diff --git a/bin/java-inflector-petstore-server.sh b/bin/java-inflector-petstore-server.sh
index 701a2c3cf06..91e3481e7a1 100755
--- a/bin/java-inflector-petstore-server.sh
+++ b/bin/java-inflector-petstore-server.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ fi
 
 # if you've executed sbt assembly previously it will use that instead.
 export JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -XX:MaxPermSize=256M -Xmx1024M -DloggerPath=conf/log4j.properties"
-ags="$@ generate -t modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaInflector -i modules/swagger-codegen/src/test/resources/2_0/petstore-with-fake-endpoints-models-for-testing.yaml -l inflector -o samples/server/petstore/java-inflector"
+ags="$@ generate -t modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaInflector -i modules/swagger-codegen/src/test/resources/2_0/petstore-with-fake-endpoints-models-for-testing.yaml -l inflector -o samples/server/petstore/java-inflector -DhideGenerationTimestamp=true"
 
 java $JAVA_OPTS -jar $executable $ags
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaInflector/generatedAnnotation.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaInflector/generatedAnnotation.mustache
index 49110fc1ad9..a47b6faa85b 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaInflector/generatedAnnotation.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaInflector/generatedAnnotation.mustache
@@ -1 +1 @@
-@javax.annotation.Generated(value = "{{generatorClass}}", date = "{{generatedDate}}")
\ No newline at end of file
+{{^hideGenerationTimestamp}}@javax.annotation.Generated(value = "{{generatorClass}}", date = "{{generatedDate}}"){{/hideGenerationTimestamp}}
\ No newline at end of file