diff --git a/py3-termcolor.yaml b/py3-termcolor.yaml
index a89b15515b2..094c00b5d2d 100644
--- a/py3-termcolor.yaml
+++ b/py3-termcolor.yaml
@@ -29,11 +29,9 @@ pipeline:
       expected-commit: 0e016d928a1d6eff69ff46a6abdc6058dd412f4c
 
   - runs: |
-      # workaround for issue: ZIP does not support timestamps before 1980
-       unset SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
-       python3 -m build
-       python3 -m installer -d "${{targets.destdir}}" dist/*.whl
-       find ${{targets.destdir}} -name '*.pyc' -print -exec rm \{} \;
+      python3 -m build
+      python3 -m installer -d "${{targets.destdir}}" dist/*.whl
+      find ${{targets.destdir}} -name '*.pyc' -print -exec rm \{} \;
 
   - uses: strip