diff --git a/src/Nerdbank.GitVersioning.Tasks/AssemblyVersionInfo.cs b/src/Nerdbank.GitVersioning.Tasks/AssemblyVersionInfo.cs
index 238627f13..c12e21f77 100644
--- a/src/Nerdbank.GitVersioning.Tasks/AssemblyVersionInfo.cs
+++ b/src/Nerdbank.GitVersioning.Tasks/AssemblyVersionInfo.cs
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ internal override void AddThisAssemblyMember(string name, bool value)
 
             internal override void AddThisAssemblyMember(string name, DateTime value)
             {
-                this.CodeBuilder.AppendLine($"  static member internal {name} = new global.System.DateTime({value.Ticks}L, global.System.DateTimeKind.Utc)");
+                this.CodeBuilder.AppendLine($"  static member internal {name} = global.System.DateTime({value.Ticks}L, global.System.DateTimeKind.Utc)");
             }
 
             internal override void StartAssemblyAttributes()
diff --git a/test/Nerdbank.GitVersioning.Tests/AssemblyInfoTest.cs b/test/Nerdbank.GitVersioning.Tests/AssemblyInfoTest.cs
index 45b2aa3aa..73d89d8c1 100644
--- a/test/Nerdbank.GitVersioning.Tests/AssemblyInfoTest.cs
+++ b/test/Nerdbank.GitVersioning.Tests/AssemblyInfoTest.cs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ type internal ThisAssembly() =
   static member internal CustomBool = true
   static member internal CustomString1 = ""abc""
   static member internal CustomString3 = """"
-  static member internal CustomTicks = new global.System.DateTime(637509805729817056L, global.System.DateTimeKind.Utc)
+  static member internal CustomTicks = global.System.DateTime(637509805729817056L, global.System.DateTimeKind.Utc)
   static member internal IsPrerelease = false
   static member internal IsPublicRelease = false
   static member internal RootNamespace = """"