diff --git a/daemon-mock/Cargo.lock b/daemon-mock/Cargo.lock
index db2be90..572553c 100644
--- a/daemon-mock/Cargo.lock
+++ b/daemon-mock/Cargo.lock
@@ -26,21 +26,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "android-tzdata"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e999941b234f3131b00bc13c22d06e8c5ff726d1b6318ac7eb276997bbb4fef0"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "android_system_properties"
-version = "0.1.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "819e7219dbd41043ac279b19830f2efc897156490d7fd6ea916720117ee66311"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "0.6.18"
@@ -215,12 +200,6 @@ version = "2.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b048fb63fd8b5923fc5aa7b340d8e156aec7ec02f0c78fa8a6ddc2613f6f71de"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bumpalo"
-version = "3.16.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "79296716171880943b8470b5f8d03aa55eb2e645a4874bdbb28adb49162e012c"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -233,53 +212,23 @@ version = "1.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "325918d6fe32f23b19878fe4b34794ae41fc19ddbe53b10571a4874d44ffd39b"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cc"
-version = "1.2.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c31a0499c1dc64f458ad13872de75c0eb7e3fdb0e67964610c914b034fc5956e"
-dependencies = [
- "shlex",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "chrono"
-version = "0.4.39"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7e36cc9d416881d2e24f9a963be5fb1cd90966419ac844274161d10488b3e825"
-dependencies = [
- "android-tzdata",
- "iana-time-zone",
- "js-sys",
- "num-traits",
- "wasm-bindgen",
- "windows-targets",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "colorchoice"
 version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5b63caa9aa9397e2d9480a9b13673856c78d8ac123288526c37d7839f2a86990"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "core-foundation-sys"
-version = "0.8.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "773648b94d0e5d620f64f280777445740e61fe701025087ec8b57f45c791888b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "daemon-mock"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "chrono",
  "env_logger",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
@@ -553,29 +502,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "iana-time-zone"
-version = "0.1.61"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "235e081f3925a06703c2d0117ea8b91f042756fd6e7a6e5d901e8ca1a996b220"
-dependencies = [
- "android_system_properties",
- "core-foundation-sys",
- "iana-time-zone-haiku",
- "js-sys",
- "wasm-bindgen",
- "windows-core",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "iana-time-zone-haiku"
-version = "0.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f31827a206f56af32e590ba56d5d2d085f558508192593743f16b2306495269f"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "1.9.3"
@@ -617,16 +543,6 @@ version = "1.0.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d75a2a4b1b190afb6f5425f10f6a8f959d2ea0b9c2b1d79553551850539e4674"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "js-sys"
-version = "0.3.76"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6717b6b5b077764fb5966237269cb3c64edddde4b14ce42647430a78ced9e7b7"
-dependencies = [
- "once_cell",
- "wasm-bindgen",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -695,15 +611,6 @@ version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "defc4c55412d89136f966bbb339008b474350e5e6e78d2714439c386b3137a03"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.19"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "071dfc062690e90b734c0b2273ce72ad0ffa95f0c74596bc250dcfd960262841"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "object"
 version = "0.36.7"
@@ -960,12 +867,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "shlex"
-version = "1.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0fda2ff0d084019ba4d7c6f371c95d8fd75ce3524c3cb8fb653a3023f6323e64"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.9"
@@ -1226,69 +1127,6 @@ version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-bindgen"
-version = "0.2.99"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a474f6281d1d70c17ae7aa6a613c87fce69a127e2624002df63dcb39d6cf6396"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "once_cell",
- "wasm-bindgen-macro",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-bindgen-backend"
-version = "0.2.99"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5f89bb38646b4f81674e8f5c3fb81b562be1fd936d84320f3264486418519c79"
-dependencies = [
- "bumpalo",
- "log",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
- "wasm-bindgen-shared",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
-version = "0.2.99"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2cc6181fd9a7492eef6fef1f33961e3695e4579b9872a6f7c83aee556666d4fe"
-dependencies = [
- "quote",
- "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-bindgen-macro-support"
-version = "0.2.99"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "30d7a95b763d3c45903ed6c81f156801839e5ee968bb07e534c44df0fcd330c2"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
- "wasm-bindgen-backend",
- "wasm-bindgen-shared",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-bindgen-shared"
-version = "0.2.99"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "943aab3fdaaa029a6e0271b35ea10b72b943135afe9bffca82384098ad0e06a6"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-core"
-version = "0.52.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "33ab640c8d7e35bf8ba19b884ba838ceb4fba93a4e8c65a9059d08afcfc683d9"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-targets",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.52.0"
diff --git a/daemon-mock/Cargo.toml b/daemon-mock/Cargo.toml
index 938d7b0..955420f 100644
--- a/daemon-mock/Cargo.toml
+++ b/daemon-mock/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.94"
-chrono = "0.4.39"
 env_logger = "0.11.6"
 lazy_static = "1.5.0"
 log = "0.4.22"
diff --git a/daemon-mock/src/main.rs b/daemon-mock/src/main.rs
index 0c9abfa..ea6eb8d 100644
--- a/daemon-mock/src/main.rs
+++ b/daemon-mock/src/main.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ use tokio::{sync::mpsc::Receiver, sync::mpsc::Sender, task::JoinSet};
 use tokio_stream::wrappers::ReceiverStream;
 use tokio_stream::StreamExt;
 use tonic::transport::Channel;
-use chrono;
 
 lazy_static! {
     static ref SECURE_PUBLIC_KEY: String = generate_random_string();
@@ -149,7 +148,7 @@ async fn handle_update_vm_requests(
     while let Some(update_vm) = req.recv().await {
         let confirmation = UpdateVmResp {
             uuid: update_vm.uuid,
-            timestamp: chrono::Utc::now().to_rfc3339(),
+            timestamp: "brain's job".to_string(),
             error: "No errors yet".to_string(),
         };
         info!("Sending UpdateVmResp: {confirmation:?}");