diff --git a/testing/cosmic-edit/APKBUILD b/testing/cosmic-edit/APKBUILD
index ce00f6cad65..b8496d4bb8f 100644
--- a/testing/cosmic-edit/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/cosmic-edit/APKBUILD
@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@ options="net !check"  # fetch dependencies, no tests
 source="$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-edit/archive/refs/tags/epoch-$_upstreamver.tar.gz"
 builddir="$srcdir/$pkgname-epoch-$_upstreamver"
 
-export VERGEN_GIT_COMMIT_DATE="$(date -d @"$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" '+%Y-%m-%d')"
-export VERGEN_GIT_SHA="unknown"
-
 prepare() {
 	default_prepare
 	cargo fetch --target="$CTARGET" --locked
 }
 
 build() {
+	export VERGEN_GIT_COMMIT_DATE="$(date -d @"$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" '+%Y-%m-%d')"
+	export VERGEN_GIT_SHA="unknown"
+
 	just build-release --frozen
 }