diff --git a/compiler/cgen.nim b/compiler/cgen.nim
index 2a979e8c5..07c2824d0 100644
--- a/compiler/cgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/cgen.nim
@@ -896,14 +896,15 @@ proc addIntTypes(result: var Rope) {.inline.} =
     platform.CPU[targetCPU].intSize.rope])
 
 proc getCopyright(cfile: Cfile): Rope =
+  const copyrightYear = "2017"
   if optCompileOnly in gGlobalOptions:
     result = ("/* Generated by Nim Compiler v$1 */$N" &
-        "/*   (c) " & CompileDate.substr(0, 3) & " Andreas Rumpf */$N" &
+        "/*   (c) " & copyrightYear & " Andreas Rumpf */$N" &
         "/* The generated code is subject to the original license. */$N") %
         [rope(VersionAsString)]
   else:
     result = ("/* Generated by Nim Compiler v$1 */$N" &
-        "/*   (c) " & CompileDate.substr(0, 3) & " Andreas Rumpf */$N" &
+        "/*   (c) " & copyrightYear & " Andreas Rumpf */$N" &
         "/* The generated code is subject to the original license. */$N" &
         "/* Compiled for: $2, $3, $4 */$N" &
         "/* Command for C compiler:$n   $5 */$N") %
@@ -1292,7 +1293,7 @@ proc myOpen(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; cache: IdentCache): PPassContext =
 
 proc writeHeader(m: BModule) =
   var result = ("/* Generated by Nim Compiler v$1 */$N" &
-        "/*   (c) " & CompileDate.substr(0, 3) & " Andreas Rumpf */$N" &
+        "/*   (c) 2017 Andreas Rumpf */$N" &
         "/* The generated code is subject to the original license. */$N") %
         [rope(VersionAsString)]
 
diff --git a/compiler/commands.nim b/compiler/commands.nim
index 71de28e09..11a66cf55 100644
--- a/compiler/commands.nim
+++ b/compiler/commands.nim
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
 # implementation
 
 const
-  HelpMessage = "Nim Compiler Version $1 (" & CompileDate & ") [$2: $3]\n" &
-      "Copyright (c) 2006-" & CompileDate.substr(0, 3) & " by Andreas Rumpf\n"
+  HelpMessage = "Nim Compiler Version $1 [$2: $3]\n" &
+      "Copyright (c) 2006-2017 by Andreas Rumpf\n"
 
 const
   Usage = slurp"../doc/basicopt.txt".replace("//", "")