diff --git a/EmbeddedPkg/Library/VirtualRealTimeClockLib/VirtualRealTimeClockLib.c b/EmbeddedPkg/Library/VirtualRealTimeClockLib/VirtualRealTimeClockLib.c
index f066b1f7e1..0579e6dcf1 100644
--- a/EmbeddedPkg/Library/VirtualRealTimeClockLib/VirtualRealTimeClockLib.c
+++ b/EmbeddedPkg/Library/VirtualRealTimeClockLib/VirtualRealTimeClockLib.c
@@ -80,12 +80,7 @@ LibGetTime (
   if (EFI_ERROR (Status)) {
     ASSERT (Status != EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER);
     ASSERT (Status != EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL);
-    //
-    // The following is intended to produce a compilation error on build
-    // environments where BUILD_EPOCH can not be set from inline shell.
-    // If you are attempting to use this library on such an environment, please
-    // contact the edk2 mailing list, so we can try to add support for it.
-    //
+
     EpochSeconds = BUILD_EPOCH;
     DEBUG ((
       DEBUG_INFO,
diff --git a/EmbeddedPkg/Library/VirtualRealTimeClockLib/VirtualRealTimeClockLib.inf b/EmbeddedPkg/Library/VirtualRealTimeClockLib/VirtualRealTimeClockLib.inf
index 1cc205991f..bf6a025cfd 100644
--- a/EmbeddedPkg/Library/VirtualRealTimeClockLib/VirtualRealTimeClockLib.inf
+++ b/EmbeddedPkg/Library/VirtualRealTimeClockLib/VirtualRealTimeClockLib.inf
@@ -33,6 +33,5 @@
   TimeBaseLib
   UefiRuntimeLib
 
-# Current usage of this library expects GCC in a UNIX-like shell environment with the date command
 [BuildOptions]
-  GCC:*_*_*_CC_FLAGS = -DBUILD_EPOCH=`printenv SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH || date +%s`
+  *_*_*_CC_FLAGS = -DBUILD_EPOCH=$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)