bit v%s (%s)\n"
-                                    "%s\n"
+static const char _aboutText[] = N_("TigerVNC Viewer %d-bit v%s\n"
+                                    "Built on: %s\n"
                                     "Copyright (C) 1999-%d TigerVNC Team and many others (see README.txt)\n"
                                     "See http://www.tigervnc.org for information on TigerVNC.");
 static char aboutText[1024];
 
-extern const char* buildTime;
-
 char vncServerName[VNCSERVERNAMELEN] = { '\0' };
 
 static bool exitMainloop = false;
@@ -364,8 +362,8 @@
 
   // Generate the about string now that we get the proper translation
   snprintf(aboutText, sizeof(aboutText), _aboutText,
-           (int)sizeof(size_t)*8, PACKAGE_VERSION, __BUILD__,
-           buildTime, 2014);
+           (int)sizeof(size_t)*8, PACKAGE_VERSION,
+           BUILD_TIMESTAMP, 2014);
 
   rfb::SecurityClient::setDefaults();