diff --git a/build/jam/images/definitions/minimum b/build/jam/images/definitions/minimum
index ae59b5edd6..aafb3d3c8e 100644
--- a/build/jam/images/definitions/minimum
+++ b/build/jam/images/definitions/minimum
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ SYSTEM_BIN = [ FFilterByBuildFeatures
 	tcptester telnet telnetd top
 	traceroute trash
 	unchop unmount
-	uptime urlwrapper useradd userdel
+	urlwrapper useradd userdel
 	version vmstat
 	waitfor watch writembr@x86,x86_64 xres
 ] ;
diff --git a/src/bin/Jamfile b/src/bin/Jamfile
index 113f69e48c..a620944ee5 100644
--- a/src/bin/Jamfile
+++ b/src/bin/Jamfile
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ StdBinCommands
 	rescan.c
 	system_time.cpp
 	unchop.c
-	uptime.cpp
 	vmstat.cpp
 	: : $(haiku-utils_rsrc) ;
 
diff --git a/src/bin/uptime.cpp b/src/bin/uptime.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index fb7f0652f2..0000000000
--- a/src/bin/uptime.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,169 +0,0 @@
-/************
- ** 	from http://www.beatjapan.org/mirror/www.be.com/beware/Utilities/uptime.html
- **	archive ftp://ftp.halcyon.com/pub/users/jrashmun/uptime.zip
- **     License : Freeware
-*************/
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <time.h>
-
-#include <SupportDefs.h>
-#include <OS.h>
-
-void Usage( );
-
-void Usage( )
-{
-   printf( "\nUsage:  uptime [-u]\n" );
-   printf( "Prints the current date and time, as well\n" );
-   printf( "as the time elapsed since the system was started.\n" );
-   printf( "The optional argument omits the current date and time.\n\n" );
-}
-
-int main( int argc, char* argv[] )
-{
-   char            buf[255] = {0};
-   const char*     day_strings[] = { "day", "days" };
-   const char*     hour_strings[] = { "hour", "hours" };
-   const char*     minute_strings[] = { "minute", "minutes" };
-   const char*     day_string = 0;
-   const char*     hour_string = 0;
-   const char*     minute_string = 0;
-   int             print_uptime_only = 0;
-   time_t          current_time = 0;
-   const time_t    secs_per_day = 86400;
-   const time_t    secs_per_hour = 3600;
-   const time_t    secs_per_minute = 60;
-   time_t          uptime_days = 0;
-   time_t          uptime_hours = 0;
-   time_t          uptime_minutes = 0;
-   time_t          uptime_secs = 0;
-   const bigtime_t usecs_per_sec = 1000000L;
-   bigtime_t       uptime_usecs = 0;
-   bigtime_t       usecs_since_sec = 0;
-
-   if( argc > 2 )
-   {
-      Usage( );
-      return 1;
-   }
-
-   if( argc == 2 )
-   {
-      if( !strcmp( argv[1], "-u" ) )
-         print_uptime_only = 1;
-      else
-      {
-         Usage( );
-         return 2;
-      }
-   }
-
-   uptime_usecs = system_time( );
-
-   uptime_secs = uptime_usecs / usecs_per_sec;
-   usecs_since_sec = uptime_usecs % usecs_per_sec;
-   if( usecs_since_sec >= (usecs_per_sec / 2) )
-      uptime_secs++;
-
-   uptime_days = uptime_secs / secs_per_day;
-   uptime_hours = (uptime_secs % secs_per_day) / secs_per_hour;
-   uptime_minutes = (uptime_secs % secs_per_hour) / secs_per_minute;
-
-   current_time = time( 0 );
-
-   if( !print_uptime_only )
-   {
-      if (ctime_r(&current_time, buf) != NULL) {
-        // ctime_r returns the date string with a trailing \n
-        // https://linux.die.net/man/3/ctime_r
-        // but we don't need that, so we clear it
-        buf[strlen( buf ) - 1] = '\0';
-      }
-   }
-
-   day_string = (uptime_days == 1) ? day_strings[0] : day_strings[1];
-   hour_string = (uptime_hours == 1) ? hour_strings[0] : hour_strings[1];
-   minute_string = (uptime_minutes == 1) ? minute_strings[0] : minute_strings[1];
-
-   if( uptime_days && uptime_hours && uptime_minutes )
-   {
-      if( !print_uptime_only )
-         printf( "%s, up %ld %s, %ld %s, %ld %s\n", buf,
-                 uptime_days, day_string,
-                 uptime_hours, hour_string,
-                 uptime_minutes, minute_string );
-      else
-         printf( "up %ld %s, %ld %s, %ld %s\n",
-                 uptime_days, day_string,
-                 uptime_hours, hour_string,
-                 uptime_minutes, minute_string );
-   }
-   else if( !uptime_days )
-   {
-      if( uptime_hours && uptime_minutes )
-      {
-         if( !print_uptime_only )
-            printf( "%s, up %ld %s, %ld %s\n", buf,
-                    uptime_hours, hour_string,
-                    uptime_minutes, minute_string );
-         else
-            printf( "up %ld %s, %ld %s\n",
-                    uptime_hours, hour_string,
-                    uptime_minutes, minute_string );
-      }
-      else if( uptime_hours )
-      {
-         if( !print_uptime_only )
-            printf( "%s, up %ld %s\n", buf,
-                    uptime_hours, hour_string );
-         else
-            printf( "up %ld %s\n",
-                    uptime_hours, hour_string );
-      }
-      else
-      {
-         if( !print_uptime_only )
-            printf( "%s, up %ld %s\n", buf,
-                    uptime_minutes, minute_string );
-         else
-            printf( "up %ld %s\n",
-                    uptime_minutes, minute_string );
-      }
-   }
-   else if( uptime_hours )
-   {
-      if( !print_uptime_only )
-         printf( "%s, up %ld %s, %ld %s\n", buf,
-                 uptime_days, day_string,
-                 uptime_hours, hour_string );
-      else
-         printf( "up %ld %s, %ld %s\n",
-                 uptime_days, day_string,
-                 uptime_hours, hour_string );
-   }
-   else if( uptime_minutes )
-   {
-      if( !print_uptime_only )
-         printf( "%s, up %ld %s, %ld %s\n", buf,
-                 uptime_days, day_string,
-                 uptime_minutes, minute_string );
-      else
-         printf( "up %ld %s, %ld %s\n",
-                 uptime_days, day_string,
-                 uptime_minutes, minute_string );
-   }
-   else
-   {
-      if( !print_uptime_only )
-         printf( "%s, up %ld %s\n", buf,
-                 uptime_days, day_string );
-      else
-         printf( "up %ld %s\n",
-                 uptime_days, day_string );
-   }
-
-   return 0;
-}
-