diff --git a/labs/lib/wbatch/batch_for_windows b/labs/lib/wbatch/batch_for_windows
index 0d2bbff8..1b8f7540 100644
--- a/labs/lib/wbatch/batch_for_windows
+++ b/labs/lib/wbatch/batch_for_windows
@@ -124,12 +124,8 @@ function wbatch_sleep {
 
 function wbatch_file_header {
     local product=$1
-    local date=$(date -u)
 
     sed -e "
-        s,%USER%,$USER,g;
-        s,%HOSTNAME%,$HOSTNAME,g;
-        s,%DATE%,$date,g;
         s,%PRODUCT%,$product,g;
         " "$WBATCH_TEMPLATE_DIR/template-file_header_bat" | wbatch_write_stdin
 }
diff --git a/labs/lib/wbatch/template-file_header_bat b/labs/lib/wbatch/template-file_header_bat
index ce5c771d..81e8f0c8 100644
--- a/labs/lib/wbatch/template-file_header_bat
+++ b/labs/lib/wbatch/template-file_header_bat
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
 
 ECHO.
 ECHO OpenStack labs for VirtualBox on Windows
-ECHO Generated by osbash (%USER%@%HOSTNAME%, %DATE%)
+ECHO Generated by osbash
 ECHO.
 ECHO Create %PRODUCT%
 ECHO.