diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml
index c602519e..d8a11ae0 100644
--- a/doc/bird.sgml
+++ b/doc/bird.sgml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 <author>
 Pavel Machek <tt/pavel@ucw.cz/
 
-<date>2000
 <abstract>
 This document contains documentation for BIRD Internet Routing Daemon
 </abstract>