diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7a09b4f196..3ce6ae2994 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_literals
 
 import sys
-import time
 
 try:
     from setuptools import setup, __version__ as setuptools_version
@@ -42,12 +41,9 @@
     raise ImportError('Sopel requires Python 2.7+ or 3.3+.')
 # Py2 EOL: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0373/#maintenance-releases
 if sys.version_info.major == 2:
-    now = time.time()
-    state = "has reached end of life"
-    if now >= 1588291200:  # 2020-05-01 00:00:00 UTC
-        state += " and will receive no further updates"
     print(
-        "Warning: Python 2 %s. Sopel 8.0 will drop support for it." % state,
+        'Warning: Python 2.x has reached end of life and will receive '
+        'no further updates. Sopel 8.0 will drop support for it.',
         file=sys.stderr,
     )
 
diff --git a/sopel/cli/run.py b/sopel/cli/run.py
index 680990892c..3c47251711 100755
--- a/sopel/cli/run.py
+++ b/sopel/cli/run.py
@@ -30,11 +30,9 @@
     tools.stderr('Error: Sopel requires Python 2.7+ or 3.3+.')
     sys.exit(1)
 if sys.version_info.major == 2:
-    now = time.time()
-    state = 'has reached end of life'
-    if now >= 1588291200:  # 2020-05-01 00:00:00 UTC
-        state += ' and will receive no further updates'
-    tools.stderr('Warning: Python 2.x %s. Sopel 8.0 will drop support for it.' % state)
+    tools.stderr(
+        'Warning: Python 2.x has reached end of life and will receive '
+        'no further updates. Sopel 8.0 will drop support for it.')
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)