diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b13817f0d2..7de4b19434 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ if time_epoch == -1
         if time_epoch == '' and git.found() and run_command('test', '-e', '.git').returncode() == 0
                 # If we're in a git repository, use the creation time of the latest git tag.
                 latest_tag = run_command('git', 'describe', '--abbrev=0', '--tags').stdout().strip()
-                time_epoch = run_command('git', 'log', '-1', '--format=%at', latest_tag).stdout()
+                time_epoch = run_command('git', 'log', '--no-show-signature', '-1', '--format=%at', latest_tag).stdout()
         endif
         if time_epoch == ''
                 NEWS = files('NEWS')