diff --git a/bootstrap/src/initfs.rs b/bootstrap/src/initfs.rs
index c33918da06..04d3cfe033 100644
--- a/bootstrap/src/initfs.rs
+++ b/bootstrap/src/initfs.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use core::str;
 use alloc::string::String;
 
 use hashbrown::HashMap;
-use redox_initfs::{InitFs, Inode, InodeDir, InodeKind, InodeStruct, types::Timespec};
+use redox_initfs::{InitFs, Inode, InodeDir, InodeKind, InodeStruct};
 
 use redox_rt::proc::FdGuard;
 use redox_scheme::{
@@ -315,8 +315,6 @@ impl SchemeSync for InitFsScheme {
     fn fstat(&mut self, id: usize, stat: &mut Stat, _ctx: &CallerCtx) -> Result<()> {
         let handle = self.handles.get(&id).ok_or(Error::new(EBADF))?.as_node()?;
 
-        let Timespec { sec, nsec } = self.fs.image_creation_time();
-
         let inode = Self::get_inode(&self.fs, handle.inode)?;
 
         stat.st_ino = inode.id();
@@ -331,10 +329,10 @@ impl SchemeSync for InitFsScheme {
         stat.st_gid = 0;
         stat.st_size = u64::try_from(inode_len(inode)?).unwrap_or(u64::MAX);
 
-        stat.st_ctime = sec.get();
-        stat.st_ctime_nsec = nsec.get();
-        stat.st_mtime = sec.get();
-        stat.st_mtime_nsec = nsec.get();
+        stat.st_ctime = 0;
+        stat.st_ctime_nsec = 0;
+        stat.st_mtime = 0;
+        stat.st_mtime_nsec = 0;
 
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/initfs/src/lib.rs b/initfs/src/lib.rs
index db7ed8b008..1f42024a17 100644
--- a/initfs/src/lib.rs
+++ b/initfs/src/lib.rs
@@ -216,9 +216,6 @@ impl<'initfs> InitFs<'initfs> {
 
         Ok(this)
     }
-    pub fn image_creation_time(&self) -> Timespec {
-        self.get_header_assume_valid().creation_time
-    }
     fn get_header_assume_valid(&self) -> &Header {
         plain::from_bytes::<Header>(&self.base[..core::mem::size_of::<Header>()])
             .expect("expected header type to require no alignment, and size to be sufficient")
diff --git a/initfs/src/types.rs b/initfs/src/types.rs
index 8dce929151..aea108466a 100644
--- a/initfs/src/types.rs
+++ b/initfs/src/types.rs
@@ -53,24 +53,16 @@ pub struct Offset(pub U32);
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
 pub struct Length(pub U32);
 
-#[repr(C, packed)]
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
-pub struct Timespec {
-    pub sec: U64,
-    pub nsec: U32,
-}
-
 #[repr(C, packed)]
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
 pub struct Header {
     pub magic: Magic,
     pub inode_table_offset: Offset,
-    pub creation_time: Timespec,
-    pub inode_count: U16,
-    pub bootstrap_entry: U64,
     pub initfs_size: U64,
     pub page_size: U16,
     pub root_inode: U16,
+    pub inode_count: U16,
+    pub bootstrap_entry: U64,
 }
 
 const _: () = {
diff --git a/initfs/tools/src/lib.rs b/initfs/tools/src/lib.rs
index 38bc941e96..8d01587783 100644
--- a/initfs/tools/src/lib.rs
+++ b/initfs/tools/src/lib.rs
@@ -521,12 +521,6 @@ pub fn archive(
 
     let inode_table_offset = write_inode_table(&mut state)?;
 
-    let current_system_time = std::time::SystemTime::now();
-
-    let time_since_epoch = current_system_time
-        .duration_since(std::time::SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH)
-        .context("could not calculate timestamp")?;
-
     {
         let mut header_bytes = [0_u8; std::mem::size_of::<initfs::Header>()];
         let header = plain::from_mut_bytes(&mut header_bytes)
@@ -534,10 +528,6 @@ pub fn archive(
 
         *header = initfs::Header {
             magic: initfs::Magic(initfs::MAGIC),
-            creation_time: initfs::Timespec {
-                sec: time_since_epoch.as_secs().into(),
-                nsec: time_since_epoch.subsec_nanos().into(),
-            },
             inode_count: state.inode_table.count().into(),
             inode_table_offset,
             bootstrap_entry: bootstrap_entry.into(),