diff --git a/cmd/influxd/main.go b/cmd/influxd/main.go
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/influxd/main.go
@@ -20,13 +20,16 @@ import (
 
 // These variables are populated via the Go linker.
 var (
-	version   = "0.9"
-	commit    string
-	branch    string
+	version string
+	commit  string
+	branch  string
 )
 
 func init() {
 	// If commit, branch, or build time are not set, make that clear.
+	if version == "" {
+		version = "unknown"
+	}
 	if commit == "" {
 		commit = "unknown"
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/influxd/run/command.go b/cmd/influxd/run/command.go
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/run/command.go
+++ b/cmd/influxd/run/command.go
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ func (cmd *Command) Run(args ...string) error {
 	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.NumCPU())
 
 	// Mark start-up in log.
-	log.Printf("InfluxDB starting, version %s, branch %s, commit %s, built %s",
-		cmd.Version, cmd.Branch, cmd.Commit, cmd.BuildTime)
+	log.Printf("InfluxDB starting, version %s, branch %s, commit %s",
+		cmd.Version, cmd.Branch, cmd.Commit)
 	log.Printf("Go version %s, GOMAXPROCS set to %d", runtime.Version(), runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0))
 
 	// Write the PID file.
Removed builtTime reference from influxd. Removed default version information from influxd.