diff --git a/Containerfile b/Containerfile
index dfc6f69b..57f01c29 100644
--- a/Containerfile
+++ b/Containerfile
@@ -1,22 +1,7 @@
 FROM docker.io/library/golang:1.25 AS build
-# Build metadata for telesrv's startup log (git_commit/git_branch/... in
-# cmd/telesrv/buildinfo.go). .containerignore excludes .git, so go build's
-# automatic VCS stamping sees no repo; pass these in explicitly, e.g.:
-#   podman build \
-#     --build-arg GIT_COMMIT="$(git rev-parse HEAD)" \
-#     --build-arg GIT_BRANCH="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)" \
-#     --build-arg GIT_TREE_STATE="$(git diff --quiet && echo clean || echo dirty)" \
-#     --build-arg BUILD_TIME="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" \
-#     -t owpengram-server -f Containerfile .
-ARG GIT_COMMIT=unknown
-ARG GIT_BRANCH=unknown
-ARG GIT_TREE_STATE=unknown
-ARG BUILD_TIME=unknown
 WORKDIR /src
 COPY . .
-RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -trimpath \
-    -ldflags "-X main.gitCommit=${GIT_COMMIT} -X main.gitBranch=${GIT_BRANCH} -X main.gitTreeState=${GIT_TREE_STATE} -X main.buildTime=${BUILD_TIME}" \
-    -o /out/gramsrv ./cmd/telesrv
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -trimpath -o /out/gramsrv ./cmd/telesrv
 RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -trimpath -o /out/telesrv-admin ./cmd/telesrv-admin
 
 FROM docker.io/library/alpine:3.20
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 3a065e43..00000000
--- a/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Build the owpengram-server container image, stamping the current git state
-# into the binary (shows up in telesrv's startup log as git_commit/git_branch/
-# git_tree_state/build_time). .containerignore excludes .git, so go build's
-# automatic VCS stamping can't see the repo - the values are passed in here.
-#
-# Usage:  ./build.sh [extra podman build args...]
-#   IMAGE=my/tag ./build.sh            # override the image tag (default: owpengram-server)
-set -euo pipefail
-cd "$(dirname "$0")"
-
-IMAGE="${IMAGE:-owpengram-server}"
-
-podman build \
-  --build-arg GIT_COMMIT="$(git rev-parse HEAD)" \
-  --build-arg GIT_BRANCH="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)" \
-  --build-arg GIT_TREE_STATE="$(git diff --quiet && echo clean || echo dirty)" \
-  --build-arg BUILD_TIME="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" \
-  -t "$IMAGE" \
-  -f Containerfile \
-  "$@" \
-  .