diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/hdfview/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/hdfview/default.nix
index 23995e65859a..b559a494d456 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/hdfview/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/hdfview/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, ant, jdk, hdf4, hdf5, makeDesktopItem, copyDesktopItems }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, ant, jdk, hdf4, hdf5, makeDesktopItem, copyDesktopItems, strip-nondeterminism, stripJavaArchivesHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "hdfview";
@@ -14,12 +14,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ./0001-Hardcode-isUbuntu-false-to-avoid-hostname-dependency.patch
     # Disable signing on macOS
     ./disable-mac-signing.patch
+    # Remove timestamp comment from generated versions.properties file
+    ./remove-properties-timestamp.patch
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     ant
     jdk
     copyDesktopItems
+    strip-nondeterminism
+    stripJavaArchivesHook
   ];
 
   HDFLIBS = (hdf4.override { javaSupport = true; }).out;
@@ -64,6 +68,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
+  preFixup = ''
+    # Remove build timestamp from javadoc files
+    find $out/lib/app{,/mods}/doc/javadocs -name "*.html" -exec strip-nondeterminism --type javadoc {} +
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     description = "A visual tool for browsing and editing HDF4 and HDF5 files";
     license = lib.licenses.free; # BSD-like
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/hdfview/remove-properties-timestamp.patch b/pkgs/tools/misc/hdfview/remove-properties-timestamp.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e3790487f2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/hdfview/remove-properties-timestamp.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
+index fcc4931..2afeb6c 100644
+--- a/build.xml
++++ b/build.xml
+@@ -345,6 +345,9 @@
+             <entry key="HDF5_VERSION" value="${hdf5.version}"/>
+             <entry key="HDFVIEW_VERSION" value="${app.version}"/>
+         </propertyfile>
++        <exec executable="sed" failonerror="true">
++            <arg line="-i /#/d ${classes.dir}/hdf/versions.properties" />
++        </exec>
+     </target>
+ 
+     <target name="compile" depends="clean, create-property-file, compileobj, compilehdf4, compilefits, compilenc2, compilehdf5">