diff --git a/rust/build.rs b/rust/build.rs
index 05b5381..ec20e04 100644
--- a/rust/build.rs
+++ b/rust/build.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use std::process::Command;
-
 use vergen::EmitBuilder;
 
 fn linker_be_nice() {
@@ -50,72 +48,9 @@ fn linker_be_nice() {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    webpack();
     linker_be_nice();
+    // Non-existent path causes Cargo to always re-run this script,
+    // keeping VERGEN_BUILD_TIMESTAMP fresh on every build.
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=ALWAYS_REBUILD_SENTINEL");
     let _ = EmitBuilder::builder().all_git().all_build().emit();
 }
-
-fn webpack() {
-    //println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=./src/src_webpack");
-    Command::new("rm")
-        .arg("./src/webserver/bundle.js.gz")
-        .output()
-        .unwrap();
-
-    match Command::new("cmd").spawn() {
-        Ok(_) => {
-            println!("Assuming build on windows");
-            let output = Command::new("cmd")
-                .arg("/K")
-                .arg("npx")
-                .arg("webpack")
-                .current_dir("./src_webpack")
-                .output()
-                .unwrap();
-            println!("status: {}", output.status);
-            println!("stdout: {}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout));
-            println!("stderr: {}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr));
-            assert!(output.status.success());
-
-            // move webpack results to rust webserver src
-            let _ = Command::new("cmd")
-                .arg("/K")
-                .arg("move")
-                .arg("./src_webpack/bundle.js.gz")
-                .arg("./src/webserver")
-                .output()
-                .unwrap();
-            let _ = Command::new("cmd")
-                .arg("/K")
-                .arg("move")
-                .arg("./src_webpack/index.html.gz")
-                .arg("./src/webserver")
-                .output()
-                .unwrap();
-        }
-        Err(_) => {
-            println!("Assuming build on linux");
-            let output = Command::new("npx")
-                .arg("webpack")
-                .current_dir("./src_webpack")
-                .output()
-                .unwrap();
-            println!("status: {}", output.status);
-            println!("stdout: {}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout));
-            println!("stderr: {}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr));
-            assert!(output.status.success());
-
-            // move webpack results to rust webserver src
-            let _ = Command::new("mv")
-                .arg("./src_webpack/bundle.js.gz")
-                .arg("./src/webserver")
-                .output()
-                .unwrap();
-            let _ = Command::new("mv")
-                .arg("./src_webpack/index.html.gz")
-                .arg("./src/webserver")
-                .output()
-                .unwrap();
-        }
-    }
-}